Language Variation And Multimodality In Audiovis - A New Framework Of Analysis Av Dora Renna

This book breaks new ground in the study of language standards and standardization through its focus on Asia and in the attention paid to multilingual contexts. The chapters add to our understanding of the ways in which multilingualism is implicated in...

<P>This timely text offers a how-to guide for analyzing gesture and multimodality in second language learning and teaching. Expert contributors from around the world outline the theoretical basis for each topic and offer clear descriptions of data...

This collection highlights diverse epistemological perspectives in original research on the important role of multimodality in second language contexts. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in applied linguistics, multilingualism, bilingualism,...

<P>Bringing together the varied and multifaceted expertise of teachers and linguists in one accessible volume, this book presents practical tools, grounded in cutting-edge research, for teaching about language and language diversity in the ELA classroom....