Language Acquisition

Research Methods in Second Language Acquisition With its cornucopia of information, both thorough and practical, this book is a must for our method...

Research Methods in Second Language Acquisition With its cornucopia of information, both thorough and practical, this book is a must for our method...

This book consolidates earlier insights and proposes a model of contact linguistics and an innovative approach to the study of bilingualism. It exp...

This book presents the learning and teaching of phonological decoding in Chinese EFL primary classrooms. The phonological decoding ability of the c...

A persistent monolingual paradigm still pervades teaching and assessment practices in different educational contexts. How is this paradigm being re...

Quantitative Methods for Second Language Research introduces approaches to and techniques for quantitative data analysis in second language researc...

With the growing recognition of the need to broaden the definition of Interactional Competence (IC) for communication and learning, this monograph ...

This guidebook has been created to accompany the Grammar Tales story books, a collection of beautifully illustrated picture books designed to suppo...

This book examines grammatical changes that took place in the medieval language contact situation between English and French from 1066 until 1500. ...

Drawing on ethnographical evidence, this book examines the complexity of the controversial construct Non-Native English-Speaking Teacher (NNEST) an...

What is it about social interaction at the workplace that spurs interactional competence development? This book explores the answers to this questi...

The concept of theory of mind (ToM), a hot topic in cognitive psychology for the past twenty-five years, has gained increasing importance in the fi...

For language teachers, the daunting task of teaching languages, both native and foreign, in ways that will engage and motivate their students is a ...

This volume features a collection of empirical studies which use priming methods to explore the comprehension, production, and acquisition of secon...

This volume features a collection of empirical studies which use priming methods to explore the comprehension, production, and acquisition of secon...

This book presents a practical and easy-to-follow guide to develop and deliver an online language course successfully. It provides language teacher...

This publication constitutes essential reading for academics, teachers and language policy makers wanting to understand, plan, and implement an edu...

Any theory of phonology must be able to account for the acquisition and development of a phonological system, and studying acquisition often leads ...

The aim of this volume is to highlight the benefits and potential of using learner corpora for the testing and assessment of L2 proficiency in both...

Pragmatic competence plays a key role in the era of globalization where communication across cultural boundaries is an everyday phenomenon. The abi...

This book presents the latest developments in crosslinguistic influence (CLI) and multilingualism research. The contributors, both veteran research...