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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 technologyThis 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.
List of contents
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.
About the author
Nancy H. Hornberger is Professor of Education and Director of Educational Linguistics at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Hornberger's areas of specialization include language planning and policy; bilingualism, bilingual education and biliteracy; and the ethnography of communication.
Summary
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.
