Language teaching theory and methods

A frank and critical appraisal of English language proficiency as a key issue in higher education today.

An authoritative overview of research into heritage language acquisition, covering key terminological and empirical issues, theoretical approaches, and research methodologies.

A frank and critical appraisal of English language proficiency as a key issue in higher education today.

An authoritative overview of research into heritage language acquisition, covering key terminological and empirical issues, theoretical approaches, and research methodologies.

This is an essential contemporary resource for pre-service and in-service teachers in local and international education environments.

This is an essential contemporary resource for pre-service and in-service teachers in local and international education environments.

An accessible and comprehensive survey of a fast-growing field, this Handbook explores the many interdisciplinary applications of learner corpus research.

An accessible and comprehensive survey of a fast-growing field, this Handbook explores the many interdisciplinary applications of learner corpus research.

Language is like a slingshot, stretching for various communicative targets.

Language is like a slingshot, stretching for various communicative targets.

This work explores the lexical richness of over 100 world languages and proposes solutions for instances of imperfect equivalence between them.

This work explores the lexical richness of over 100 world languages and proposes solutions for instances of imperfect equivalence between them.

Language, Literacy, and Technology explores how technology matters to language and the ways we use it.

Language, Literacy, and Technology explores how technology matters to language and the ways we use it.

This volume provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey of corpus-based linguistic research on English.

Clear and concise, this textbook provides a non-technical introduction to the basic theory of translation, with numerous examples and exercises.

This volume provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey of corpus-based linguistic research on English.

Clear and concise, this textbook provides a non-technical introduction to the basic theory of translation, with numerous examples and exercises.

Using a multidisciplinary approach, this book explores how multilingualism is shaped by a variety of factors.

Using a multidisciplinary approach, this book explores how multilingualism is shaped by a variety of factors.

This book sheds new light on the form and function of morphemes in construction of words in the Bengali language.

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

This volume explores and compares linguistic practices among young people in linguistically and culturally diverse urban spaces.

This volume explores and compares linguistic practices among young people in linguistically and culturally diverse urban spaces.

This interdisciplinary, book-length study of the linguistics of organizational styling presents an innovative take on the notion of style.

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

This interdisciplinary, book-length study of the linguistics of organizational styling presents an innovative take on the notion of style.

This collection of original studies examines the cognitive processes and the fundamental mechanisms underlying adult second language acquisition.

This collection of original studies examines the cognitive processes and the fundamental mechanisms underlying adult second language acquisition.

Only a few centuries ago the English language consisted of a collection of dialects spoken mainly by monolinguals and only within the shores of a small island.

Discipline-Specific Writing provides an introduction and guide to the teaching of this topic for students and trainee teachers.

Discipline-Specific Writing provides an introduction and guide to the teaching of this topic for students and trainee teachers.

Intensification plays a major role in spoken and written interaction, enabling the writer or speaker to express different levels of commitment.

Intensification plays a major role in spoken and written interaction, enabling the writer or speaker to express different levels of commitment.

Why has English language proficiency in Japan remained so low in comparison to other Asian countries?

Why has English language proficiency in Japan remained so low in comparison to other Asian countries?

This book examines how neoliberalism finds expression in foreign language textbooks.

This book examines how neoliberalism finds expression in foreign language textbooks.

This book is an exploration of the desirability and feasibility of English Medium Instruction (EMI) in specific university settings in South East Asia.

This book is an exploration of the desirability and feasibility of English Medium Instruction (EMI) in specific university settings in South East Asia.

This book proposes Meaning-order Approach to Pedagogical Grammar (MAP Grammar) as a practical pedagogical approach in ESL and EFL contexts.

This book proposes Meaning-order Approach to Pedagogical Grammar (MAP Grammar) as a practical pedagogical approach in ESL and EFL contexts.

This book critically examines South Korean English teachers' awareness of and attitude towards eight varieties of English and how they respond to the proposal of a World Englishes approach in their teaching practice.

This book critically examines South Korean English teachers' awareness of and attitude towards eight varieties of English and how they respond to the proposal of a World Englishes approach in their teaching practice.

This is the third volume of a trilogy on English Language education in Asia within the Routledge Critical Studies in Asian Education.

This is the third volume of a trilogy on English Language education in Asia within the Routledge Critical Studies in Asian Education.

Translingualism refers to an orientation in scholarship that recognizes the fluidity of language boundaries and endorses a greater tolerance for the plurality of Englishes worldwide.

How do teachers inspire students to learn to appreciate different Englishes?

How do teachers inspire students to learn to appreciate different Englishes?