{"product_id":"9783032043221","title":"Agency and Pragmatic Independence in Foreign-language Communication: Culture, Conformity and Critical Choices","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAgency and Pragmatic Independence in Foreign-language Communication: Culture, Conformity and Critical Choices\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eMugford, Gerrard\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThis book promotes a teaching approach which \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003ebuilds on learner experience, assets and knowledge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eBy exploiting existing learner resources and knowledge of the world, the book identifies and stresses the need to draw upon first and additional-language\/cultural resources and experiences by recognising that language \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eusers have choices regarding how they want to participate on interpersonal, interactional and transactional levels. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eIn order to achieve successful (and overcome less successful) meaningful communication, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003ethe living experiences, histories and resources which language users bring to the additional-language context are honoured and serve as the basis of the teaching\/learning approach. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eRather than focusing on decontextualised language structures and on what learners might get wrong, the author argues that teachers should help learners develop a sense of agency and control, pragmatic processing ability and investment. This book will be of interest to ELT researchers, foreign language teachers, teacher trainers, researchers and postgraduate students in applied linguistics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2025-10-08\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783032043221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-032-04323-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 142\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44335088730252,"sku":"9783032043221","price":40.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032043221.jpg?v=1774145002","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032043221","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}