Reconceptualising Authenticity for English as a Global Langu by Richard S. Pinner
Brand: Channel View Publications
Product Description
This book examines the concept of authentic English in todays world where cultures are in constant interaction and the English language works as a binding agent for many crosscultural exchanges. It offers a comprehensive review of decades of debate around authenticity in language teaching and learning and attempts to synthesise the complexities by presenting them as a continuum. This continuum builds on the work of eminent scholars and combines them within a flexible framework that celebrates the process of interaction whilst acknowledging the complexity and individual subjectivity of authenticity. Authenticity is approached as a complex dynamic construct that can only be understood by examining it from social individual and contextual dimensions in relation to actual people. Authenticity is a problem not just for language acquisition but one which affects us as individuals belonging to society. show more
Condition : New
Author : Richard S. Pinner
Weight : 419.82
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Language : English
EAN : 9781783095667
ISBN10 : 1783095660
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20161205
Place of Publication : Bristol United Kingdom
Pagination : 208
Dimensions : 239 X 155 X 13