Directions and Prospects for Educational Linguistics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hult, Francis M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Educational Linguistics, 11
• Subjects: Education.; Linguistics.; Applied linguistics.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Language and education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Learning & Instruction.; Linguistics, general.; Language Education.; Applied Linguistics.

“This anthology is a testament to the vitality of Educational Linguistics and its transdisciplinary, problem-posing approach. With chapters ranging from the ethnopoetics of oral narrative to the use of eye-tracking technology to study recasts in CMC, this collection extends the boundaries of educati...

Table of Contents:

• Educational Linguistics: Working at a Crossroads
• Theme-Based Research in the Transdisciplinary Field of Educational Linguistics
• Methodology and Pedagogy in Educational Sociolinguistics: Researching and Teaching in Linguistically Diverse Schools
• Discourse Issues in Cross-Cultural Pragmatics: Educating the Community
• Communicative Competence Revisited: An Ethnopoetic Analysis of Narrative Performances of Identity
• Employing Eye-Tracking Technology in Researching the Effectiveness of Recasts in CMC
• The Educational Linguistics of Bilingual Deaf Education
• Multiuser Digital Games as Sites for Research and Practice
• Envoi: Towards Responsible Language Educational Management.