Language teaching theory and methods

The aim of this book is to present a comprehensive picture of the current state of Spanish learner corpus research (SLCR), which makes it unique, since no other monograph has focused on collecting research dealing with learner corpora of any language other than English.

Developing Notetaking Skills in a Second Language combines theoretical perspectives with an analysis of empirical classroom studies and offers a detailed discussion that increases pedagogical awareness of factors impacting second language (L2) notetaking performance and instruction.

Pragmatics Pedagogy in English as an International Language aims to bring to light L2 pragmatics instruction and assessment in relation to English as an International Language (EIL).

This book troubles the ways young people have been constructed as 'trouble' through critical readings of the effects and impacts, politically and ideologically, globally and locally, of scholarship and practice directed at South African young people's sexualities over the last three decades of addressing HIV, GBV and other sexual and gender justice challenges.

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This is the first hands-on methods guide for second-language (L2) reading research.

This book explores the language of judges.

Including illustrative real-life case studies, this book draws on empirical data to explore how silence can be embraced in teaching.

This module explores the content-driven approach to language teaching, or the teaching of nonlinguistic content such as geography, history, or science using the target language.

This collection of original research highlights the legacy of Michael Toolan's pioneering contributions to the field of stylistics and in so doing provides a critical overview of the ways in which language, text, and context are analyzed in the field and its related disciplines.

This book provides insights for both native language teachers and local language teachers alike who conduct team-taught lessons by revisiting the topic of foreign assistant language teachers (ALTs), the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program, and team teaching.

Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics is a series of introductory level textbooks covering the core topics in applied linguistics, primarily designed for those beginning postgraduate studies, or taking an introductory MA course, as well as for advanced undergraduates.

This book considers how a young child becomes a member of culture through the practices and procedures of everyday conversation.

Corpus-Based Approaches to ELT presents a compilation of research exploring different ways to apply corpus-based and corpus-informed approaches to English language teaching.

This monograph is a translation of two seminal works on corpus-based studies of Mandarin Chinese words and parts of speech.

Der Ausspracheschulung wird in der Wissenschaft seit zehn Jahren wieder vermehrt Beachtung geschenkt.

Gunther Kress argues for a radical reappraisal of the phenomenon of literacy, and hence for a profound shift in educational practice.

By focusing on the textually mediated reactions of local residents, social movements, and media producers to policy changes implemented in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, this book studies the development of literacy as a tool to mobilize, perform, and disseminate protest.

This book presents state-of-the-art research into English-medium instruction (EMI) in European higher education over the last 20 years, offering a comprehensive comparative analysis toward identifying gaps in our understanding of relevant theories, research, and practice.

This book will be the first collection that offers an overview and case studies around understandings and manifestations of penises and phalluses in the early twenty-first century.

Über dieses Buch:Dieses Buch diskutiert Funktionen und Potenziale des Hànyǔ Pīnyīn im Unterricht des Chinesischen als Fremdsprache (ChaF) – mit Beiträgen von Expertinnen und Experten aus Deutschland, Österreich, der Schweiz und den USA, die sich mit diesem Thema in Theorie und Praxis intensiv beschäftigt und umfangreiche Erfahrungen mit dem Hànyǔ-Pīnyīn-Einsatz im ChaF-Unterricht gesammelt haben.

English Language Proficiency Assessments for Young Learners provides both theoretical and empirical information about assessing the English language proficiency of young learners.

Teaching and Learning in English Medium Instruction provides an overview of the nature of English Medium Instruction (EMI) in both secondary and tertiary education.

Mit intellektueller Originalität, wissenschaftlicher Strenge und theoretischer Prägnanz hat Marcus Reinfried die Didaktik der romanischen Sprachen geprägt.

This book illustrates the developments of task-based language teaching (TBLT) approaches in relation to the evolution of digital technologies.

A state-of-the-art survey of second language speech research, presenting revision of an influential model alongside new empirical studies.

Introducing Course Design in English for Specific Purposes is an accessible and practical introduction to the theory and practice of developing ESP courses across a range of disciplines.

Die Frage, ob und wie die Erstsprache (L1) im Fremdsprachenunterricht als Unterrichtssprache verwendet wird, ist für die Fremdsprachenerwerbsforschung von hoher Relevanz.

A comprehensive and accessible introduction to statistics in corpus linguistics, covering multiple techniques of quantitative language analysis and data visualisation.

This Handbook discusses the theoretical and disciplinary background to the study of English-medium instruction (EMI) in higher education worldwide.

Local Language Testing: Design, Implementation, and Development describes the language testing practice that exists in the intermediate space between large-scale standardized testing and classroom assessment, an area that is rarely addressed in the language testing and assessment literature.