Topics in Language and Culture for Teachers
Topics in Language and Culture for Teachers is an introductory language and culture text designed for today's future teachers, anthropologists, and applied linguists. The book explores, from a variety of perspectives, the interrelationships between language and culture that have the most significant implications for the classroom and for the global community.\ Among the topics introduced are first language acquisition, dialects, sign language, non-verbal communication, and pragmatics. Each...
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This introductory text is intended for future K-12 educators and as a reference for practicing teachers. Brown (Youngstown State U.) and Eisterhold (Georgia State U.) take a sociolinguistic approach, and they present various teaching scenarios and resources, boxed "before you read" questions, and end-of-chapter exercises. Coverage includes the concepts of nature, language and culture, words across cultures, language and interaction, first language acquisition, bilingualism, language contact between individuals and cultures, varieties of language, nonverbal communication, sign languages and literacy. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
1Preliminary questions12Nature, language, and culture143Words across cultures314Language and interaction475First language acquistion, individaul bilingualism, and the schools636Learning a second language827Language contact between individuals and cultures988Varieties of language1179Nonverbal communication13310Sign language14411Literacy155App. ALanguages of the world174App. BHow languages are put together179
