Language learning in the age of satellite television / Ulrike H. Meinhof.
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TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998.Description: x, 165 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 019442152x
- P118.15 .M45 1998
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Satellite TV: a new resource for language and cultural learning; Satellite TV and its genres; Culture and language learning; 2. TV news; News comprehension and recall; World knowledge and the foreign learner; The structuring of TV news; Learning how to learn from TV news; 3. Game shows; Game shows in Europe; The patterns of game shows; The language of game shows; 4. Soap operas; TV fiction; Open-ended serials; Socio-cultural realism and the learner; Recursive structure: repetition with variation; Secondary and tertiary texts; 5. TV adverts; Adverts as cultural history; Constructing otherness through adverts; The language of adverts ; Appendix 1; Practical suggestions for teaching and learning; General advice for all learners; Generic activities; TV news; Game shows; Soap operas; TV adverts ; Appendix 2; Original transcripts ; Bibliography; Index
This text explores the relationship between language and culture, focusing on popular genres of television such as news, game shows, soap operas, and advertisements. It examines the ways these genres can be exploited for developing language learning in the classroom and by learners working alone.
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