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An update of the well-loved course for young learners - now official preparation for the revised 2018 Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. The...

An update of the well-loved course for young learners - now official preparation for the revised 2018 Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. The...

This book explores connections between the fields of foreign/second language teaching and adult learning. This interdisciplinary approach serves as...

An update of the well-loved course for young learners - now official preparation for the revised 2018 Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. The...

This book offers an evidence-based guide to EAL for everyone who works with multilingual learners. It provides a concise, helpful introduction to t...

The Teachers Resource Materials in pdf format include teaching notes, answer keys, audio scripts and background notes as well as extra activities a...

Assessment of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students seeks to pose and answer the important questions that are arising as levels of cultura...

This book brings the voices of teachers into the fierce debates about language ideologies and cultural pedagogies in English language teaching. Thr...

This book investigates the argument for the significance and necessity of project-based learning and teaching (PBLT), as it becomes increasingly im...

Written by a global team, this up-to-date introduction to applied linguistics helps students learn what it's like to do applied linguistics, and no...

If education is to prepare learners for lifelong learning, there needs to be a shift towards deeper learning: a focus on transferable knowledge and...

If education is to prepare learners for lifelong learning, there needs to be a shift towards deeper learning: a focus on transferable knowledge and...

This singular new textbook is both an introduction to the major theories of second language acquisition and a practical proposal for their applicat...

This collection of 16 reflective accounts and data-driven studies explores the interrelationship of religious identity and English Language Teachin...

This edited volume brings together 10 cutting-edge empirical studies on the realities of English language learning, teaching and testing in a wide ...

Language teacher education is widely identified as one of the most important areas that needs addressing in order to improve early language instruc...

This book explores the impact of the spread of English on language teaching and learning. It provides a framework for change in English language te...

This book maps the discursive terrain and potential of person to person peacebuilding as it intersects with, and is embedded in, intercultural comm...

Turn on the power of we! Collaborate is an innovative secondary course that will help you and your students take an important step towards creatin...

Turn on the power of we! Collaborate is an innovative secondary course that will help you and your students take an important step towards creatin...

This book explores the impact of the spread of English on language teaching and learning. It provides a framework for change in English language te...

This book provides a holistic overview of what leads to success in foreign language learning at an early age and deepens our understanding of early...

This book is a study of modern Bengali words based on the data obtained from a corpus of written texts. The author has used all kinds of data, info...

Covers all the key terms used in ELT, including explanations of common acronyms. Describes language teaching techniques, methods and theories, as ...

As the most restrictive language policy context in the United States, Arizonas monolingual and prescriptive approach to teaching English learners c...

Collins COBUILD IELTS Dictionary contains all the vocabulary students need to succeed in the IELTS exam. It has been specially created for learners...

The second edition of this well-loved dictionary with an increased emphasis on academic language, alignment to curriculum standards, and a research...

Literacy education has historically characterized mass media as manipulative towards young people who, as a result, are in need of close-reading sk...

A concise introduction to the field of theoretical pragmatics and its applications in second language acquisition and English-language instruction ...

The book first offers a comprehensive review of current research in the field of academic listening assessment. This is followed by an argument for...

Dominant assumptions about place tend to be defined in relation to urban communities. To assume a singular construction of urban places misrepresen...

Bringing together multiple sources of data and combining existing theories across language teacher cognition, teacher education, second language mo...

This volume gathers researchers from around the world endeavouring to better understand a number of perennial issues in assessing Chinese learners ...

Le Cadre Européen Commun de Référence pour les langues (CECR) et le dispositif de Bologne ont révolutionné lapprentissage, lenseignement et lévalua...

Chinese dual language immersion (DLI) education experienced unprecedented growth in recent years; hence, it has become critical that Chinese DLI re...

The TKT Course: Young Learner Module is a comprehensive book for teachers and trainee teachers who are preparing for the test. It also provides a v...

Since 1979, teachers have trusted Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers to provide practical ideas, techniques and activities for the teaching ...

This book shows how English language instructors in Japan explored the questions and issues which most closely affected them and their students in ...

The belief that 'I can change my fate' goes beyond an inborn quality and leads to brain-bending. The brain changes itself and has its own means of ...

This book addresses the urgent need for insights into integrating digital technologies in EFL teaching. The book explores strategies for leveraging...

This book addresses several issues that have been controversial in the literature surrounding second language (L2) acquisition, including the role ...

2019 PROSE Award Subject Category Winner - Multivolume Reference/Humanities.Honorable Mention for RUSAs 2019 Dartmouth Medal.The definitive referen...

The role of English in the global arena has prompted official language-in-education policy makers to adopt language education policies to enable it...