Unity and diversity in language use [[electronic resource] ] : selected papers from the Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics held at the University of Reading, September, 2001 / / edited by Kristyan Spelman Miller & Paul Thompson

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : British Association for Applied Linguistics, in association with Continuum, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Disciplina: 418
• Soggetto topico: Applied linguistics; Discourse analysis
• Altri autori: Spelman MillerKristyan ThompsonPaul <1958->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; 1 Beyond the second vs. foreign language dichotomy: The subjective dimensions of language learning; 2 Genre teaching: the struggle for diversity in unity; 3 Organisation in school and university students' persuasive texts; 4 Discourse and synchronous computer-mediated communication: uniting speaking and writing?; 5 Methodological issues involved in studying children's interactions with ICT; 6 Students' interpretations of teachers' gestures in the language classroom - what do teachers mean and what do students see? ; 7 Mapping and assessing medical students' interactional involvement styles with patients8 Distinguishing the voices of researchers and the people they research in writing qualitative research Adrian Holliday; 9 Is it a wood, or are they trees?; 10 Children mediating their immigrant parents' learning of L2 English: a focus on verb learning in homework interactions; 11 Random association networks: A baseline measure of lexical complexity; 12 Imposed unity, denied diversity: changing attitudes to artifice in language and learning ; 13 Habeas corpus and divide et impera: 'Global English' and applied linguisticsContributors
• Sommario/riassunto: The papers in this collection, drawn from the 34th Annual Conference of the British Association for Applied Linguistics, reflect a number of different perspectives within the field of applied linguistics at the start of the twenty-first century. While addressing the theme of unity and diversity, each paper prompts critical reflection on tensions within the discipline between stability and change, consensus and controversy, similarity and variation. The interpretation of language use is broad and varied, taking both macro- and micro-perspectives. Topics addressed range from issues of global com
• Titolo autorizzato: Unity and diversity in language use
• ISBN: 1-281-78412-5; 9786611784126; 1-84714-132-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782376303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: British studies in applied linguistics ; ; 17.