Productive Foreign Language Skills for an Intercultural World

Michał B. Paradowski is an assistant professor at the Institute of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw. He also works as a teacher trainer and an ELT consultant for television, and has been an invited speaker at over 70 scientific and language-teaching events in Europe, America, Asia and Africa. His interests include second and third language acquisition research, cross-linguistic influence, corpus linguistics, the effects of formal instruction, and current issues and controversies in foreign language teaching.

• Contents: Do Thi Quy Thu/Richard B. Baldauf Jr.: Discourse Markers in Native and Learner Spoken English: Implications for Pedagogy – Michał B. Paradowski/Klaudia Dmowska/Dagmara Czasak: Conquering Foreign Language Anxiety Related to Speaking – Agnieszka Dzięcioł-Pędich: Challenges of Developing Speaking Skills in Business English Courses at the Tertiary Level – Veronica-Diana Armaşu: Using Tasks to Enhance Oral Proficiency in a Multilingual Working Environment – Miya Komori-Glatz: Rethinking Productive Foreign Language Skills for English-Medium Business Programmes – Gregory L. Thompson: Engaging Second Language Learners: Developing Cultural Knowledge and Language Proficiency through Service Learning – Constanza Tolosa/Helen Villers/Martin East: Intercultural Possibilities of Foreign Language Writing Exchanges Online – Chiu-Hui (Vivian) Wu: Exploring Practices for Teaching Intercultural Communication: A Case Study of Three EFL Teachers at a College in Taiwan – Isabel Alonso-Belmonte/María Fernández-Agüero: Practical Proposals for the Development of Intercultural Communicative Competence in EFL: What Textbooks won’t Tell you – Ewa Maciejewska-Stępień: Towards the Design of an Intercultural Syllabus – Ewa Bandura: European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages and the Development of Professional Awareness: An Intercultural Approach Perspective – Sabina A. Nowak: Students’ Evaluations of Writing Curriculum at Tertiary Level – Agnieszka Leńko-Szymańska: Abundance, However, is not Always Desirable: Connectors in Polish EFL Learners’ Texts – Behzad Ghonsooly/Seyyed Mohammad Reza Adel: The Effects of Modes of Discourse and L1 on the Writing Quality of Iranian Advanced EFL Learners.

"In sum, I found the book very interesting, relevant, and accessible for anyone interested specifically in writing and speaking skills, and intercultural competence, and recommend it as a great resource to everybody interested in foreign language learning and teaching." (Kristin Lange, LINGUIST List 27.2940)