Language, learning and teaching
Subtitle: Irish research perspectives
By: edited by Fiona Farr and Máiréad Moriarty
Contributors: Irish Association for Applied Linguistics
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9783034308717
Subjects: Language and education; Language acquisition; Languages; Study and teaching; Congresses; Language and languages; Bilingual Education; Applied linguistics; Intercultural communication
Notes: "The work presented in this book stems from a postgraduate conference held by IRAAL (The Irish Society for Applied Linguistics) at the University of Limerick in October 2010. IRAAL was founded in 1975 to support research in applied and general linguistics in Ireland. IRAAL is affiliated to the International Association for Applied Linguistics (AILA)."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Fiona Farr and Máiréad Moriarty; title: Applied linguistics research: Connecting with the bigger picture / Michael McCarthy; title: Section One: Exploring Language Learning and Teaching: Teacher Acts, Class Speaks: Mime activating learning in today's linguistically diverse classroom / Mandy Collins; title: The role of culture in minority language learning: The case of adult learners of Irish / Colin John Flynn; title: An exploration of parents' experiences of involvement in immersion schooling: Identifying barriers to successful involvement / Lauren Kavanagh and Tina Hickey; title: A language socialization perspective on knowledge and identity construction in Irish post-primary education / Malgorzata Machowska-Kosciak; title: Exploring language and discourses: looking at multicultural classrooms in ireland: teacher educators' perspectives / Joanna Baumgart; title: Looking at language in hotel management education / Margaret Healy and Kristin Onderdonk Horan; title: Caighdeáin, caighdeánú agus torthaÌ ar chaighdeánú na Gaeilge / Noel P. Ó Murchadha; title: Online reflections: The implementation of blogs in language teacher education / Elaine Riordan.