English Matters 8/2013 Customs and Traditions of Great Britain
Special edition of the quarterly magazine for the learners of English at intermediate and upper intermediate levels. All texts followed by wordlists. Some articles accompanied by audio.
This volume compiles a unique yet complementary collection of chapters that take a strategic comparative perspective on education systems, regions of the world, and/or ethnolinguistic communities with a focus on non-dominant languages and cultures in education. Comparison and contrast within each article and across articles illustrates the potential for using home languages - which in many cases are in non-dominant positions relative to other languages in society - in inclusive multilingual and multicultural forms of education.
In this month's magazine, we've got lots of great articles for you 10 read and listen 10. We're looking at the latest film about Princess Oiana: Oiono (no prizes for origi nality there!). We've also got articles on some new trends in photography, working from home, Aesop's fables, the Ig Nobels, dieting, Latin Pop, sugary drinks, global warming, Grand Theft Auto and lots, lots more.
The studies in this collection address a topic that has recently become the focus of considerable interest in second language acquisition (SLA) research: the acquisition of articles. Languages appear to vary in whether they have articles (English, German, Norwegian do, but Chinese, Japanese, Russian do not). Languages that have articles also appear to divide into those that realise definiteness (e.g. English) and those that realise specificity (e.g. Samoan). When speakers of one type of language learn an L2 of a different type, issues of central concern to SLA research arise..
Welcome to Life, an exciting new six-level adult series that turns learning English into an exploration of the world we live in. Drawing on National Geographic content, Life transforms the learning experience into a fabulous journey with irresistible images, articles and videos that engage students like no series before. Bring Life into your classroom!
