Language Acquisition

Originally published in 1977. Learning to read is probably the central educational achievement of any child's life. It is also a central concern fo...

Bilingualism provides a concise and lively introduction to bilingualism as a social and linguistic phenomenon and explains its impact on individual...

This volume explores the relationship between language and culture while considering its implications for the teaching of modern foreign languages ...

This text illustrates the crucial role of the mother tongue literacy in second language acquisition by presenting findings from a comparative study...

Doing Replication Research in Applied Linguistics is the only book available to specifically discuss the applied aspects of how to carry out replic...

Spanish Vocabulary Learning in Meaning-Oriented Instruction is the first comprehensive overview of current research and instructional practices int...

The introduction and tracking of reference to people or individuals, known as referential movement, is a central feature of coherence, and accounts...

Over the past four decades, learning Chinese as a second language has transformed from individual small-scale endeavors to organized mass studies w...

The Classic Edition of this foundational text includes a new preface from Miguel Pérez-Pereira, examining how the field has developed since first p...

This collection showcases cutting-edge developments in co-construction in discourse. Drawing on the pioneering work of Dale A. Koike, the volume co...

Grounded in analysis of Chinese and international educational concepts and classroom techniques currently used to teach Chinese as a Second Languag...

In the context of continuing technological innovation, the field of technology-mediated foreign language learning is expanding rapidly. Advances in...

This volume offers a comprehensive account of language development from a Systemic Functional Linguistic (SFL) perspective, integrating theory and ...

Doing Replication Research in Applied Linguistics is the only book available to specifically discuss the applied aspects of how to carry out replic...

Due to the competitive edge it confers on students, educational institutions, and non-English speaking nations in a globalized economy, English as ...

The exponential growth and development of modern technologies in all sectors has made it increasingly difficult for students, teachers and teacher ...

Interest in cognitive development has been resurgent in recent years as a result of continuing improvements in technology and the new methods of re...

This book presents unique insights into the development of L2 interactional competence through the lens of complaining, demonstrating how a closer ...

Published in the year 1983, The Transition From Prelinguistic To Linguistic Communication is a valuable contribution to the field of Developmental ...

This book encourages readers to think about reading not only as an encounter with written language, but as a lifelong habit of engagement with idea...

Communicative competence is an essential language skill, the ability to adjust language use according to specific contexts and to employ knowledge ...

Interest in cognitive development has been resurgent in recent years as a result of continuing improvements in technology and the new methods of re...

The Classic Edition of this foundational text includes a new preface from Miguel Pérez-Pereira, examining how the field has developed since first p...

This six-volume set focuses on Latin American, Caribbean, and Asian immigration, which accounts for nearly 80 percent of all new immigration to the...