Bridging Language Boundaries - Explorations in Communication across Borders
About this ebook
Chapters herein delve into communication surpassing geographic and linguistic boundaries. As language professionals, educators, and researchers, we navigate the challenges of this landscape where languages blend and merge. These chapters analyse and inspire queries that arise whenever linguistic borders are crossed. From exploring the functions of intercomprehension to examining the impact of digital tools on borderless language education, each chapter reveals a facet of the theme. Topics span language methodologies, language acquisition, linguistic landscapes, and the growing importance of technology in teaching, to name but a few.
Readers are invited to join us in exploring how communication shapes and is shaped by diverse linguistic environments. Together, we illuminate the threads that determine global interaction, delivering insight into the functioning of language in our interconnected world.
About the author
Dr Thomas Tinnefeld is a full professor of Applied Languages at Saarland University of Applied Sciences in Germany. He is the founder and chairman of the biennial Saarbrücken International Conferences on Foreign Language Teaching and the editor of the Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching (JLLT). His research interests cover applied linguistics and language methodology, especially languages for specific purposes, grammar and grammaticography, writing research, and interculturality. He publishes widely in English, French, German and Spanish linguistics and methodology. He also serves as the President of the Language Council of Saarland (Germany).
