This book proposes a flexible and adaptive framework for designing and implementing language learning environments and tasks, which will be useful for practitioners working in classrooms where many la
The comprehension, retention and production of idiomatic expressions is one of the most difficult areas of the lexicon for second language learners to master. This book investigates this under-researc
This book focuses on how both nonnative and native teachers may enhance their handling of target language pragmatics in the classroom and provides ideas that both sets of teachers may draw on to compe
This book focuses on how both nonnative and native teachers may enhance their handling of target language pragmatics in the classroom and provides ideas that both sets of teachers may draw on to compe
This book presents an empirical account of how neoliberal ideas are adopted on the ground by different actors in different educational settings. It aims to produce a complex understanding of how neoli
This book presents an empirical account of how neoliberal ideas are adopted on the ground by different actors in different educational settings. It aims to produce a complex understanding of how neoli
This book is the fruition of five years’ work in exploring the idea of superdiversity. The editors argue that sociolinguistic superdiversity could be a source of inspiration to a wide range of post-st
This book is the fruition of five years’ work in exploring the idea of superdiversity. The editors argue that sociolinguistic superdiversity could be a source of inspiration to a wide range of post-st
Many Asian education systems discourage or even ban the use of L1 in L2 classrooms – although in fact L1 remains widely used by teachers. Why is L1 use still devalued in this context? By observing cla
This collection addresses issues of authenticity in second language contexts from a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches along three principal themes: What is authentic language? Who i
This collection addresses issues of authenticity in second language contexts from a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches along three principal themes: What is authentic language? Who i
Two decades of research and development in language and literacy education have yielded a broad, multidisciplinary focus. Yet education systems face constant economic and technological change, with at
Superdiversity has rendered familiar places, groups and practices extraordinarily complex, and the traditional tools of analysis need rethinking. In this book, Jan Blommaert investigates his own neigh
This book presents a comprehensive picture of languages and school in Catalan-speaking countries. The book makes information on the situation in these countries available to an English-speaking audien
This book presents a comprehensive picture of languages and school in Catalan-speaking countries. The book makes information on the situation in these countries available to an English-speaking audien
Superdiversity has rendered familiar places, groups and practices extraordinarily complex, and the traditional tools of analysis need rethinking. In this book, Jan Blommaert investigates his own neigh
This volume explores the concept of ?citizenship?, and argues that it should be understood as the ability to participate fully, rather than as a status that can be inherited, acquired, or achieved. Th
This volume explores the concept of ?citizenship?, and argues that it should be understood as the ability to participate fully, rather than as a status that can be inherited, acquired, or achieved. Th
This book explores the role of identity in adolescent foreign language learning. It presents both qualitative and quantitative research, as well as a new model of identity, to support the claim that d
This book explores the role of identity in adolescent foreign language learning. It presents both qualitative and quantitative research, as well as a new model of identity, to support the claim that d
This book provides a linguistic and cultural profile of the Polish diasporic communities in three different European countries: Ireland, France and Austria. The eight contributing chapters present ori
This book presents the latest developments in crosslinguistic influence (CLI) and multilingualism research. The contributors situate their research in current debates and present it in an accessible w
Contributors identified only by name, presumably linguists, explain some methods being used to study influences between languages now that interest in such influence has expanded beyond how first lang
This book brings together a collection of new articles on different aspects of vocabulary teaching and learning. The contributions present the results of original empirical research in the field by we
Edited by Chacon-Beltran (applied linguistics, U. Nacional de Educaion a Distancia, Spain), Abello-Contesse (applied linguistics, U. of Seville, Spain), and Mar Torreblanca-Lopez (linguistics, U. of S
In this major new text, Joshua Fishman charts the rise of vernacular literacy in Europe, and the major social, economic, religious, political, demographic, educational and philosophical changes that a
As part of its modernization efforts, the United Arab Emirates recently started training young women as English language teachers for its primary schools. After noting the historical relationship betw
This book explores the development of the first cohort of students to complete a new Bachelor of Education in English language teaching in the United Arab Emirates, theorizing the students' learning t
Potowski (Spanish, U. of Illinois, Chicago) presents findings from a multiyear case study of four students attending one of the oldest Spanish-English dual immersion schools in the U.S. The text descr
This book examines the various ways in which age affects the process and the product of foreign language learning in a school setting. It presents studies that cover a wide range of topics, from phon
Contributors analyze the pedagogical, social, educational and socio-political issues inherent in teaching immigrant students, indigenous peoples, traditional majorities and minorities and groups with
Eight international language teachers and language teacher educators contribute eight chapters exploring pedagogical issues relevant to the shifting viewpoints in the fields of second language acquisi
This text contains nine papers presented in a colloquium at the Third International Symposium on Bilingualism held in Bristol, UK, in April 2001, exploring the complexities of multilingual classrooms;
This book is about the relationship between learning English as an additional language and the ways in which immigrant students are able to represent their identities at school. In high schools, how s
Provides up-to-date information on the language situation in Malawi, Mozambique, and the Philippines. The volume's three contributors address the linguistic diversity; the political and historical co
Against the background of language and nation formation in Indonesia, this book demonstrates how language planning is inseparable from the broader actions of the state, and how postcolonial nationalis
