The volume constitutes a state-of-the-art account of issues related to teaching, learning and testing speaking in a second language. It brings together contributions by Polish and international scholars which seek to create links between theory, research and classroom practice, report the findings of studies investigating the impact of linguistic, cognitive and affective factors on the development and use of speaking skills, and provide concrete pedagogic proposals for instruction and assessment in this area
Teaching and Researching the Pronunciation of English
The book contains contributions from practitioners and theoreticians who explore the pronunciation of English from various perspectives: phonetic, phonological, psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic. In accordance with the unifying theme of the volume, individual contributions investigate the characteristics of a foreign accent, its production and perception, study the development of methods and techniques in pronunciation teaching, evaluate their use in classroom materials and in the classroom itself, and investigate the conditions for second language learning and teaching from the perspective of learners and teachers.
Aging and Diversity: An Active Learning Experience, 2nd Edition
Completely rewritten, this new edition addresses key topics in diversity and aging, such as gender, race or ethnicity, religious affiliation, and more. These elements convey the complexities that provide both challenges to meet the needs of diverse populations and opportunities to lear how to live in a pluralistic society.
This edited collection of articles illustrates recent work on beliefs about Second Language Acquisition (SLA), drawing on the thinking of educational philosophers and discursive psychologists, including Dewey, Bakhtin, Vygotsky, and Potter.
This book explores schools and how they can function as social institutions that advance the interests and life chances of all young people, especially those who are already the most marginalized and at an educational disadvantage. Social justice is a key theme as the book examines the needs of youth, the concept of school culture, school/community relations, socially critical pedagogy, curriculum and leadership and a socially critical approach to work.
