Within the last decade film-induced tourism has gained increasing attention from academics and the industry alike. While most research has focused on the tourism-inducing effects of film productions,
This book examines the ethnic, gendered, and embodied 'hybrid' identities of 'half-Japanese' girls in Japan, colourfully narrated through their own voices. The girls struggle to positively construct t
This book examines the ethnic, gendered, and embodied 'hybrid' identities of 'half-Japanese' girls in Japan, colourfully narrated through their own voices. The girls struggle to positively construct t
Ramanathan (applied sociolinguistics, U. of California-Davis) advocates that the language used to describe issues relating to ill health and abnormal body functioning should be carefully constructed,
Focusing on body conditions associated with breast cancer, Alzheimer's disease, (type-1) diabetes, epilepsy, partial hearing and autism, this book draws on a range of critical theories to contest coll
For new teachers, researchers, and education students, Edwards (psychology, St. Francis Xavier U., Canada) considers aspects of linguistic diversity that are relevant for education with an aim to give
This book provides comprehensive coverage of language contact in classroom settings. Particularly highlighted are the range and implications of attitudes towards languages and dialects - with close a
As the makeup of populations change, the mixing of ethnic and racial cultures expands. With it come new challenges for teachers who increasingly face students from vastly different cultural perspectiv
The growing cultural, racial and linguistic diversity in schools has changed the face of language teaching in many countries. This book presents theory and research by a group of internationally recog
Noting recent shifts in the translation profession, Luo Xuanmin (foreign languages, translation and interdisciplinary studies, Tsinghua U., Beijing) and He Yuanjian (translation, Chinese U. of Hong Ko
Eighteen American academics and researchers contribute ten chapters examining language diversity, immigration, and educational policy in the US in the past and present, and offering interdisciplinary
This book focuses on educational language minority immigrant issues in the United States. It draws from quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to inform educational policy and practice.
In this volume aimed at researchers, policy makers, teachers, and teacher educators, Turnbull (education, U. of Prince Edward Island, Canada) and Dailey-O'Cain (German and applied linguistics, U. of A
The Darker Side of Travel is a contemporary and comprehensive analysis of dark tourism. Drawing on existing literature, numerous examples and introducing new conceptual perspectives, it develops a the
Learning and teaching mathematics in multilingual, bilingual or second language settings can be challenging. This collection explores the complex issues that arise in multilingual mathematics classroo
Measuring Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition describes the effect that word frequency and lexical coverage have on learning and communication in a foreign language. It examines the tools we have f
Dark Tourism has been going on for millennia but it has only recently been defined, labeled and studied. Sharpley (tourism and development, University of Central Lancaster. Preston, UK) and Stone, als
This volume focuses on research in bilingual and multilingual education. It discusses the results of research conducted in different multilingual educational contexts and particularly in Basque school
This volume offers fresh perspectives on a controversial issue in applied linguistics and language teaching by focusing on the use of the first language in communicative or immersion-type classrooms.
The Meaning Makers traces the language and literacy development of a large, representative sample of children from age 1 to 10, quoting liberally from observations made at home and at school. Setting
Erfurt-Cooper and Cooper (tourism resource management, tourism law, and tourism development and planning, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific U., Japan) explore health and wellness tourism (a topic often neglect
Scholars and practitioners of education, linguistics, and related fields from around the world contend and demonstrate that using two or more languages in education can contribute to greater social ju
The principles for enabling children to become fully proficient multilinguals through schooling are well known. Even so, most indigenous/tribal, minority and marginalised children are not provided wit
Geothermal springs constitute a major tourism resource, providing spectacular settings, recreation facilities, a recognised value in treatments beneficial for health and wellness, a sense of heritage
About half in earth and environmental sciences and half in tourism, researchers look at the issue from such perspectives as the call for sustainability, tourism policy, women and tourism, spatial pers
Eight North American academics and attorneys contribute nine chapters analyzing language allegiances, particularly in a multilingual society such as the US. A common thread throughout is, whether base
This book analyses the concept of language allegiances, and, more broadly, language-based identities in a multilingual society such as the US. The guiding theme of the chapters that comprise this volu
Produced by a six-person team of linguistics researchers from the U. of Auckland, U. of Melbourne, Michigan State U., and the U. of Groningen, this text originated in a 2002-2005 research project fund
Ritchie (tourism, U. of Queensland, Australia) uses research from case studies in the USA, Europe and the Middle East to review the best strategies for tourist crises and disaster management, planning
Editors Feng (education, Bangor U.), Byram (education, Durham U.) and Fleming (education, Durham U.) have collected essays on the "complementarity" of education and training in higher learning facilit
Content and language integrated learning (CLIL) is an approach to second/foreign language learning that requires the use of the target language to learn content. This book brings together critical ana
De Houwer (language acquisition and teaching, U. of Erfurt, Germany) offers this supplemental text for classes in bilingual first language development. The six chapters discuss the theoretical fundame
Forces of economic, social, cultural, environmental, and political change are working to re-define rural spaces the world over and broad global transformations in consumption and transportation patter
This book explores changes in global transformations in consumption and transportation and the economic, social, environmental, and cultural forces that are changing rural environments. The intent is
The aim of this book is to bridge the disciplines of philosophy and tourism and to provide an analysis and application of philosophical issues of tourism. In doing so this book focuses on three key ar
Scholars of African linguistics, creolistics, African American English and education explore the social costs in education of marginalizing Creole and other vernacular language varieties with the labe
How are words organized in the bilingual mind? How are they linked to concepts? How do bi- and multilinguals process words in their multiple languages? This title answers to these questions. It provid
Linguists and other social scientists look at the relationship from two perspectives. The first is poverty as a factor in maintenance and language death, and the second is language as a determinant of
This volume bridges the gap between theory and practice by bringing together well-known and new authors to discuss a topic of mutual interest to second language researchers and teachers alike: input.
Hall (marketing, U. of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, and geography, U. of Oulu, Finland) et al. offer an introduction to tourism in Nordic countries that addresses marketing, governance and p
