Lang Learn In Age of Satellite Tv - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 019442152X ISBN 13: 9780194421522

Publisher: Oxford University Press España, S.A., 1998

Synopsis

The advent of satellite television worldwide has led to a huge increase in the number of channels available. For the first time in the history of television as a mass medium, language learners can eavesdrop on the most popular information and entertainment medium of the target culture. But
what is there to be learnt from this resource, and how can learners and teachers make the most of it?

This book explores the relationship between language and culture, focusing on some of the most frequent and popular genres shown on television such as news, game shows, soap operas and adverts. The author shows how these genres can provide the potential for developing language learning. She
discusses and illustrates different strategic approaches, and includes suggestions for teaching and learning.

About this title

About the Author:

Ulrike Meinhof is Professor and Chair of Cultural Studies in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Bradford. She is a specialist in discourse analysis. Her main areas of research currently involved in ethnographic research in European border communities and a comparative
media-project about the 20th century on television.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press España, S.A.
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 019442152X
• ISBN 13: 9780194421522
• Binding: Paperback