Second Language Teaching, A View from the Right Side of the Brain: -offers a practical introduction to the use of neuroscience to teach second languages; -provides information on the relation between how the brain learns and how this can be used to construct classroom activities; -evaluates methods, syllabi, approaches, etc. from the perspective of brain functioning; -illustrates how teaching can unfold with actual examples in several languages. This volume is indispensable in courses designed for language teachers, curriculum planners, and applied linguists.
Parrot Time is a magazine covering language, linguistics and culture of the world around us. Issue 12: Letter From The Editor - Over Time • Which Language Is...? • The Ultimate Fate of Language Learning • 5 Funny Words In Afrikaans From My Perspective • At the Cinema - Everybody's Famous! • Word on the Streets - Why Writers are Important • Words in Your Mouth - Milk • Where Are You? • Book Look
Since August 2006, a monthly English language magazine “English Today” is being published under the banner. This magazine of 80 pages magazine costs only Rs. 20/- and is perhaps the first of its kind in India which aims to satiate the cravings of the mind to master the intricacies of the English language. The magazine through its well crafted sections and balanced exercises enables the readers to test their all round knowledge of the English language.
T H E revolution in foreign language teaching that is currently sweeping away traditional methods and approaches was surveyed by B. Libbish, editor of Volume One of this series (1964), in his Introduction. He concluded: "There is still much to be done. We are merely on the fringe of the new procedures." Volume Two, which offers twelve articles by pioneers in modern language teaching, is an attempt to show some of the steps that have been taken in the development of new procedures. Yet we can but echo: "There is still much to be done."
Genre analysis has a long-established tradition in literature, but interest in the analysis of non-literary genres has been very recent. This book examines the theory of genre analysis, looks at genre analysis in action, taking texts from a wide variety of genres and discusses the use of genre analysis in language teaching and language reform.
