The Ecology and Semiotics of Language Learning A Sociocultural Perspective /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lier, Leo van (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2004.
• Series: Educational Linguistics, 3
• Subjects: Linguistics.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Applied linguistics.; Psycholinguistics.; Sociolinguistics.; Language and education.; Applied Linguistics.; Language Education.; Philosophy of Education.

The ecological perspective on language and language education has in recent years become a major focus of interest in the fields of second language teaching and learning, and linguistics and education in general. This is the first book-length attempt to provide a comprehensive overview of an ecology...

Table of Contents:

• Theories of Language
• Semiotics
• Emergence and Affordance
• The Self and Language Learning
• Language Learning Pathways
• Critical Ecological Linguistics
• Ecological Research.