Language teaching theory & Methods

Crosslinguistic Influence and Second Language Learning provides a comprehensive overview of what is currently known about prior language knowledge ...

Mapping Applied Linguistics: A guide for students and practitioners, second edition, provides a newly updated, wide-ranging introduction to the ful...

This book critically reflects on the challenges faced by refugee aspirant professionals in securing employment and the ways in which professional i...

This book makes a unique contribution to classroom assessment literature, linking teacher-friendly examples to scholarly work and current research ...

This book provides evidence-based and pedagogically-focused analyses of a variety of multimodal resources to scaffold learning in contexts of Engli...

Completing Assignments in TESOL and Applied Linguistics: A Practical Guide is an invaluable companion for anyone dealing with assignments in these ...

Bringing together leading scholars and practitioners, Rethinking Writing Education in the Age of Generative AI offers a timely exploration of press...

Completing Assignments in TESOL and Applied Linguistics: A Practical Guide is an invaluable companion for anyone dealing with assignments in these ...

Offering strategies and techniques for teaching modern foreign languages - an often severely challenging subject for pupils with dyslexia - this bo...

Bringing together leading scholars and practitioners, Rethinking Writing Education in the Age of Generative AI offers a timely exploration of press...

This is a collection of essays to celebrate 45 years of Professor Aleksander Szwedek’s academic endeavour and his impressive contribution to the de...

This book seeks to bridge the gap between theory and practice by identifying the main challenges which the implementation of the ECTS (European Cre...

Test results are often used to make major decisions, whether for educational or research purposes. But what intervening factors affect the reliabil...

Can two non-native speakers (NNSs) work together to improve their L2 pronunciation? This book explores this question by extending task-based learni...

The diversity of the European languages is an essential component of the cultural wealth and identity of our continent. In several overview papers ...

All human activity takes place in space and time in one way or another, which is consequently reflected in our language. We not only talk about spa...

These papers represent a cross-section of the research work conducted in the Department of English of the College of Education at the University of...

Dieser Band liefert eine Bestandsaufnahme über die gegenwärtige Situation des mehrsprachigen Sachfachunterrichts. Erziehungswissenschaftler, Didakt...

"The book makes a contribution to the education of English language learners. It provides practical instructional suggestions for teachers of both ...

This accessible book introduces a new theory of critical disciplinary literacy (CDL) that merges criticality and disciplinary literacy approaches i...

Based on the analysis of a specially compiled corpus of internationally recognized English as a foreign language (EFL) reading tests at different l...

First Published in 1992. This book is required reading for any serious student of Suggestopedia. Professor Schiffler has done a critical assessment...

This book aims at enabling teachers to generate innovative materials tailor-made for specific groups of learners. The suggestions for materials des...

Diese Festschrift ist Ausdruck der Anerkennung für das monumentale Werk und die allseitige Leistung von Professor Dr. Franciszek Grucza. Der hervor...

Der Sammelband Fremdsprachen in der Perspektive lebenslangen Lernens bietet einen breit gefächerten Einblick in die Thematik der neuen Reihe Fremds...

This book contains nine essays on Lucius Annaeus Seneca, distinguished Stoic Philosopher, creative writer, and Statesman of the Neronian Age. As au...

"The book makes a contribution to the education of English language learners. It provides practical instructional suggestions for teachers of both ...

It has long been noted that high-stakes language exams exert a powerful influence on teaching and learning, a phenomenon known as the washback effe...

Student and novice researchers may have a general idea for a topic they would like to research, but have a difficult time settling on a more specif...

Considerable progress has been made in the use of corpora for research purposes to describe language in use, and more recently, through a CADS (cor...

The authors of this volume analyze language contact situations emerging in East and Central Europe, Australia, and Japan. The individual chapters f...

The view of exemplar-based second language learning emphasizes the importance of frequency in learning grammar. According to this view, type freque...

In the first book to concentrate on teacher education for English for young learners (EYL) teachers in Asia, Zein and Butler offer a comprehensive ...

In the last few years Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have emerged as a transforming element in language teaching and learning an...

This Handbook is a comprehensive overview of English language education in Bangladesh. Presenting descriptive, theoretical, and empirical chapters ...

Drawing on the underrepresentation of the Global South in global knowledge production with a focus on the existing inequalities, the book highlight...

Developing Intercultural Language Materials puts intercultural competence at the forefront of the learning agenda. It unpicks its underlying theory...

Reading is considered as one of the most challenging and difficult abilities in learning a foreign language which also serves as a basis for develo...

The overall aim of this book is the application of stylistic theories and frameworks to literary texts for a deeper level of interpretation. For th...

The book explores the novel field of lexical and conceptual awareness in L2 reading from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective. The theor...

Designing Learning for Multimodal Literacy addresses the need to design learning for multimodal literacy in a world that is increasingly saturated ...

Der vorliegende Band setzt sich mit der didaktischen Implementierung Shakespeares Werk auseinander. Im Fokus stehen dabei die in jüngster Zeit radi...