Brief Introduction to Language Ecology and Language Instruction

Jun Yang^*

Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing, China.

DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.212015                

Abstract

Ecology of Language and Language Instruction written by Okazaki Toshio, the professor of Tsukuba University Japan expounds the questions that young people confronted with in the globalization context and the questions in language instruction (foreign language teaching) in a perspective of ecology of language, and proposes to take an Content-Based Instruction for language class so as to develop the learners’ ecology literacy while training their proficiency in language, and to help the learners to take their paths of sustainable development for their lives. This paper intends to introduce this book to Chinese readers so that the Chinese scholars put emphasis on Ecology of Language and Language Instruction.

Keywords

Ecology of Language, Language Instruction, Ecology Literacy, Content-Based Instruction, Brief Introduction

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

References

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