Analyzing English In A Global Context

Author : Anne Burns
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113637020X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Analyzing English in a Global Context written by Anne Burns and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devised in collaboration with the Open University and Macquarie University, Australia, Analysing English in a Global Context is specifically designed for the postgraduate student market, as well as for teachers of English as a second or foreign language throughout the world. This is a groundbreaking Reader which includes specially commissioned pieces as well as classic texts and provides a global perspective on the changing uses and forms of English and its impact on language teaching contexts. Students' skills in analysing these forms will be developed through an examination of the major functional models and their strengths and weaknesses.

Author : Anne Burns
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781315011554
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Analysing English in a Global Context written by Anne Burns and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devised in collaboration with the Open University and Macquarie University, Australia, this text is specifically designed for the postgraduate student market, as well as for teachers of English as a second or foreign language throughout the world.

Author : Anne Burns
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ISBN 13 : 9781306049016
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Author : Anne Burns
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136370137
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Analyzing English in a Global Context written by Anne Burns and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devised in collaboration with the Open University and Macquarie University, Australia, Analysing English in a Global Context is specifically designed for the postgraduate student market, as well as for teachers of English as a second or foreign language throughout the world. This is a groundbreaking Reader which includes specially commissioned pieces as well as classic texts and provides a global perspective on the changing uses and forms of English and its impact on language teaching contexts. Students' skills in analysing these forms will be developed through an examination of the major functional models and their strengths and weaknesses.

Author : Philip Seargeant
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415572096
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring World Englishes written by Philip Seargeant and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with a discussion of real-life challenges relating to world Englishes that are faced by language professionals the book explores and illustrates the ways in which the actual use and management of English play an increasingly important role in contemporary globalized society.

Author : Jeffrey Gil
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000593878
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring Language in Global Contexts written by Jeffrey Gil and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible and engaging textbook offers a practical approach to understanding the complexity of language by exploring language use and language learning in a wide variety of contexts. Bringing together leading specialists who are active researchers in the field of linguistics, this book introduces readers to major fields of language study by focusing on social, cultural and historical factors that show the dynamic nature of language. Topics explored include first and second language acquisition, grammar, meaning-making and pragmatics, language use and technology, language variation, and English as a global language. This book surveys major principles and shows how to apply them through structured discussion topics and activities to facilitate a greater understanding and appreciation of language. This is essential reading for undergraduate students taking courses in linguistics and language use, and a valuable resource for students of communication studies, media studies, sociology and anthropology.

Author : Peter Siemund
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781108926089
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Multilingual Development written by Peter Siemund and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-12-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English as a global lingua franca interacts with other languages across a wide range of multilingual contexts. Combining insights from linguistics, education studies, and psychology, this book addresses the role of English within the current linguistic dynamics of globalization. It takes Singapore, Hong Kong, and Dubai as case studies to illustrate the use of English in different multilingual urban areas, arguing that these are places where competing historical assessments, and ideological conceptions of monolingualism and multilingualism, are being acted out most forcefully. It critically appraises the controversial concept of multilingual advantages, and studies multilingual cross-linguistic influence in relation to learning English in bilingual heritage contexts. It also scrutinises multilingual language policies in their impact on attitudes, identities, and investment into languages. Engaging and accessible, it is essential reading for academic researchers and advanced students of bi- and multilingualism, globalization, linguistic diversity, World Englishes, sociolinguistics, and second/third language acquisition.

Author : Thomas Ricento
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199363390
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language Policy and Political Economy written by Thomas Ricento and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English is the common denominator that unites the work presented in this volume; it provides a focal point to illustrate the ways in which a political economic approach can account for a range of phenomena in diverse settings in which a "global" language has attained a special status as (an often perceived) tool for socioeconomic mobility. The findings reveal the complex ways in which government leaders and policymakers, as well as communities and individuals in those communities, make decisions within a global economy about the languages that will be taught as subjects or used as media of instruction in schools. Whether or not the "Straight for English" policy that has become popular in various countries in southern Africa and elsewhere is a good or bad idea, in terms of improving school completion and literacy rates, English is often promoted by its advocates as a social "good" with unquestioned instrumental value; yet access to quality English medium education in low-income countries is mostly restricted to those with sufficient economic means to pay for it. As the capitalist world-economy undergoes transformations, and assuming that translation technologies continue to improve, it is likely that the roles and relative importance that English as a global language has enjoyed over the past century will change significantly. Synchronic contextual analyses of English in various countries and regions are snapshots of a moving target with fuzzy boundaries; this is even more so the case when the object of analysis is "lingua franca English," a fluid, contextually realized "practice" that may be described in situ, which is not stable and likely never will be. The degree to which English serves effectively as a lingua franca depends on who the interlocutors are, the situation, and the extent to which interlocutors' interests and goals are mutually compatible and understood.

Author : Michael Milanovic
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521535875
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book European Language Testing in a Global Context written by Michael Milanovic and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-04-19 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conference papers presented in ths volume represent a small subset of the many excellent presentations made at that event.

Author : Ken Hyland
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441192042
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Academic Discourse written by Ken Hyland and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic discourse is a rapidly growing area of study, attracting researchers and students from a diverse range of fields. This is partly due to the growing awareness that knowledge is socially constructed through language and partly because of the emerging dominance of English as the language of scholarship worldwide. Large numbers of students and researchers must now gain fluency in the conventions of English language academic discourses to understand their disciplines, establish their careers and to successfully navigate their learning. This accessible and readable book shows the nature and importance of academic discourses in the modern world, offering a clear description of the conventions of spoken and written academic discourse and the ways these construct both knowledge and disciplinary communities. This unique genre-based introduction to academic discourse will be essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying TESOL, applied linguistics, and English for Academic Purposes.