Reconceptualising Authenticity for English as a Global Language Paperback / softback
by Richard S. Pinner
Part of the Second Language Acquisition series
Paperback / softback
Description
This book examines the concept of authentic English in today's world, where cultures are in constant interaction and the English language works as a binding agent for many cross-cultural exchanges.
It offers a comprehensive review of decades of debate around authenticity in language teaching and learning and attempts to synthesise the complexities by presenting them as a continuum.
This continuum builds on the work of eminent scholars and combines them within a flexible framework that celebrates the process of interaction whilst acknowledging the complexity and individual subjectivity of authenticity.
Authenticity is approached as a complex dynamic construct that can only be understood by examining it from social, individual and contextual dimensions, in relation to actual people.
Authenticity is a problem not just for language acquisition but one which affects us as individuals belonging to society.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:208 pages
- Publisher:Channel View Publications Ltd
- Publication Date:07/06/2016
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- ISBN:9781783095667
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Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:208 pages
- Publisher:Channel View Publications Ltd
- Publication Date:07/06/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781783095667