Language policy and pedagogy : essays in honor of A. Ronald Walton / edited by Richard D. Lambert, Elana Shohamy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lambert, Richard D.

Shohamy, Elana Goldberg.

Walton, A. Ronald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Language policy.

Language planning.

Physical Description:

xii, 279 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c2000.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

In this memorial volume for A. Ronald Walton, cutting-edge scholars interrelate two normally separate domains: the formation of language policy and the improvement of language teaching. Bernard Spolsky, Elana Shohamy, Joshua Fishman, and Kees de Bot address theoretical aspects of national language policy. John Trim relates the historical development of the Council of Europe's international language policy. Richard Lambert, Ronald Walton, Richard Brecht, and Xueying Wang deal with structural issues in language instruction in the United States. Eleanor Jorden, Galal Walker, Myriam Met, and Gilbert Merkx discuss the special problems of providing instruction in the non-Western languages. And Michael Long, Ross Steele, Ralph Ginsberg and Laura Miller are concerned with specific pedagogical issues: task-based language teaching, the role of culture in language instruction, and what is learned during study abroad. These articles stand both as definitive statements on their individual topics and, taken together, as a fresh amalgamation of policy and pedagogy.

Contents:

LANGUAGE POLICY AND PEDAGOGY

Title page

LCC page

Table of Contents

Introduction

CHAPTER 1. Language Practice, Language Ideology, and Language Policy

CHAPTER 2. The Status Agenda in Corpus Planning

CHAPTER 3. The Way Ahead

CHAPTER 4. The Winds of Change in Foreign Language Instruction

CHAPTER 5. Foreign Language and Area Studies through Title VI

CHAPTER 6. System III: The Future of Language Learning in the United States

CHAPTER 7. An Early Start for Foreign Languages (but Not English) in the Netherlands

CHAPTER 8. Elementary School Immersion in Less Commonly Taught Languages

CHAPTER 9. Forging a Link: Tapping the National Heritage Language Resources in the United States

CHAPTER 10. Focus on Form in Task-Based Language Teaching

CHAPTER 11. Language Learning and Intercultural Competence

CHAPTER 12. Acquired Culture in the Japanese Language Classroom

CHAPTER 13. Performed Culture: Learning to Participate in Another Culture

CHAPTER 14. What Do They Do? Activities of Students during Study Abroad

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612162725

9781282162723

1282162721

9789027298461

9027298467

OCLC:

70765869