The Educator's Guide to Linguistics: A Textbook for Language Teachers - Couverture souple

Gordon, Tatiana

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1617358800 ISBN 13 : 9781617358807

Editeur : Information Age Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

This book provides an accessible and reader-friendly overview of linguistic research. The meaning of complex linguistic concepts is illuminated with the help of engaging stories, analogies, and graphics. The book brings theoretical discussion to life by citing familiar bits of language such as names of popular business establishments, recognizable song lyrics, and famous adages. These examples taken from day-to-day life ultimately help students recognize the language in their own environment as worthy of observation and analysis. Above all, the book is meant to help future teachers in the classroom. It is this goal that largely determines its scope. The text provides an overview of those studies that have relevance to classroom practice. For instance, the chapter on neurolinguistics covers research into the gestures that accompany speech, and the chapter on semantics places special emphasis on discussing the role of conceptual metaphors in cognition. Each of the book's eleven chapters concludes with a section entitled "Implications for Instruction."These sections engage the reader in exploring the practical significance of linguistic research.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Tatiana Gordon is at Hofstra University, NY, USA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Information Age Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1617358800
• ISBN 13: 9781617358807
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 188
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne