Language Acquisition

Shadowing, an active and highly cognitive technique for EFL listening skill development, in which learners track heard speech and vocalize it simul...

This Handbook is a comprehensive volume outlining the foremost issues regarding research and teaching of second language speaking, examining such d...

Assessing English Language Proficiency in U.S. K–12 Schools offers comprehensive background information about the generation of standards-based, En...

Plurilingual Classroom Practices and Participation contributes to a better understanding of plurilingual education in Catalonia by providing a desc...

Assessing English Language Proficiency in U.S. K–12 Schools offers comprehensive background information about the generation of standards-based, En...

Originally published in 1982, the editors felt that their field was clearly in need of explanatory accounts for many different areas. This volume p...

The first book-length treatment of its type, Ultimate Attainment in Second Language Acquisition is a case study with a solid theoretical grounding ...

With reports from several studies showing the benefits of teaching young children about morphemes, this book is essential reading for anyone concer...

While there is much in the literature on ESL development, this book is the first of its kind to track the development of specific language abilitie...

Multiliteracies in International Educational Contexts: Towards Education Justice examines how multiliteracies and Learning by Design have been take...

This book examines the ‘English mania phenomenon’ and the complex circumstances of adopting English Medium Instruction (EMI) by South Asian educati...

Innovations and Challenges in Applied Linguistics from the Global South provides an original appraisal of the latest innovations and challenges in ...

This book is about two innovative methods for teachers of bilingual students to use in improving their academic achievement. Transacquisition Pedag...

Language Aptitude: Advancing Theory, Testing, Research and Practice brings together cutting-edge global perspectives on foreign language aptitude. ...

Throughout its evolution, Piaget's theory has placed meaning at the center of all attempts to understand the nature and development of knowing.For ...

Post-colonial Curriculum Practices in South Asia gives a conceptual framework for curriculum design for English Language Teaching, taking into acco...

Grounded in a systemic functional linguistic (SFL) approach, this book applies a contrastive interlanguage corpus-based approach to investigate the...

In this handbook, renowned scholars from a range of backgrounds provide a state of the art review of key developmental findings in language acquisi...

This book opens up new lines of debate in language learning and intercultural communication through an investigation of tandem language learning (a...

Salience in Second Language Acquisition brings together contributions from top scholars of second language acquisition (SLA) in a comprehensive vol...

The Routledge Handbook of Study Abroad Research and Practice is an authoritative overview of study abroad and immersive context research specifical...

The relationship between the individual and the community is at the core of sociolinguistic theorizing. To date, most longitudinal research has bee...

Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition is a comprehensive textbook that bridges the gap between the fields of sociolinguistics and second...

Using Chomsky's minimalist program as a framework, this volume explores the role of formal (or functional) features in current descriptions and acc...

Picturebooks, understood as a series of meaningful text-picture relations, are increasingly acknowledged as an autonomous sub-genre of children’s l...

Eye Tracking in Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism provides foundational knowledge and hands-on advice for designing, conducting, and ana...

Addressing a rapidly growing interest in second language research, this hands-on text provides students and researchers with the means to understan...

Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition is a comprehensive textbook that bridges the gap between the fields of sociolinguistics and second...

This timely text offers a how-to guide for analyzing gesture and multimodality in second language learning and teaching. Expert contributors from a...

This book makes a fresh contribution to the field of research ethics by considering research issues through relatable autobiographical narratives. ...

Reading in Chinese as an Additional Language focuses on Chinese literacy acquisition, which has been considered most difficult by both learners and...

This book makes a fresh contribution to the field of research ethics by considering research issues through relatable autobiographical narratives. ...