Language Acquisition

Silence is a key pedagogical issue in language education. Seen by some as a space for thinking and reflection during the learning process, for othe...

This book brings together theoretical and empirical approaches to second language (L2) fluency and provides a state-of-the-art overview of current ...

This book investigates the interplay of language, emotion and gender in a multilingual context and provides rich insights into the complexities of ...

This book brings together contributions from the leaders of the language learning motivation field. The varied chapters demonstrate how Gardners wo...

This book brings together contributions from the leaders of the language learning motivation field. The varied chapters demonstrate how Gardners wo...

This book unites a range of emerging topics in the burgeoning transdisciplinary fields of second language acquisition and interculturality in a stu...

This book provides critical perspectives on issues relating to writing norms and assessment, as well as writing proficiency development, and sugges...

Directed motivational currents (DMCs) are goal-directed motivational surges in pursuit of a much-desired personal outcome. This book introduces the...

Directed motivational currents (DMCs) are goal-directed motivational surges in pursuit of a much-desired personal outcome. This book introduces the...

This book offers new insights into the language gains of adult learners enrolled in an English-medium instruction (EMI) degree programme. It provid...

This book provides critical perspectives on issues relating to writing norms and assessment, as well as writing proficiency development, and sugges...

Through the application of self-determination theory (SDT) to research and practice, this book deepens our understanding of how autonomous language...

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...

When humans learn languages, are they also learning how to create shared meaning? In The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism...

Erika Hoff's LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, 5th Edition communicates both the content and the excitement of this quickly evolving field. By presenting a bal...

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Listening offers a state-of-the-art, systematic discussion of the role of listening in se...

This multidisciplinary approach to cultural mediation brings together insights from anthropology, sociology, linguistics and intercultural communic...

Polysemous lexical items have multiple senses associated with a single form, and these senses are interrelated. Polysemy is a universal and omnipre...

This book addresses fundamental questions regarding the relationships between successful language learning and strategy use and development, accord...

This book addresses fundamental questions regarding the relationships between successful language learning and strategy use and development, accord...

This comprehensive guide to research and debate centres around language learning in childhood, the age factor and the different contexts where lang...

This book offers a comprehensive account of the phonological structure of modern Turkish within the framework of recent linguistic models. While ph...

This book showcases how language learner agency can be understood and researched from varying perspectives by providing, for the first time, a coll...

Now in its fourth edition, this textbook provides a chronological account of first language acquisition, showing how young children acquire languag...

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

To Advanced Proficiency and Beyond: Theory and Methods for Developing Superior Second Language Ability addresses an important issue in Second Langu...

This book is a guide for parents who wish to raise children with more than one language and literacy. Drawing on interdisciplinary research, as wel...

This book contributes to our understanding of how older learners negotiate family internal and family external socialisation processes and thereby ...

This edited volume, based on papers presented at the 2017 Georgetown University Round Table on Language and Linguistics (GURT), approaches the stud...

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

What does it mean to advocate - in translation, for translation, through translation? What does advocacy look like, for those who do the translatin...

Online Communication in a Second Language examines the use of social computer mediated communication (CMC) with speakers of Japanese via longitudin...

These specially-commissioned studies cover corpus-informed approaches to researching, teaching and learning English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Th...

This book provides an overview of current theory, research and practice in the field of language anxiety and brings together a range of perspective...

Assessing Learners Competence in L2 Chinese is the first book intended to answer the question on whether existing standardised and classroom-based ...

Ben the bear loves to blow bubbles, but what happens when he tries to blow the biggest bubble in the world?This picture book targets the /b/ sound,...