Intercultural language use and language learning

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alcon Soler, Eva (Author), Safont Jorda, Pilar (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht, The Netherlands : Springer , c2007
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Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • 1. What is a 'intercultural speaker'?
  • 2. Linguistic unity and cultural diversity in Europe: implications or research on English language and learning
  • 3. Rethinking the role of communicative competence in language teaching
  • 4. Dealing with intercultural communicative competence in the foreign language classroom
  • 5. A role for English as lingua franca in the foreign language classroom?
  • 6. Writing-to-learn in instructed language learning contexts
  • 7. The acquisition of pragmatic competence and multilingualism in foreign language contexts
  • 8. Interindividual variation in self-perceived oral proficiency of English L2 users
  • 9. Pragmatic production of third language learners: a focus on request external modification items
  • 10. North Korean schools in Japan: an observation of quasi-native heritage language use in teaching English as a third language
  • 11. Examining mitigation in requests: a focus on transcripts in ELT coursebooks
  • 12. The presentation and practice of the communicative act of requesting in textbooks: focusing on modifiers
  • 13. Analysing request modification devices in films: implications for pragmatic learning in instructed foreign language contexts