Holistic Approaches to Language Learning (Paperback, 1st)

Contents: Christine Penman: Holistic approaches to language learning ? Gerhard Bach: Whole person, whole language - fragmented theories: common and scientific paradigms of holistic language learning ? Nikola Mayer: The contribution of holism to language teaching ? Ana Halbach: Involving the whole person in the whole process of language learning ? Astrid Dahnken: The learner’s view of second language learning and implications for second language teaching ? James S. Munro: ≪You teach with the whole of you≫: some reflections from the chalk face ? Daniela Sime: Perceiving the whole teacher: speaking and gesturing in the language class ? Jean E. Conacher: New learning environments: holistic approach or challenge? ? Karin Vogt: Dimensions of complexity in computer-mediated intercultural communication ? Emilie Grinan: Experience pedagogique a distance entre natifs et non natifs: perspective holistique dans l’interpretation des donnees ? Marion Sporing: ≪I found myself hiding there between the lines≫: holistic approaches within a Virtual Learning Environment for language teaching professionals ? Nikola Mayer/Britta Viebrock: First Encounters: holism as a central concept for experiencing foreign languages in kindergarten ? Daniela Elsner: Teaching and learning English vocabulary in the foreign language primary classroom: the German context ? Christine Penman: Towards a holistic evaluation of communicative ability in tandem interactions ? Richard Johnstone: Holistic language learning from the present into the future.