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Aspects of Culture in Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Learning

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  • Offers a view on the breadth of current research on Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and processing
  • Emphasizes a sociocultural context in Second Language Acquisition
  • Provides theoretical considerations and empirical research data on the development of intercultural communicative competence

Part of the book series: Second Language Learning and Teaching (SLLT)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Cultural Differences in Language Instruction

  2. Culture-Related Concepts and Constructs

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About this book

In recent years language learning has been increasingly viewed by some SLA researchers as an essentially social-psychological process in which the role of a wider sociocultural context should not be marginalized.  This volume offers a valuable contribution to this growing body of research by providing theoretical considerations and empirical research data on themes such as the development of intercultural communicative competence, the role of English as a lingua franca in intercultural communication, and the place of cultural factors in SLA theorizing, research, second/foreign language teaching and teacher training.  The volume also contains contributions which share the linguistic interest in the culture-related concepts and constructs such as time, modesty, politeness, and respect, discussing the culture-dependent differences in conceptualization and their reflection in particular language forms and linguistic devices.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Language Acquisition, Institute of English, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland

    Janusz Arabski

  • Institute of English, Department of Language Acquisition, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland

    Adam Wojtaszek

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Aspects of Culture in Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Learning

  • Editors: Janusz Arabski, Adam Wojtaszek

  • Series Title: Second Language Learning and Teaching

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20201-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-20200-1Published: 28 August 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-27117-5Published: 27 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-20201-8Published: 27 August 2011

  • Series ISSN: 2193-7648

  • Series E-ISSN: 2193-7656

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 292

  • Topics: Linguistics, general, Sociolinguistics

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