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• Editura: CAMBRIDGE
• Data publicatie:: 06/01/2011

Do you need to supplement an EAP course with fun, interactive activities that address the serious aspirations of academically-focussed students? Communicative Activities for EAP provides innovative EAP teaching ideas suitable for a wide range of contexts. This is an invaluable handbook for new, experienced or relief teachers of language support programmes, as well as for those teaching intensive language courses for undergrad ... more

• Editura: CAMBRIDGE
• Data publicatie:: 01/03/2001

Computer Applications in Second Language Acquisition explores computer applications in second language acquisition by reviewing and interpreting research and development in three areas: computer-assisted second language learning, computer-assisted second language assessment, and computer-assisted second language research – addressing issues such as effective use of software in language teaching, values and limitations of com ... more

• Editura: CAMBRIDGE
• Data publicatie:: 08/10/1998

vThe papers in this volume represent the views of a range of experts in a variety of language-related disciplines on the role which context plays in language learning and language understanding. The authors provide various theoretical constructs which help impose order on the apparent chaos of contextual factors which may have an influence on the production and comprehension of speech events. They focus on a variety of types ... more

• Editura: CAMBRIDGE
• Data publicatie:: 15/02/1996

This volume explores the field of contrastive rhetoric, the study of how a person's first language and culture influence his or her writing in a second language. It presents a comprehensive view of the research in this field, emphasizing the connections between contrastive rhetoric and the related disciplines of composition studies, cultural anthropology, translation studies, and text linguistics. Connor draws on this re ... more

• Editura: CAMBRIDGE
• Data publicatie:: 15/02/1996

This volume explores the field of contrastive rhetoric, the study of how a person's first language and culture influence his or her writing in a second language. It presents a comprehensive view of the research in this field, emphasizing the connections between contrastive rhetoric and the related disciplines of composition studies, cultural anthropology, translation studies, and text linguistics. Connor draws on this re ... more

• Editura: CAMBRIDGE
• Data publicatie:: 26/10/2006

This book provides a comprehensive account of conversation in English and its implications for the ELT classroom. After a general overview and definition of conversation it provides the reader with a systematic description of conversational English, from the vocabulary of conversation, to grammar, discourse and genre. This is followed by an informed account of the development of conversation in both first and second language ... more

• Editura: CAMBRIDGE
• Data publicatie:: 11/04/2002

Corpus linguistics is leading to the development of theories about language which challenge existing orthodoxies in applied linguistics. However, there are also many questions which should be examined and debated: how big should a corpus be? Is the data from a corpus reliable? What are its applications for language teaching? Corpora in Applied Linguistics exams these and other questions related to this emerging field. It disc ... more

• Editura: CAMBRIDGE
• Data publicatie:: 27/11/1986

Recognizing that teachers are often involved in planning and developing courses as part of their responsibilities, the authors of this book have set out to describe the factors which must be considered in constructing courses and materials. They cover: the fact-finding st ... more

• Editura: CAMBRIDGE
• Data publicatie:: 01/10/2020

Blended language courses, which combine face-to-face and online instruction, are becoming increasingly popular due to the need for more flexible yet effective learning opportunities. This book recognizes the associated opportunities and challenges for teachers, and provides the rationale, strategies and tools to design blended learning courses or to guide the transition from fully face-to-face or fully online courses to blend ... more

• Editura: CAMBRIDGE
• Data publicatie:: 21/10/2010

Over the past decade criterion-referenced testing (CRT) has become an emerging issue in language assessment. Most language testing books have hitherto focused almost exclusively on norm-referenced testing, whereby test takers' scores are interpreted with reference to the performance of other test takers, and have ignored CRT, an approach that examines the level of knowledge of a specific domain of target behaviours. It i ... more

• Editura: CAMBRIDGE
• Data publicatie:: 12/01/2004

This important volume on the critical pedagogical approach addresses such topics as critical multiculturalism, gender andlanguage learning, and popular culture.Critical pedagogies are instructional approaches aimed at transforming existing social relations in the interest of greater equity in schools and communities. This paperback edition o ... more

• Editura: CAMBRIDGE
• Data publicatie:: 06/04/2017

A new edition of a successful title, which has been fully revised and updated to reflect contemporary issues in curriculum.The paperback edition provides a systematic introduction to the issues involved in developing, managing, and evaluating effective second and foreign language programs and teaching materials. Key stages in the curriculum development process are examined, inc ... more

• Editura: CAMBRIDGE
• Data publicatie:: 21/06/2018

This book provides the theoretical bases and empirical evidence for establishing an integrated reading-into-writing construct for English Profile at upper levels of proficiency. The study investigates both the contextual features of a range of real life academic writing tasks and reading-into-writing test tasks, and the cognitive processes required to complete the integrated task type successfully. Since its publication, the ... more

• Editura: CAMBRIDGE
• Data publicatie:: 22/10/1981

  This is a handbook for language teachers who would like to develop their own reading materials or who wish to enrich a reading course. It offers a classification and description of exercises aimed at developing different reading skills. While the book is designed primarily for teachers of English as a second language, the exercises are equally appropriate for the teaching of other foreign languages and mu ... more

• Editura: CAMBRIDGE
• Data publicatie:: 10/09/1998

  This text provides an update of the major developments in English for specific purposes and a summary of where the discipline is now. It is practical and accessible while covering a wide range of both theoretical and methodological topics. business purposes; language issues in ESP; the skills in EAP and EOP; needs analysis and evaluation; course design; materials for ESP; classroom practice; assessment - ... more