Equipos de dialectólogos recorren cada año todas las provincias españolas, entrevistando a personas mayores en sus pueblos, para recoger sus tradiciones y sus formas de hablar. Gracias a estas entrevistas, conocemos mejor las hablas rurales de España, que son una pieza imprescindible para comprender el puzle de la historia del español.

En este libro se presentan, para todos los públicos, algunas de las investigaciones que se han llevado a cabo partiendo de estos materiales. Se explican los métodos seguidos en las investigaciones dialectológicas y se ofrecen miradas científicas sobre distintas formas de hablar de las zonas rurales españolas —algunas muy conocidas, como el leísmo o los diminutivos—. Esta perspectiva científica, además, contribuye a desterrar los prejuicios contra las hablas rurales, consideradas frecuentemente peores sin ningún fundamento.

El presente estudio colectivo recoge las investigaciones más recientes en el novedoso campo sociolingüístico del paisaje lingüístico realizadas en el territorio andaluz y aplicadas a la enseñanza de la lengua española. El paisaje lingüístico lo constituyen todos los signos lingüísticos escritos en la calle, como sus nombres, los de establecimientos o instituciones, los carteles informativos o publicitarios, grafitis, señales… En suma, informaciones de todo tipo, turísticas o normativas.
El uso de estos signos como material didáctico aportan grandes beneficios al proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. En este volumen, se reúnen distintas propuestas enfocadas tanto a la enseñanza universitaria del español como a la didáctica del español como lengua extranjera. A su vez, este enfoque concede un papel central en el estudio lingüístico a la perspectiva histórico-social, ya que el paisaje lingüístico permite abordar el estudio de la historia de las comunidades de habla y la identidad de las personas que las integran.

Technology- mediated language learning has matured over the past few decades, with various tools and contexts now widely used in language education for all ages and levels. Many of today’s language learners have experienced technology as an ever- present feature both within and beyond the classroom, highlighting how the role of technology has expanded into many daily activities, and underscoring how research in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) can inform and support the use of established and emerging technologies. The role of technology in language learning has continued to grow, with the recent COVID- 19 global pandemic further demonstrating the potential contributions of technology for supporting and facilitating second language development. Answering this increasing interest, this Handbook provides students, teachers, and scholars with a comprehensive collection of chapters on foundational topics and key issues related to technology, SLA, and where relevant, pedagogical applications.

The main objective of this volume is to contribute to teachers’ both pre-service and in-service professional development by providing them with the necessary theoretical knowledge base as well as practical suggestions and activities for the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom at the educational stages of Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO), Upper (non-compulsory) Secondary Education (Bachillerato) and Official Schools of Languages. The topics covered in the present book are usually dealt with in the specific module of EFL Complementos de formación disciplinar of the Masters’ Degree in Teacher Training for Compulsory and Upper Secondary Education, Vocational Education and Official Schools of Language: English as an International Language, the Intercultural Communicative Competence, the application of literature to EFL teaching, and the analysis and evaluation of EFL materials from a general perspective and from the angle of activity typology and sequencing in particular. 

This book explores multilingual practices such as translanguaging, code-switching and stylization in secondary classrooms in Hawai'i. Using linguistic ethnography, it investigates how students in a linguistically diverse class, including those who speak less commonly taught languages, deal with learning tasks and the social life of the class when using these languages alongside English as a lingua franca. It discusses implications for teachers, from balancing student needs in lesson planning and instruction to classroom management, where the language use of one individual or group can create challenges of understanding, participation or deficit identity positionings for another. The book argues that students must not only be allowed to flex their whole language repertoires to learn and communicate but also be aware of how to build bridges across differences in individual repertoires. It offers suggestions for teachers to consider within their own contexts, highlighting the need for teacher autonomy to cultivate the classroom community's critical language awareness and create conducive environments for learning. This book will appeal to postgraduate students, researchers and academics working in the fields of sociolinguistics and linguistic ethnography as well as pre-service and in-service teachers in linguistically diverse secondary school contexts.

This book offers further insight into the complex process of second language attrition and the interacting variables that influence it. Focusing on the Irish language, it explores the language behaviour and learning experience of four Irish adults residing in Germany, who have not had contact with the Irish language in approximately 30 years. It closely examines levels of retention of lexical item knowledge and observes that seemingly forgotten information can be reactivated on re-exposure. The book is also of particular relevance for those interested in minority languages and the impact of state and education policy on language maintenance.

Explores how identities and multilingualism are situated within and surrounding intercultural experiences in education

Examines how multilingual and identity experiences link to intercultural understanding and intersection in learning

Covers case studies that illustrate how notions of language and intercultural understanding permeate education worldwide