Georgetown University Round Table on Languages Linguistics Gurt - 1994: Educational Linguistics, Cross Cultural Communication, Global

The essays in this volume explore communication across cultures using an interdisciplinary approach to language teaching and learning, mediated by the growing field of educational linguistics. Topics include the use of English as a medium of wider communication and the growth of national varieties of English throughout the world. An international array of distinguished contributors includes scholars from China, Great Britain, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Nigeria, Singapore, Taiwan, Ukraine, and the United States. This collection suggests that language diversity is a unifying force in a globally interdependent world.

Summary

Features essays that explore communication across cultures using an interdisciplinary approach to language teaching and learning, mediated by the growing field of educational linguistics. This title includes topics such as the use of English as a medium of wider communication and the growth of national varieties of English throughout the world.

Product details

• Authors: James E. Alatis, James E. (EDT) Alatis
• Assisted by: James E. Alatis (Editor)
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.03.1995
• EAN: 9780878401291
• ISBN: 978-0-87840-129-1
• No. of pages: 412
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Georgetown University Round Ta; Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics