Description |
402 pages : illustrations, 1 map, 1 portrait ; 23 cm |
Series |
Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics, 0196-7207 ; 1994 |
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Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics.
Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics ; 1994
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Contents |
Welcoming remarks / James E. Alatis (Georgetown University) -- In memory of the Rev. Francis P. Dinneen, S.J. / James E. Alatis (Georgetown University) -- The Speaking Tree: A medium of plural canons / Braj B. Kachru (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) -- The triumph of the yell / Deborah Tannen (Georgetown University) -- Teaching culture in the language classroom: Toward a new philosophy / Rebecca L. Oxford (University of Alabama) -- Toward an acquisition-oriented syllabus / Gen-yuan Zhuang (Hangzhou University) -- The use of language tests for power and control / Elana Shohamy (Tel Aviv University) -- The impact of college entrance examinations on high school ESL/EFL writing / Chen-ching Li (Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States) -- The beginnings of language testing as a profession / Bernard Spolsky (Bar-Ilan University) -- Retooling for communication: Hungary reorients its FL teaching / Katalin Nyikos (Georgetown University) -- Language choices for West Africa in the global village / Jerry Cline-Bailey (Xavier University (Cincinnati)) -- Politeness across cultures: Implications for second language teaching / Ayo Bamgbose (University of Ibadan and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) -- What do "Yes" and "No" really mean in Chinese? / Yu-hwei E. Lii-Shih (National Taiwan Normal University) -- Culture, discourse, and choice of structure / Ren Shaozeng (Hangzhou University) -- Teaching global interdependence as a subversive activity / H. Douglas Brown (San Francisco State University) |
Analysis |
Crosscultural communucation -- Congresses |
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Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Congresses |
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Linguistics -- Congresses |
Notes |
"In memory of the Rev. Francis P. Dinneen, S.J." --p. [3] |
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ISSN 0186-7207 incorrect on item |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Subject |
Intercultural communication -- Congresses.
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Language and education -- Congresses.
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Language and languages -- Congresses.
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Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Congresses.
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Festschriften.
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Author |
Alatis, James E.
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Dinneen, Francis P.
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ISBN |
0878401296 |
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