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OverviewThis book on applied linguistics presents new trends and improvements on the teaching of Spanish. It deals with two major scopes in the field of linguistics that have a crucial role in the development of language teaching in general and of the teaching of Spanish in particular: Interaction and Grammar.The topics chosen coincide with the areas in which the communicative approach to language teaching, dominant in European and American language programs since the 1970s and 80s, has been the object of most revision. In its first part, the book appeals both to pragmatics and to discourse analysis to research the specifics of classroom discourse and classroom interaction, as well as the differences between interactions among Spanish native speakers and interactions among non natives, in order to develop methodologies for the effective incorporation of these aspects to the Spanish language classroom, such as tasks to teach interaction or techniques to implement learner-centered interactive class dynamics and cooperative learning.In its second part, this book reviews the pedagogical advantages of language description based on Cognitive Linguistic theory to explain different aspects of Spanish grammar. The main purpose of our contribution is to show how taking different dimensions of construal and perspective in linguistic representations into account helps teachers to elucidate idiosyncratic and subtle contrasts of Spanish structure that other views and approaches cannot clarify on a meaningful base, such as the aspectual opposition between preterits or the modal opposition between indicative and subjunctive, both of high importance for the English speaking student.The work selected for this book, by experts from Columbia University and from several universities in Spain, represents the most current lines of inquiry in this post-communicative approach as applied specifically to the teaching of Spanish. This book seeks to be to be a must-read for the present and future. It tackles unexplored territory, for journals and applied linguistics collections have mainly addressed these problems in relation to English language and instruction. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Guadalupe Ruiz-FarjardoPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Imprint: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Edition: Unabridged edition Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 21.20cm Weight: 0.590kg ISBN: 9781443839730ISBN 10: 1443839736 Pages: 335 Publication Date: 13 July 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsWhat makes the present volume truly interesting is that all of its contributors are both researchers and practitioners, providing the present work with a global and unique perspective that puts together theory, practice, formal explanations, and pedagogical arguments with practical examples from the SFL and the Spanish L2 classroom. This is a thoroughly absorbing book that fills many gaps in the field of applied linguistics. - Prospero N Garcia, Hispania, 97 (September 2014), 529-530. Author InformationGuadalupe Ruiz Fajardo is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures at Columbia University, where she teaches Spanish and Discourse Analysis. Her main area of research is the use of mass media in the language classroom. She is the co-author of two advanced-level Spanish textbooks, Abanico (2011) and El Ventilador (2006). She coordinates and teaches methodology and teacher training courses in different institutions, including the annual Methodological Developments in Teaching Spanish as a Second Language workshop, where this book emerged. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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