Representations of the World in Language Textbooks (Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education, 34) (Volume 34)

Risager, Karen

ISBN 10: 1783099550 / ISBN 13: 9781783099559

Editore: Multilingual Matters, 2018

Print on Demand. Codice articolo 26379039252

Riassunto:

This book presents a new and comprehensive framework for the analysis of representations of culture, society and the world in textbooks for foreign and second language learning. The framework is transferable to other kinds of learning materials and to other subjects. The framework distinguishes between five approaches: national studies, citizenship education studies, cultural studies, postcolonial studies and transnational studies. In a series of concrete analyses, the book illustrates how one can describe and uncover representations of the world in textbooks for English, German, French, Spanish, Danish and Esperanto. Each analysis is accompanied by suggestions of possible supplements and changes. The book points to the need for language learning materials to deal seriously with knowledge about the world, including its diversities and problems.

Informazioni sugli autori:

Karen Risager is Professor Emerita in Cultural Encounters at Roskilde University, Denmark. She is the author of Language and Culture Pedagogy: From a National to a Transnational Paradigm (Multilingual Matters, 2007).

Karen Risager is Professor Emerita in Cultural Encounters at Roskilde University, Denmark. She is the author of Language and Culture Pedagogy: From a National to a Transnational Paradigm (Multilingual Matters 2007).

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Titolo: Representations of the World in Language ...
Casa editrice: Multilingual Matters
Data di pubblicazione: 2018
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: New