Directions and Prospects for Educational Linguistics
As pressure builds on the educational systems of the world to serve the needs of increasingly diverse multilingual populations and at a time when multilingualism and multiliteracy are clearly socially and economically advantageous, the need to understand relationships between language and education is particularly acute. Since its formulation in the 1970s, educational linguistics has been developing specifically to address this need.
Grounded in linguistic research and argumentation, The English Language: From Sound to Sense is written to help readers become independent language analysts capable of critically evaluating claims about the language and the people who use it.
Culture, Body, and Language: Conceptualizations of Internal Body Organs across Cultures and Languages
One of the central themes in cognitive linguistics is the uniquely human development of some higher potential called the "mind" and, more particularly, the intertwining of body and mind, which has come to be known as embodiment. Several books and volumes have explored this theme in length. However, the interaction between culture, body and language has not received the due attention that it deserves.
Ideas & Issues is a five-level course that is ideal for learners in need of motivation for discussion-based language learning from the threshold/pre-intermediate level to advanced level. Ideas & Issues addresses hard-hitting topics designed to elicit opinions from all sides of the argument. The 20 units provide: ● Four skills work to enliven the pre-intermediate class ● Dynamic revision for a fresh look at basic language ● Topics based on authentic situations which students can identify with ● Extra learning-to-learn unit to help students develop their own language
