Current Research on Language Learning and Teaching : Case Study of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Slips of the Tongue -- A Cross-Cultural Study of Apologies in Bosnian and English -- English as a Window into Understanding the Brain -- The Wrong Choice of English Prepositions Caused by Negative Language Transfer -- Classroom Activities for Young Learners of English -- The Effect of Classical Music on Vocabulary Recall and Retention of Students Learning English at the University of Mostar -- Aspects and Manifestations of (Narrative) Time in Two Paul Auster Novels -- Semantic Comparison of English and Bosnian Consanguineal Kinship Terminologies -- Is Motivation Necessary in the Teaching Process? -- IT as a Motivational Tool for Different Types of University-level ESL Learners -- Semi-Free Relatives in Arabic and Bosnian -- Use of Rhetorical Figures in English Advertising Language -- Visual Metaphor in Surrealist Art -- Left Branch Extraction from Nominal and Adjectival Small Clauses in English -- On Signalling Voices in Newspapers -- Finite and Non-Finite Relative Clauses in English and BCS -- Computer Compounds -- Raising Pragmatic Awareness in Second Language Acquisition -- The Significance of Teaching the Arabic Language in Light of Promoting Linguistic Diversity and Intercultural Communication -- Teachers' Awareness of the Importance of Collocations in the Vocabulary Development of Elementary Level Learners of English -- Aspects of English Unaccusative Verbs -- Some Aspects of Tabloid Adjectives -- Repetitions in L2 and L1 Conversations -- Development of Intercultural Education through English Language Textbooks Used in Elementary Schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Informal Assessments in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Children -- English in Bosnian Advertising Discourse -- Trees, Nodes and Constituency Tests -- Contributors.

This volume represents the first collection of essays on research dedicated to the work of scholars and experts from Bosnia and Herzegovina. It provides programmatic state-of-the-art overviews of current issues in the language sciences and their applications in first, second, and bilingual language acquisition in naturalistic and tutored contexts, and brings together disciplinary perspectives from linguistics, sociolinguistics, language teaching, education and intercultural communication. This book will be of particular interest to anyone wishing to know the value, and the pitfalls, of current research, to understand its various applications for foreign language education in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to appreciate the qualities of rigor and trustworthiness required to evaluate and interpret current studies in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Indeed, this volume provides an informed perspective on the field's developments and an insightful analysis of interdisciplinary studies in the country.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.