This book is an interdisciplinary collaboration between a literary critic and cultural historian, which examines and recovers a radical and still urgent challenge to the industrialisation of cultural
Seeking to understand factors involved in language learning, Gao (sociolinguistics and English, Hong Kong Institute of Education) explores interactions between agency and sociocultural context by stud
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
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
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
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.
This edited volume on tourism in the Middle East embodies a multi-discursive approach to the study of tourism in the region offering not only different perspectives but qualifying local knowledge and
Thirty years after the signing of the World Heritage Convention, this collection of 17 articles addresses the increased mobility, advances in communications, and intensification of market forces that
Focuses not only on issues of language learning and teaching, but also highlights the ways in which power relations in the wider society affect patterns of teacher-student interaction in the classroom
Roads and road tourism loom large in the Australian imagination as distance and mobility have shaped the nation's history and culture. This book explores how Australians have experienced and imagined
Due to the aging of the population and the increasing number of older adults pursuing foreign language courses, a greater understanding of the ways in which older adults learn foreign languages is lon
This book provides a wide-ranging and in-depth theoretical perspective on dialogue in teaching. It explores the philosophy of dialogism as a social theory of language and explains its importance in te
This book introduces an approach to understanding and measuring working memory components and functions in second language learning, processing and development. It presents comprehensive, thorough and
This book introduces an approach to understanding and measuring working memory components and functions in second language learning, processing and development. It presents comprehensive, thorough and
This book investigates the way localities are shaped and negotiated through tourism, and explores the emerging success of local peer-produced hospitality and tourism services which are transforming th
This book investigates the way localities are shaped and negotiated through tourism, and explores the emerging success of local peer-produced hospitality and tourism services which are transforming th
Spanish is a pluricentric language, meaning that it has several centers of prestige (e.g., San Juan, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Lima). Moreover, Spanish, like all languages, evinces sociolinguistic va
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
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
More than 70 languages are spoken in contemporary Iran, yet all governmental correspondence and educational textbooks must be written in Farsi. To date, the Iranian mother tongue debate has remained f
The appointment of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa in 1994 signalled the end of apartheid and transition to a new democratic constitution. This book studies governmental discursive trends
Hagglund (Research Fellow, Nottingham Trent University) looks at travel and travel writing in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a period in which Scotland emerged as a full-fledged tourist desti
In a series of ethnographic studies of multilingual practices in East Africa, Higgins (second language studies, U. of Hawai'i) focuses on local contexts of English, highlighting hybrid language practi
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
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
Thirteen international academics, researchers, and policymakers contribute nine chapters to a text based on an international symposium on bilingualism, held in Barcelona in 2005, where participants ex
The question is whether tourism spurs economic and social development and benefits poor people in tourist destinations, or perpetuates an inequality both between countries of the world and within pre-
This book presents a systematic and pattern-based explanation of food tourism, focusing on how and why change could occur and what the implications could be. In the future will food tourism involve fo
This book presents a systematic and pattern-based explanation of food tourism, focusing on how and why change could occur and what the implications could be. In the future will food tourism involve fo
In The Sociolinguistics of Development in Africa, Djite (sociolinguistics, U. of Western Sydney, Australia) argued that questions of language are central to issues of inclusion and exclusion in the ar
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
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 book provides a conceptual analysis of the ‘sharing economy' and accommodation sector. It furthers the debate surrounding Airbnb and other platforms and the social sustainability of city tourism.
For many years Ireland has been a popular tourist destination and tourism has been one of the most significant social, economic and cultural forces in Irish society. Irish Tourism: Image, Culture and
