This volume presents the most recent theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical insights on foreign and second language learning and teaching in diverse educational settings and situations, learner populations, proficiency levels and teaching practices. Five thematic sections each include theoretical and practical approaches to second and foreign language education: • Theoretical underpinnings • Current approaches • International perspectives • Teacher preparation and professional development • The role of technology This is one of ten volumes of the Encyclopedia of Language and Education published by Springer. The Encyclopedia bears testimony to the dynamism and evolution of the language and education field, as it confronts the ever-burgeoning and irrepressible linguistic diversity and ongoing pressures and expectations placed on education around the world.
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This volume presents the most recent theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical insights on foreign and second language learning and teaching in diverse educational settings and situations, learner populations, proficiency levels and teaching practices.
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General Editor’s Introduction / Nancy H. Hornberger.- Introduction to Volume 4: Second and Foreign Language Education / Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl.- Contributors .- Reviewers .- Section 1: Theoretical Underpinnings.- Section 2: Current Approaches to Second and Foreign Language Education.- Section 3: International Perspectives on Second and Foreign Language Learning .- Section 4: Teacher Preparation and Professional Development.- Section 5: The Role of Technology in Second and Foreign Language Education.- Subject Index .- Name Index .- Tables of Contents: Volumes 1–10.
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This volume presents the most recent theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical insights on foreign and second language learning and teaching in diverse educational settings and situations, learner populations, proficiency levels and teaching practices. Five thematic sections each include theoretical and practical approaches to second and foreign language education: •Theoretical underpinnings •Current approaches •International perspectives •Teacher preparation and professional development •The role of technology This is one of ten volumes of the Encyclopedia of Language and Education published by Springer. The Encyclopedia bears testimony to the dynamism and evolution of the language and education field, as it confronts the ever-burgeoning and irrepressible linguistic diversity and ongoing pressures and expectations placed on education around the world.
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Truly global coverage of language and education Necessary reference for every university and college library topic Essential research on foreign language education The text of each review is followed by a reference list containing about 30 key references mentioned in the text
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9789048194636
Publisert
2010-07-31
Utgiver
Vendor
Springer
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
Graduate, P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Biographical note

Nancy H. Hornberger is Professor of Education and Director of Educational Linguistics at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. Her interests include language planning and policy; bilingualism, bilingual education and biliteracy; and the ethnography of communication. Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl is director of the Center for Language Study at Yale University. She focuses her research on sociolinguistics and foreign language education.