Intersection of service and learning : research and practice in the second language classroom

• Main Author: Thompson, Gregory (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Pub., [2012]
• Subjects: Service learning.; Second language acquisition.; Languages, Modern > Study and teaching.; Social Science > Volunteer Work.; Language teaching and learning: second or additional languages.; Charities, voluntary services and philanthropy.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806614431
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-894-4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 167 pages)

This book on service-learning provides a current view of service-learning research in the second language classroom and practical applications for the acquisition of both cultural knowledge as well as the different language modalities. This book helps in understanding how using service-learning in t...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1
• Introduction and history of service-learning in the language classroom
• Chapter 2. Service-learning and second language acquisition theories
• Chapter 3. The acquisition of reading and writing through service-learning
• Chapter 4. The acquisition of speaking and listening through service-learning
• Chapter 5. The acquisition of culture through service-learning
• Chapter 6. Using service-learning with heritage language students
• Chapter 7. Service-learning and language acquisition in the study abroad context
• Chapter 8. The future of service-learning in the second language. Notes
• References
• Appendixes
• About the author
• Index.