Foreign Language Learning and Use: Interaction in Informal Social Networks - Couverture rigide

Kurata, Dr Naomi

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0826424309 ISBN 13 : 9780826424303

Editeur : Continuum Publishing Corporation, 2011

Synopsis

It is commonly believed that foreign language skills improve through social interaction with speakers of the language. However, there is little research addressing the issue of access to such interaction. This book explores this issue, examining longitudinal case studies of interaction between language learners and speakers of the target language within their informal social networks. It looks at the complex social and personal factors that influence language choice. Kurata reveals that even for motivated learners opportunities to use the target language are limited, and suggests factors that promote language use and opportunities for learning.She proposes ways around obstacles to opportunities for second language use and second language learning and sets out important implications for language learning in and outside classrooms.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Naomi Kurata is Lecturer in the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University, Australia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Continuum Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0826424309
• ISBN 13: 9780826424303
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible