
Language Play, Language Learning
Guy Cook(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 3. February 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
242 pages
978-0-19-442153-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book has two related purposes. The first is to demonstrate the extent and importance of language play in human life; the second is to draw out the implications for applied linguistics and language teaching. Language play should not be thought of as a trivial or peripheral activity, but as central to human thought and culture, to learning, creativity, and intellectual enquiry. It fulfils a major function of language, underpinning the human capacity to adapt: as
individuals, as societies, and as a species.
individuals, as societies, and as a species.
Reviews / Votes
'This far-ranging study demonstrates immense erudition in its sweep of scientific, cultural, and pedagogical theory, and points the way to linking opposing notions of language acquisition. Cook's work moves the profession away from a language learning centred on myopically practical, quotidian tasks and provides us with the much needed bridge between the disciplines of the traditional liberal arts and those of the behavioral sciences - a bridge that in turnfacilitates a greater understanding of the second language acquisition process.' * Kenneth W Mildenberger Award Committee *
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
ELT/ESL
Illustrations
black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
378 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-442153-9 (9780194421539)
Schweitzer Classification
Content
PART ONE: THE INTERLOCKING LEVELS; PART TWO: THEORIES AND EXPLANATIONS; PART THREE: LANGUAGE LEARNING