Academic Year Abroad 2003

Provides admission information on more than 1,800 semester and full year academic programs around the world.

This guide provides detailed listings of more than 2,600 programs sponsored by U.S. and foreign universities, language schools, and a wide variety of other organizations. Most educational opportunities listed in this directory are available to undergraduates, but many programs are open to precollege students, graduate students, teachers, professionals, and other adults. Options range from lecture courses and intensive language immersions to internships, student teaching, field research, and voluntary service. The body of the guide consists of program descriptions arranged alphabetically by geographic region and country. There is also a "worldwide" section for programs that are active in more than one area. Each listing provides information on the institutional sponsored and enrollment and contact information. A sample listing explains each section of the description. Programs are also indexed by sponsoring institution, consortia, fields of study, special options, cost ranges, and duration. (SLD)

Presents current statistical data on economic activity.

Intercultural pragmatics addresses one of the major issues of human communication in the globalized world: how do people interact with each other in a language other than their native tongue, and with native speakers of the language of interaction? Bringing together a globally-representative team of scholars, this Handbook provides an authoritative overview to this fascinating field of study, as well as a theoretical framework. Chapters are grouped into 5 thematic areas: theoretical foundation, key issues in Intercultural Pragmatics research, the interface between Intercultural Pragmatics and related disciplines, Intercultural Pragmatics in different types of communication, and language learning. It addresses key concepts and research issues in Intercultural Pragmatics, and will trigger fresh lines of enquiry and generate new research questions. Comprehensive in its scope, it is essential reading not only for scholars of pragmatics, but also of discourse analysis, cognitive linguistics, communication, sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and second language teaching and learning.