Language teaching theory & Methods

It is clear that a proper understanding of what academic English is and how to use it is crucial for success in college, and yet students face mult...

This book presents the results of research that focused on international students receiving writing instruction on a US university campus. It explo...

This book presents the results of research that focused on international students receiving writing instruction on a US university campus. It explo...

In a world where migration is a daily reality, the ways in which affirming educational experiences can be provided for all children remain high on ...

This book addresses two critical calls pertaining to language education. Firstly, for attention to be paid to the transdisciplinary nature and comp...

This book addresses two critical calls pertaining to language education. Firstly, for attention to be paid to the transdisciplinary nature and comp...

This book examines the use of tasks in second language instruction in a variety of international contexts, and addresses the need for a better unde...

This book examines the use of tasks in second language instruction in a variety of international contexts, and addresses the need for a better unde...

This volume centres around concepts of personal and cultural authenticity as they play out in various contexts of foreign language teaching and lea...

This volume centres around concepts of personal and cultural authenticity as they play out in various contexts of foreign language teaching and lea...

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

The field of multilingual testing and assessment has grown rapidly in recent years due to the widespread need to integrate immigrant populations in...

This book explores the impact of the spread of English on language teaching and learning. It provides a framework for change in English language te...

The field of multilingual testing and assessment has grown rapidly in recent years due to the widespread need to integrate immigrant populations in...

Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is a form of education that combines language and content learning objectives, a shared concern wit...

This book reports on a longitudinal study of the acquisition of pragmatic markers in written discourse in a third language (English) by secondary s...

This book contributes to emerging research on third language acquisition (TLA) and pinpoints the main factors characterising TLA as a different pro...

Education and Language in the Philippines provides a comprehensive overview of the critical role of education and language development in the Phili...

This book focuses on the study-abroad experiences of pre-service and in-service language teachers and language teacher educators. The diverse contr...

This book focuses on the study-abroad experiences of pre-service and in-service language teachers and language teacher educators. The diverse contr...

This handbook is the first of its kind to explore Positioning Theory. Taking inspiration from the groundwork set by Rom Harré and collaborators suc...

A concise introduction to the field of theoretical pragmatics and its applications in second language acquisition and English-language instruction ...

This book offers a collection of papers tackling aspects in the fields of Applied Linguistics, discourse analysis, teaching and translation. The co...

This volume builds on Fortune and Tedicks 2008 Pathways to Multilingualism: Evolving Perspectives on Immersion Education and showcases the practice...

Bringing together multiple sources of data and combining existing theories across language teacher cognition, teacher education, second language mo...

This volume gathers researchers from around the world endeavouring to better understand a number of perennial issues in assessing Chinese learners ...

Internationalisation has had a forceful impact on universities across the Anglophone world. This book reviews what we know about interaction in the...

This book brings together the voices of teacher educators working in different national and educational settings. It Covers themes such as change i...

This book is a timely comparison of the divergent worlds of policy implementation and policy ambition, the messy, often contradictory here-and-now ...

This book fully explicates current trends and best practices in LSP, surveying the field with critical insightful commentary and analyses. Covering...

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

This handbook draws together international perspectives on technology and its application to language teaching and learning, written and edited by ...

Using data from a long-term ethnographic study of English language classrooms in a South African township, this book highlights linguistic expertis...

Using data from a long-term ethnographic study of English language classrooms in a South African township, this book highlights linguistic expertis...

Using data from a long-term ethnographic study of English language classrooms in a South African township, this book highlights linguistic expertis...

Using data from a long-term ethnographic study of English language classrooms in a South African township, this book highlights linguistic expertis...

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 tells the stories of 15 world language (WL) teachers in the United States at elementary and secondary levels through rich descriptions of...

This book tells the stories of 15 world language (WL) teachers in the United States at elementary and secondary levels through rich descriptions of...

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

Departments and language programs often are asked to evaluate the efficacy of their own programs and make curricular decisions on the basis of evid...