Smaller Languages in the Big World: Sociolinguistics and FLT / Desmond Thomas, Mariana Georgieva
Smaller Languages in the Big World: Sociolinguistics and FLT / Desmond Thomas, Mariana Georgieva
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Personal reflections on the European Year of
Languages in Bulgaria, Edward Richards 5
The Conference, Maria Georgieva 7
Acknowledgements 10
SECTION ONE
Multilingualism Language Policy
Introduction, Desmond Thomas & Maria Georgieva 13
Whither Welsh? Brian Gay 15
Language and Cultural Diversity in
the Context of Globalization, Bogdan Mirchev 19
Das Sorbische als kleine Sprache, Corinna Leschber 27
Language status, language laws and national unity, Desmond Thomas 34
Romanian - a smaller language defending its personality, Georgeta Ciobanu. . . 48
Small Languages between Language Loss and
Language Maintenance, Heinrich P. Kelz 62
Aperçu historique des conflits
linguistiques en Belgique, Marie Christine Segers 74
The Modem Greek Experience, Richard Witt 88
SECTION TWO
Intercultural Communication Translation Theory and Practice
Introduction, Desmond Thomas & Maria Georgieva 97
Politeness Phenomena in Greek and English, Afroditi Bousoulenga 98
‘Doing the Right Thing’ in the Foreign Tongue:
Politeness and the Learner of English, Emilia Slavova 117
Cultural Diversity in a Unifying World -
a New Challenge for English Textbook Writers, Liliana Grozdanova .... 126
On Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence
in EFL Learners, Maria Georgieva 146
Impact of Schematic Knowledge on
Comprehension of L2 Reading Texts, Masoud Rahiini Domakani 160
Intercultural Communication and The Media,
Nikolina Tsvetkova,
Violetta Karastateva 167
Communicative Styles of In-laws in
the Kara Society of Papua New Guinea, Rachel Aisoli-Orake 174
Translating Gender Preferences from English into Georgian, Zaal Kikvidze ... 183
SECTION THREE
Foreign Language Teaching and Learning Teacher Training
Introduction, Desmond Thomas & Maria Georgieva 191
Discovering Canada and Having Fun, Diana Yankova, Elka Goranova 192
Foreign language policy in the School of Agricultural Technology of the Technological Educational Institute of
Thessaloniki, Greece, Dimitra Giakoustidou 200
The use of LI or L2 in the Italian Classroom in Catalonia,
Marilisa Birello 208
Mehrsprachigkeit und frühbeginnender
Fremdsprachenunterricht, Pavlina Stefanova 217
Foreign Language Policy in the Technological Educational Institute of
Thessaloniki, Greece, Stavroula Kartali 226
Tolerance Begins at Home.
Workshop, Svetlana Tashevska, Svetlana Dimitrova 233
A Module on Children’s Literature for
Primary School Teachers of English, Valentina Angelova 239
Using Games for Teaching Foreign Languages to
Young Learners, Tatiana Ivanova 247
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 252
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