This book identifies the many facets of culture that influence second language learners and teachers. The paperback edition identifies the many facets of culture that influence second language learners and teachers. It addresses the impact of culture on learning to interact, speak, construct meaning, and write in a second language, while staying within the sociocultural paradigms specific to a particular language and its speakers. By providing a comprehensive introduction to research from other disciplines on the interaction between language and culture, this volume offers an important contribution to the field of second language acquisition.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/13/1999
ISBN: 9780521644907
Pages: 266
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.96w x 0.56d