Frontiers of Language and Teaching: Proceedings of the 2010 International Online Language Conference (IOLC 2010)
Frontiers of Language and Teaching: Proceedings of the 2010 International Online Language Conference (IOLC 2010)

Author: Azadeh Shafaei

Publisher: Universal-Publishers

Published: 2010-12-27

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 1612330002

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This collection is comprised of papers submitted to the 3rd International Online Language Conference (IOLC) held in September 2010. IOLC 2010 was a two-day conference which aimed to provide a forum for academics, practitioners, experts and students to debate current international issues and challenges in the broad area of language learning and teaching. This annual world-renowned conference takes place over the internet, allowing participants to save accommodation and flight expenses and at the same time helping to save our planet by reducing CO2 emissions. All submitted papers went through a double blind review process before a decision was made. This was to ensure the quality level of the conference is kept high.

Intercultural Communication
Intercultural Communication

Author: Ling Chen

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2017-04-10

Total Pages: 684

ISBN-13: 1501500112

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This handbook takes a multi-disciplinary approach to offer a current state-of-art survey of intercultural communication (IC) studies. The chapters aim for conceptual comprehension, theoretical clarity and empirical understanding with good practical implications. Attention is mostly on face to face communication and networked communication facilitated by digital technologies, much less on technically reproduced mass communication. Contributions cover both cross cultural communication (implicit or explicit comparative works on communication practices across cultures) and intercultural communication (works on communication involving parties of diverse cultural backgrounds). Topics include generally histories of IC research, theoretical perspectives, non-western theories, and cultural communication; specifically communication styles, emotions, interpersonal relationships, ethnocentrism, stereotypes, cultural learning, cross cultural adaptation, and cross border messages;and particular context of conflicts, social change, aging, business, health, and new media. Although the book is prepared for graduate students and academicians, intercultural communication practitioners will also find something useful here.

Routledge International Handbook of Therapeutic Stories and Storytelling
Routledge International Handbook of Therapeutic Stories and Storytelling

Author: Clive Holmwood

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2022-02-14

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 1000520897

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The Routledge International Handbook of Therapeutic Stories and Storytelling is a unique book that explores stories from an educational, community, social, health, therapeutic and therapy perspectives, acknowledging a range of diverse social and cultural views in which stories are used and written by esteemed storytellers, artists, therapists and academics from around the globe. The book is divided into five main sections that examine different approaches and contexts for therapeutic stories and storytelling. The collected authors explore storytelling as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, in education, social and community settings, and in health and therapeutic contexts. The final section offers an International Story Anthology written by co-editor Sharon Jacksties and a final story by Katja Gorečan. This book is of enormous importance to psychotherapists and related mental health professionals, as well as academics, storytellers, teachers, people working in special educational needs, and all those with an interest in storytelling and its applied value.

English Education at the Tertiary Level in Asia
English Education at the Tertiary Level in Asia

Author: Eun Sung Park

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-03-16

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1315391562

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This is the third volume of a trilogy on English Language education in Asia within the Routledge Critical Studies in Asian Education. Put together by editors and contributors selected by Asia TEFL, this book provides a timely and critical review of the current trends in tertiary level English education in Asia. It foregrounds the developments and trends, policies and implementation, as well as research and practice. Written by ELT scholars and educational leaders, this book presents articles on China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. While the authors focus on their own local issues, providing an overview of the state of tertiary English teaching in their respective territories, they also provide insights from their successes and failures which can help inspire solutions to similar challenges faced internationally in the field. Chapters in the book include: • Heading toward the global standardization of English education in Korean universities • English in tertiary education in India: A Janus-faced perspective with special reference to University of Delhi • Developing English language skills in the Singapore higher education context • ELT at tertiary institutions in China: A developmental perspective This book will be valued by administrators, researchers and scholars interested in bilingualism, language policy and planning in higher education.

Critical Perspectives on Global Englishes in Asia
Critical Perspectives on Global Englishes in Asia

Author: Fan Fang

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2019-06-05

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1788924118

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Although the notion of Global Englishes (GE) has been widely discussed in the literature, few books consider how GE can be translated into educational practice. This book addresses the incorporation of GE into language policy and curriculum, pedagogy and assessment practices, and focuses on a wide range of geographical and language contexts. Incorporating GE into language curriculum, pedagogy and assessment practices calls for a reframing of our pedagogical practices that take into account the use of Englishes in intercultural and multicultural encounters where people have different first languages and cultural backgrounds. This book will be of interest to policymakers, curriculum developers and practitioner-researchers in the area of English language education.

Interpersonal Competence in English Language Teaching
Interpersonal Competence in English Language Teaching

Author: Ronald Schmidt-Fajlik

Publisher:

Published: 2020-03-30

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13:

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Ronald Schmidt-Fajlik describes the importance of developing interpersonal competence in English language teaching. Teaching methodology should not only concentrate on developing language skills for effective communication, but should also include developing interpersonal competence. Cross-cultural research is conducted regarding the interpersonal competence of students in Japan, China, Russia, Ghana, and Saudi Arabia. Guidelines and suggestions are given regarding developing interpersonal competence in English language teaching.

Reflective Teaching
Reflective Teaching

Author: Kenneth M. Zeichner

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-05-13

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 1136763570

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This volume outlines the assumptions and beliefs that distinguish the concept of the reflective teacher from the view of the teacher as passive and a mere technician -- a view that teacher education programs and schools have historically promoted. The authors demonstrate how various conceptions of reflective teaching differ from one another. They believe that it is only through teachers' reflections on their own teaching that they become more skilled, more capable, and in general better teachers. This is the first volume in the "Reflective Teaching and the Social Conditions of Schooling" series. The major goal of both this book and of all of the volumes to follow in this series is to help teachers explore and define their own positions with regard to the topics and issues at hand within the context of the aims of education in a democratic society.

Perception, Design and Ecology of the Built Environment
Perception, Design and Ecology of the Built Environment

Author: Mainak Ghosh

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-01-24

Total Pages: 579

ISBN-13: 3030258793

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This edited volume is a compilation of the ‘built environment’ in response to many investigations, analyses and sometimes mere observations of the various dialogues and interactions of the built, in context to its ecology, perception and design. The chapters concentrate on various independent issues, integrated as a holistic approach, both in terms of theoretical perspectives and practical approaches, predominantly focusing on the Global South. The book builds fabric knitting into the generic understanding of environment, perception and design encompassing ‘different’ attitudes and inspirations. This book is an important reference to topics concerning urbanism, urban developments and physical growth, and highlights new methodologies and practices. The book presumes an understanding unearthed from various dimensions and again woven back to a common theme, which emerges as the reader reads through. Various international experts of the respective fields working on the Global South contributed their latest research and insights to the different parts of the book. This trans-disciplinary volume appeals to scientists, students and professionals in the fields of architecture, geography, planning, environmental sciences and many more.