"This book provides a comprehensive overview of Hispanic applied linguistics, allowing students to understand the field from a variety of perspectives and offering insight into the ever-growing number of professional opportunies afforded to Spanish language program graduates. The goal of this book is to re-contextualize the notion of applied linguistics as simply the application of theoretical linguistic concepts to practical settings and to consider it as its own field that addresses language-based issues and problems in a real-world context.. "--
This first reference in English on Hispanic applied linguistics contains newly commissioned articles by specialists in various fields, and is for graduate and upper-level undergraduate students, researchers and academics, and language professionals. It covers perspectives on learning Spanish, issues and environments in Spanish teaching, Spanish in the professions, the discourses of Spanish, and social and political contexts for Spanish. Specific topics include cognitive approaches to Spanish second language acquisition, Hispanic literatures and cultures throughout the curriculum, Spanish lexicography, academic and professional discourse, and language policy and planning for Spanish in the US. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
This book provides a comprehensive overview of Hispanic applied linguistics, allowing students to understand the field from a variety of perspectives and offering insight into the ever-growing number of professional opportunies afforded to Spanish language program graduates. The goal of this book is to re-contextualize the notion of applied linguistics as simply the application of theoretical linguistic concepts to practical settings and to consider it as its own field that addresses language-based issues and problems in a real-world context. The book is organized into five parts: 1) perspectives on learning Spanish 2) issues and environments in Spanish teaching 3) Spanish in the professions 4) the discourses of Spanish and 5) social and political contexts for Spanish. The books all-inclusive coverage gives students the theoretical and sociocultural context for study in Hispanic applied linguistics while offering practical information on its application in the professional sector.
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