This text brings together two significant domains of educational practice: foreign language education and critical pedagogy--linking them in a way that can help foreign language educators develop a critical awareness of the nature, purposes, and challenges facing foreign language pedagogy. Unique among texts in the field, this is the first to deal explicitly with the social, political, ideological, and economic aspects of language, language learning, and language teaching in our society and to connect the practice of foreign language education with these critical, and crucial, aspects of language and language use.
Your guide to passing the U.S. Citizenship Test and becoming a citizen This guide helps you learn about the history and government of the United States and improve your English skills. As you review the information and practice answering questions, you will become more comfortable taking the written and oral U.S. Citizenship tests in English.
Understanding what constitutes expertise in language learning and teaching is important for theoretical reasons related to psycholinguistic, and applied linguistic, inquiry. It also has many significant applications in practice, particularly in relation to the training and practice of language teachers and improvements in students' strategies of learning. In this volume, methodologies for establishing what constitutes expert practice in language teaching and learning are discussed and the contributions address the fields of listening, reading, writing, speaking and communication strategies, looking at common characteristics of the "expert teacher" and the "expert learner."
Language in Theory is a comprehensive introduction to the conceptual frameworks which underpin the study of language. It approaches theories of language through themes such as gender, race, creativity and cognition, allowing students to investigate language theory in practice, and provides classic readings by key names including Cixous, Derrida, Foucault and Lakoff.
