Language Learning

Pictures for Language Learning is richly illustrated and provides a valuable guide to the role of pictures and other visual materials in language teaching. It brings together a wealth of ideas on how

This highly-readable book brings together theory and practice, giving you a better understanding of why and how technology can enhance language learning. It helps you become more familiar with technol

Serious work using computers to support language teaching and learning began in the 1960s, but it was not until the beginning of the 1980s when microcomputers began to proliferate that groups of pract

In Foreign and Second Language Learning, William Littlewood surveys recent research into how people acquire languages and considers its relevance for language teaching. He describes the most important

The sixth edition of Principles of Language Learning and Teachingoffers new ways of viewing and teaching second language acquisition (SLA) based on the latest research. Providing a comprehensive overv

This book addresses issues such as the relation of form to meaning, the relevance of SLA research, and the validity of task-based learning. It also contrasts universalist accounts of language learnin

Online Communication in Language Learning and Teaching offers theoretical and practical as well as research perspectives for approaching technologies that support online communication for language lea

This book represents a major statement of the current research being conducted into the learning of second languages from a sociocultural perspective.

Technologically-enhanced practices have revolutionised the ways we learn and teach languages.The Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and Technology provides a timely guide to the key areas and app

Second Language Learning in the Early School Years: Trends and ContextsThis book provides a detailed exploration of L2 language learning in the early years, examining past and present research evidenc

This is the third edition of the one of the founding titles of the CHLT series. The book features many of the original games but has also been fully revised to include new games for the ELT classroom.

This book explores the relationship between research, teaching, and tasks, and shows how research and task-based teaching can mutually inform each other and illuminated the areas of task-based course

This cutting edge volume explores holistic trends in multilingualism, analysing the processes of both 'becoming multilingual' and 'being multilingual'. Multilingualism has increased in recent years du

This text focuses on the skills and processes necessary for understanding statistical research in language learning Designed for language teachers with no previous background in statistics, the paperb

Becoming a Language Teacher, by respected author and experienced language teacher Elaine K. Horwitz, gives pre- and in-service teachers the skills they need to meet the needs of all language learners

A comprehensive, concise text on strategic management as it applied to a variety of health care organizations: physicians offices, hospitals, long-term care, health departments and others. The central

This book explores and investigates students’ skill acquisition and learning progress in Court Interpreting. Focusing on the language combination of Mandarin Chinese and English, this research project

The learning goals that center on the thematic units are set in accordance with the language proficiency levels, established by the ACTFL˙To Comply with the pedagogical principle of backward design to establish the teaching/learning goals for the intermediate learner of Chinese˙Integrates into its thematic contents the ACTFL-defined, three mores of language uses as well the 5C concepts˙Assist the learner to achieve holistic progress and to cultivate specific linguistic abilities of Chinese˙The selecting of keywords/phrases in thetextbooks is greatly in line with vocabulary levels defined by the HSK and by the TOCFL. The regional difference in language uses between the two sides of theTaiwan Strait are also meticulously annotated in the textbooks In recent years, the background of learners has become diversified, and the number of self-study students of elementary Chinese is also increasing. On the pedagogical front, however, learning materials, found to be biased towards school l