Authenticity and Authentication in Language Learning

Stuart Amor

ISBN 10: 3631390696 / ISBN 13: 9783631390696

Editore: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Feb 2002, 2002

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The purpose of this study is to examine authenticity and related concepts in the field of language learning, to explore the significance of authenticity in various interrelated contexts that affect the process of foreign language learning and to look at the way texts and other materials can be authenticated in the classroom. It describes the implications for coursebook design, teachers and learners, and for language education. Authenticity and authentication are complex terms but of great significance for language learning. The integral language orientations described by Dr. Amor form an intricate web of language attributes and aspects of authentication that should be woven in the classroom.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 398 pp. Englisch.

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• Titolo: Authenticity and Authentication in Language Learning
• Editore: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Feb 2002
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3631390696
• ISBN 13: 9783631390696
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 210 L x 148 A x 22 P (millimetri) 210 millimetri di larghezza per 148 millimetri di altezza per 22 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 513 grammi

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Riassunto

The purpose of this study is to examine authenticity and related concepts in the field of language learning, to explore the significance of authenticity in various interrelated contexts that affect the process of foreign language learning and to look at the way texts and other materials can be authenticated in the classroom. It describes the implications for coursebook design, teachers and learners, and for language education. Authenticity and authentication are complex terms but of great significance for language learning. The integral language orientations described by Dr. Amor form an intricate web of language attributes and aspects of authentication that should be woven in the classroom.

Informazioni sull?autore

The Author : Stuart Amor was born in Cheltenham, attended schools in what is now Greater Manchester and studied Modern Languages at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He has worked as an editor, translator and language teacher in Vienna, Prague, Zurich and Stuttgart, contributing on a freelance basis to a large number of EFL projects. He is the author of English-language teachingmaterials, articles on language teaching and essays on children's literature.