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The Ecology and Semiotics of Language Learning. A Sociocultural Perspective.
Leo Van Lier
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Paperback. Attempts to provide an overview of an ecology of language learning, including both theoretical discussions on language, semiotics, emergence, and self, and the practical consequences of an ecological view for classroom work. This book is of interest to language educators, and second and foreign language teachers and researchers. Series: Educational Linguistics. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
In this book I try to give a coherent and consistent overview of what an ecological approach to language learning might look like. This is not a fully fledged grand theory that aims to provide an explanation of everything, but an attempt to provide a rationale for taking an ecological world view and applying it to language education, which I regard as one of the most important of all human activities. Goethe once said that everything has been thought of before, but that the difficulty is to think of it again. The same certainly is true of the present effort. ... Read more
In this book I try to give a coherent and consistent overview of what an ecological approach to language learning might look like. This is not a fully fledged grand theory that aims to provide an explanation of everything, but an attempt to provide a rationale for taking an ecological world view and applying it to language education, which I regard as one of the most important of all human activities. Goethe once said that everything has been thought of before, but that the difficulty is to think of it again. The same certainly is true of the present effort. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Educational Linguistics
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402079931
SKU
V9781402079931
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