Making connections through texts in language teaching Export

@article{citeulike:2887371, abstract = {Language is not just a tool for communication. It is also a resource for creative thought, a framework for understanding the world, a key to new knowledge and human history, and a source of pleasure and inspiration. The Connections Standard is about linking language and literature study to other disciplines (for example, art, music, film, history, among others) and about getting students to experience unique viewpoints available only through a particular language and its cultures. This presentation will argue for the importance of analyzing texts (written, oral, visual, audio-visual) in language teaching. The goal is to give students the chance to position themselves in relation to distinct viewpoints and distinct cultures and to make connections between language and other symbolic ways of making meaning, connections between language and other disciplines, and connections between language and culture. These connections are not easy to make, but they are essential if we are to prepare our students for the broadest range of language use and allow them to achieve their full communicative potential.}, author = {Kern, Richard}, citeulike-article-id = {2887371}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=1902124}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0261444808005053}, day = {11}, doi = {10.1017/S0261444808005053}, journal = {Language Teaching}, keywords = {sim}, number = {03}, pages = {367--387}, posted-at = {2009-01-19 06:38:24}, priority = {2}, title = {Making connections through texts in language teaching}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0261444808005053}, volume = {41}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2887371 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2887371 N2 - Language is not just a tool for communication. It is also a resource for creative thought, a framework for understanding the world, a key to new knowledge and human history, and a source of pleasure and inspiration. The Connections Standard is about linking language and literature study to other disciplines (for example, art, music, film, history, among others) and about getting students to experience unique viewpoints available only through a particular language and its cultures. This presentation will argue for the importance of analyzing texts (written, oral, visual, audio-visual) in language teaching. The goal is to give students the chance to position themselves in relation to distinct viewpoints and distinct cultures and to make connections between language and other symbolic ways of making meaning, connections between language and other disciplines, and connections between language and culture. These connections are not easy to make, but they are essential if we are to prepare our students for the broadest range of language use and allow them to achieve their full communicative potential. IS - 03 JF - Language Teaching EP - 387 TI - Making connections through texts in language teaching VL - 41 SP - 367 KW - sim AU - Kern, Richard PY - 2008//11/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0261444808005053 ER -