This book emphasises the importance of engaging multilingual families in school life to support students' academic achievement and overall well being. Although the book examines rural settings and the
This book emphasises the importance of engaging multilingual families in school life to support students' academic achievement and overall well being. Although the book examines rural settings and the
This book presents the narratives of four Taiwanese young women, all proficient in English, set against the background of the dynamics of multilingualism in Taiwan. It chronicles their strategies and
This book investigates both the theoretical and practical aspects of teacher education for early language teachers. The chapters focus on the complexity of teacher learning, innovations in mentoring a
This book investigates both the theoretical and practical aspects of teacher education for early language teachers. The chapters focus on the complexity of teacher learning, innovations in mentoring a
This book offers new insights into the language gains of adult learners enrolled in an English-medium instruction degree programme. It provides longitudinal evidence of the phonological gains of the l
This collection of 16 reflective accounts and data-driven studies explores the interrelationship of religious identity and English Language Teaching (ELT). It addresses the ways in which faith and ELT
This collection of 16 reflective accounts and data-driven studies explores the interrelationship of religious identity and English Language Teaching (ELT). It addresses the ways in which faith and ELT
This book addresses multilingual interaction in ethnoculturally diverse care and healthcare encounters involving people with dementia. It analyses the practices and actions used by interlocutors to fa
This book brings together new research on public service interpreting and translation (PSIT) with a focus on ideology, ethics and policy development. It provides fresh theoretical and empirical perspe
This book brings together new research on public service interpreting and translation (PSIT) with a focus on ideology, ethics and policy development. It provides fresh theoretical and empirical perspe
Richard Ruiz has inspired generations of scholars in language planning and multilingual education with his unique orientations to language as a problem, a right and a resource. This volume attests to
Richard Ruiz has inspired generations of scholars in language planning and multilingual education with his unique orientations to language as a problem, a right and a resource. This volume attests to
This volume focuses on the everyday legalities and practicalities of naturalization, including governmental processes, the language of citizenship tests and classes, the labelling and lived experience
This volume focuses on the everyday legalities and practicalities of naturalization, including governmental processes, the language of citizenship tests and classes, the labelling and lived experience
This book explores international trends in naming and contributes to the growing field of onomastic enquiry. Naming practices are viewed here through a critical lens, demonstrating a high level of pol
This book explores international trends in naming and contributes to the growing field of onomastic enquiry. Naming practices are viewed here through a critical lens, demonstrating a high level of pol
It is clearly illogical to search for one good, universal solution for multilingual education when educational contexts differ so widely due to demographic and social factors. The studies in this volu
Migration and the mobility of citizens around the globe pose important challenges to the linguistic and cultural homogeneity that nation-states rely on for defining their physical boundaries and ident
The realities of globalization, with its increased connectivities, intensification of worldwide social relations, and increased mixing of the global and the local, "call for profound changes in the wa
The chapters in this volume seek to bring hybrid language practices to the center of discussions about English as a global language. They demonstrate how local linguistic resources and practices are i
This book examines how social and political changes brought about by transnational migration and the new economic order are producing new ways of regulating language and establishing what counts as 'l
Presenting data from a five year ethnographic study combined with a 40 year span of policy analysis, this volume is a rare book length treatment of the chasm between imagined policy and its experience
Presenting data from a five year ethnographic study combined with a 40 year span of policy analysis, this volume is a rare book length treatment of the chasm between imagined policy and its experience
Talk, Text and Technology is an ethnography of language, learning and literacy in remote Indigenous Australia. This study traces one Indigenous group from the introduction of alphabetic literacy in th
In an ethnographic study based on her fieldwork in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands in remote southeastern Western Australia, Kral (Aboriginal economic policy, Australian National U.) addresses anthropological
Translation and Opposition is an edited volume that explores issues of inter/intra-social agency and identity construction. The book features a collection of case studies in such diverse fields as int
This collection of seventeen articles on translation theory examines the use and abuse of re-created text in situations of conflict and confrontation. The work is divided into sections covering the re
According to the editors (professors of applied linguistics at Pennsylvania State U. and Portland State U. in the US and U. of Neuchatel in Switzerland) recent research has demonstrated the effectiven
This unique volume draws on the theoretical framework and methodological tools of conversation analysis to examine interactional competence and its development as it occurs in a range of interactional
Buswell, a geographer who retired from teaching behavioral and environmental sciences at the U. of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK, examines the socioeconomic and political forces that have shaped the fo
Behind the headlines and controversy surrounding new academy schools, many of their principals, teachers and pupils have been quietly changing the culture of learning and achievement in some of the m
This book, addressed to experienced and novice language educators, provides an up-to-date overview of sociolinguistics, reflecting changes in the global situation and the continuing evolution of the
