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Language in Education : Learning and Teaching in Society, Paperback by Hasan,.... Language in Education : Learning and Teaching in Society, Paperback by Hasan, Ruqaiya; Webster, Jonathan J. (EDT), ISBN 1904768385, ISBN-13 9781904768388, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Hasan taught stylistics, culture, semantic variation, and similar subjects at universities in England, America, and Australia before retiring from Macquarie University, in Australia, in 1994. Here she collects written versions of 11 talks that she delivered over half a century. Much changed over that period, she says, but three major concerns persisted: the need for educators to be aware of the identity of the learner; their need to understand why and in what ways language plays an active part in all the processes of learning and teaching wherever and however they take place; and the connections between language, culture, and the processes of education. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()