Interculturalism at the crossroads
Author: Mansouri, Fethi
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
Published: 2017-05-08
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 923100218X
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Evaluating Second Language Education
Author: J. Charles Alderson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1992-02-27
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780521422697
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Counter Responsibility for planning language teaching programs now carries with it a strong element of accountability. Evaluation of the whole process of course design, development, and implementation is therefore a necessary area of activity for course designers, language planners, and researchers. This book brings together accounts of recent work in this increasingly important field and will be a valuable resource both for those already engaged in evaluation and for those in training. Part One presents a review of the literature, covering past developments in the wider field of educational evaluation, as well as specifically in second language education. Part Two contains a series of eight original case-studies, written by scholars involved in evaluations in widely divergent settings. The focus in each case is on how the evaluator addresses the difficulties central to each study, and the findings are also included. The final Part Three provides practical guidance for evaluators, offering suggestions about how to set up and carry out evaluations in any given setting."--Publisher's website.
Discourse, Tools and Reasoning
Author: Lauren B. Resnick
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 1997-11-20
Total Pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9783540635116
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTo reason is to talk. To think is to use tools. To learn is to join a community of practice. This book explores thought and reasoning as inherently social practices, as actions situated in specific environments of demand, opportunity, and accountability. Authors from diverse disciplines - psychology, sociology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, anthropology - examine how people think and learn in settings as diverse as a factory, a classroom or an airplane cockpit. The tools that people use in these varied settings are both physical technologies and cultural constructions: concepts, structures of reasoning, and forms of discourse. This volume in the NATO Special Programme on Advanced Educational Technology is based on an international conference on situated cognition and learning technologies.
Clinical Implications of Attachment
Author: Jay Belsky
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-11-17
Total Pages: 459
ISBN-13: 1317838130
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1987. This study records findings of a study group set up to explore a variety of issues related to attachment, including the predictive utility of Strange Situation assessments, the conditions under which insecurity is related to subsequent difficulties, the origins of individual differences in attachment security, and intervention strategies that might prove useful in ameliorating the developmental risks that appeared to be associated with insecure attachment relationships
The Translation of Love
Author: Lynne Kutsukake
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2016-04-05
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 038554068X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAgainst the backdrop of occupied Tokyo, a young girl searches for her missing older sister, who has disappeared into the world of bars and dance halls. In the process, her story will become intertwined with those of others trying to make sense of their lives in a post-war world: a thirteen-year-old Japanese Canadian “repat,” a school teacher who translates love letters from American GIs, and a Japanese-American soldier serving with the Occupation forces. An emotionally gripping portrait of a battered nation, The Translation of Love mines this turbulent period to show how war irrevocably shapes the lives of people on both sides—and how resilience, friendship, and love translate across cultures and borders no matter the circumstances. Winner of the Canada-Japan Literary Award
Sharing Our Success
Author: David Bell
Publisher: SAEE
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 0973404639
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe disturbing educational success rates for Aboriginal students in comparison with their peers have been documented for many years. Reducing this persistent achievement gap is one of Canada's most pressing educational challenges. Numerous reports commissioned by federal and provincial governments and Aboriginal authorities have offered detailed examinations of the complex social, economic, linguistic, and cultural interrelationships that contextualize the educational environments of Aboriginal students. Many of their families struggle with the legacy of residential schools that ripped families apart and caused immeasurable damage to the social fabric. Schools serving these communities work within a context that may include poverty, learned helplessness, despair, and high levels of abuse, addictions and violence. For some communities, student suicide rates may exceed graduation rates. Yet despite many extraordinary challenges, some schools are producing tangible progress for their Aboriginal students. This report springs from a study of ten such schools in an effort to identify practices that appear to contribute to their success.
Intersections With Attachment
Author: Jacob L. Gewirtz
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2013-05-13
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 1134739060
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAttachment has long been a key area of social development. Work on attachment processes has involved a variety of species as well as humans in diverse cultures and at various points in the life cycle. This volume presents research devoted to the meaning and implications of the attachment concept, including possible indices of attachment, the role of learning, whether or not attachment is best treated as continuous or discontinuous, and considerations for viewing attachment as a trait across environmental settings or as a process with functions that operate differently in disparate settings. Other psychological-process concepts, such as imprinting, relationships, and identification are also discussed. Because the contributors are active researchers and theorists, this volume may help establish trends and determine directions to shape literature on attachment for years to come.
Translation Studies in Africa
Author: Judith Inggs
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2009-03-04
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1441167609
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfrica is a huge continent with multicultural nations, where translation and interpretation are everyday occurrences. Translation studies has flourished in Africa in the last decade, with countries often having several official languages. The primary objective of this volume is to bring together research articles on translation and interpreting studies in Africa, written mainly, but not exclusively, by researchers living and working in the region. The focus is on the translation of literature and the media, and on the uses of interpreting. It provides a clear idea of the state and direction of research, and highlights research that is not commonly disseminated in North Africa and Europe. This book is an essential text for students and researchers working in translation studies, African studies and in African linguistics.
Social Interactions in Multicultural Settings
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Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2019-02-11
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 9087907176
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMulticultural issues are part of the agenda for researchers, academics, and politicians. The new technologies have brought multiculturality into our professional and personal lives, opening new possibilities for social interactions among people from different countries, cultures, ages, and gender. Being able to deal with diversity, including other cultures, is a must in the 21st century.
Technology and Teaching English Language Learners
Author: Mary Ellen Butler-Pascoe
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis unprecedented book introduces the latest use of technology to support second language acquisition, combining the application of technology with language acquisition theory and practice in the modern classroom. This book is coherently organized around the teaching concepts and approaches such as communicative, content-based, skills-based and inquiry base teaching. The authors provide an extensive, up-to-date coverage of issues such as the use of technology for communicative language teaching, using technology to teach oral communication skills and reading and writing. For anyone interested in learning ways to integrate technology in the teaching of English Language.
