Language Acquisition

This book is the first hands-on roadmap for conducting rigorous experimental research on second language speech processing and spoken word recognit...

This book introduces and explains the production-oriented approach (POA) to teaching foreign languages, a new approach developed by the author thro...

This book presents an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the learning and listening skills of a foreign language from the perspectives of ...

This book contributes to current issues in TLA and multilingualism research. It discusses multilingual learning and development from a Dynamic Syst...

This volume is both a state-of-the-art display of current thinking on second language development as a complex system. It is also a tribute to Dian...

Narrative Inquiry in Language Teaching and Learning Research is the only entry-level introduction to research methods using stories, either as data...

Narrative Inquiry in Language Teaching and Learning Research is the only entry-level introduction to research methods using stories, either as data...

From leading scholar and applied linguist Paul Nation, this book describes and explains the 20 most effective and efficient language teaching techn...

This edited volume focuses on the experiences of individuals learning languages other than English (LOTEs) in a range of Asian contexts that have t...

This edited volume focuses on the experiences of individuals learning languages other than English (LOTEs) in a range of Asian contexts that have t...

Literacy teaching tends to take a structural approach to language, focusing on auditory products or skills such as sounds, morphemes, words, senten...

This book investigates selected aspects of the grammatical development of Emirati Arabic, the variety of Gulf Arabic spoken in the United Arab Emir...

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 book is intended to help language teachers to work effectively and successfully with students who have specific learning differences (SpLD) su...

The creation of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) has given rise to interest and debate among policy makers, testers,...

In the context of foreign language education, the importance of cultural and literary studies has grown continuously in our globalising world. Lang...

This volume presents the second edition of the Communicative Orientation of Language Teaching (COLT) Observation Scheme. Since the books original p...

The research presented in this volume covers first language acquisition, second language acquisition, language heritage and language impairment. Pa...

This volume presents the second edition of the Communicative Orientation of Language Teaching (COLT) Observation Scheme. Since the books original p...

When people attempt to learn a new language, the language(s) they already know can help but also hinder their understanding or production of new fo...

This book brings together linguistic, psycholinguistic and educational perspectives on the phenomenon of cognate vocabulary across languages. It pr...

This book explores the fascinating topic of heritage language learning, looking in particular at Chinese Australians learning of Chinese. The autho...

This volume provides an unprecedented insight into current approaches to crosslinguistic influence (CLI). The collection investigates a range of th...

This volume provides an unprecedented insight into current approaches to crosslinguistic influence (CLI). The collection investigates a range of th...

This edited volume brings together scholars from various disciplines to discuss how language is used by, for, and about refugees in the United Stat...

This collection addresses issues of authenticity in second language contexts from a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches along thre...

This book fills an existing gap in language learning motivation research by examining the applications of current motivational theories and models ...

This book evaluates a project where formal classroom learning of a second language was supplemented with informal, natural interactions with older ...

Positive psychology is the scientific study of how human beings prosper and thrive. This is the first book in SLA dedicated to theories in positive...

This book evaluates a project where formal classroom learning of a second language was supplemented with informal, natural interactions with older ...

This book introduces an innovative collection of easy-to-use computer programs that have been developed to measure and model vocabulary knowledge. ...

This book is open access under a CC BY licence. It spans the areas of assessment, second language acquisition (SLA) and pronunciation and examines ...

This book fills an existing gap in language learning motivation research by examining the applications of current motivational theories and models ...

This book investigates the acquisition of sociolinguistic knowledge in the early elementary school years of a Mandarin-English two-way immersion pr...

Taking a psycholinguistic perspective, this book investigates how second language (L2) learners pragmatic abilities in English can be measured. It ...