Bilingualism & Multilingualism

This book examines the benefits of multilingual education that puts childrens needs and interests above the individual languages involved. It advoc...

Processing Instruction (PI) research has been of interest to the readership of Studies in Second Language Acquisition since VanPatten and Cadierno ...

Starting from the key idea that learners and teachers bring diverse linguistic knowledge and resources to education, this book establishes and expl...

Until now, the picture painted of French second language learning in Canada has tended to focus on successful French immersion. This volume offers ...

This text provides an overview of bi- and multilingualism as a worldwide phenomenon. It features comprehensive discussions of many of the linguisti...

This text provides an overview of bi- and multilingualism as a worldwide phenomenon. It features comprehensive discussions of many of the linguisti...

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

About half the world's population knows and uses two or more languages in everyday life, and an increasing number of parents are raising their chil...

This book discusses multiple aspects of Chinese dual language immersion (DLI) programs, with a focus on the controversial Utah model. The first par...

This book presents the first ever comprehensive overview of national laws recognising sign languages, the impacts they have and the advocacy campai...

What if my own multilingualism is simply that of one who is fluent in way too many colonial languages? If we are going to do this, if we are going...

What if my own multilingualism is simply that of one who is fluent in way too many colonial languages? If we are going to do this, if we are going...

Although the notion of Global Englishes (GE) has been widely discussed in the literature, few books consider how GE can be translated into educatio...

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

The studies in this collection seek to examine the notions of linguistic diversity and hybridity through the lenses of new critical theories and th...

This edited volume has been compiled in honour of Professor Merrill Swain, one of the most prominent scholars in the field of second language acqui...

The studies in this collection seek to examine the notions of linguistic diversity and hybridity through the lenses of new critical theories and th...

This edited book is a collection of studies on protolanguage phonology, referring to the development of childrens autonomous linguistic systems fro...

This book explores young children's language acquisition in multilingual households through an original longitudinal study of the author's own chil...

This book examines how language is a central resource in transforming migrant women into transnational domestic workers. Focusing on the migration ...

Research on academic literacy within higher education has focused almost exclusively on the development of academic literacy in English. This book ...

This book offers a unique understanding of how researchers linguistic resources, and the languages they use in the research process, are often poli...

This book examines translanguaging as a resource which can disrupt the privileging of particular voices, and a social practice which enables collab...

This book follows four emergent bilingual students in an English-medium pre-kindergarten in the US as they navigate the social and linguistic deman...