Illustrated by an empirical study of English as a Foreign Language reading in Argentina, this book argues for a different approach to the theoretical rationales and methodological designs typically used to investigate cultural understanding in reading, in particular foreign language reading. It presents an alternative approach which is more authentic in its methods, more educational in its purposes, and more supportive of international understanding as an aim of language teaching in general and English language teaching in particular.
ISBN: | 9781138672406 |
Publication date: | 7th July 2016 |
Author: | Melina Porto, Michael University of Durham, UK Byram |
Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 172 pages |
Series: | Routledge Research in Education |
Genres: |
Teaching of a specific subject Literature: history and criticism Bilingualism and multilingualism Language teaching and learning Language teaching theory and methods |