Language teaching theory and methods

This book connects SLA theory and practice in ways that are relevant and accessible to students, researchers and practitioners.

This book explores the implications of technology-mediated project-based language learning for CALL teacher development, focusing on the role of video-based instruction in elucidating challenges and opportunities to promote learner creativity in the language classroom.

This volume presents an interdisciplinary approach to the study of second language prosody and computer modeling.

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

This book serves as an introduction to corpus linguistics (CL) for graduate students and researchers in Applied Linguistics, especially in the domains of language learning and teaching.

This innovative, timely text introduces the theory and research of critical approaches to language assessment, foregrounding ethical and socially contextualized concerns in language testing and language test validation in today's globalized world.

With the revision of the EYFS, Communication and Language became one of the three Prime Areas of learning.

Oral assessments are of vital importance to second language learners, but how can teachers and examiners best test L2 learner talk and interaction?

Initial Language Teacher Education provides language teacher researchers, as well as teachers of teachers, with an introduction to research on how language teachers learn to teach before they begin practicing.

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

An indispensable resource for ESL learners to speak flawless English, based on the successful Practice Makes Perfect series-now with enhanced app features including text-to-speechFor intermediate language learners and those wanting to brush up on their conversational skills, Practice Makes Perfect: English Conversation provides a unique and effective method for learning to speak the language fluently and spontaneously.

Bringing together leading scholars and practitioners, Rethinking Writing Education in the Age of Generative AI offers a timely exploration of pressing issues in writing pedagogies within an increasingly AI-mediated educational landscape.

From leading scholar and applied linguist Paul Nation, this book describes and explains the 20 most effective and efficient language teaching techniques and why they work.

Do you want a solid foundation to your Norwegian studies?

Using empirical data, this volume explores the link between second language development and social integration of migrant school students.

This workbook combines methodology and practice for beginning translators with a solid proficiency in French.

This book offers a window into student perceptions of English-Medium Instruction (EMI), building on research from an Italian university to provide a better understanding of attitudes toward EMI in Europe and future directions for cross-country comparative research.

Pop Culture in Language Education provides comprehensive insight on how studies of pop culture can inform language teaching and learning.

This volume bridges the gap between the rapidly advancing fields of Learner Corpus Research and Second Language Acquisition.

Runner up, British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Book Prize 2023This book combines teaching-informed research studies and research-informed teaching accounts which explore English language education that engages with (a)gender and (a)sexual diversity.

This book is the first in its field.

This volume focuses on computer- and digitally-assisted language learning in all of its forms: technology-enhanced language learning, network-based language learning, mobile-assisted language learning and so on, in close relation to the topic of sustainability.

Language issues are intrinsically part of every classroom setting.

This volume addresses the role of communicative interaction in driving various dimensions of second language development from the perspective of Vygotskian sociocultural psychology.

Practical Grammar Teaching for the Second Language Classroom provides a well-rounded foundation for teaching second language (L2) grammar for pre-service, novice, and practicing teachers, as well as for teacher educators who seek to develop their professional knowledge and skills.

Enjoy Esperanto introduces you to the more advanced points of Esperanto grammar and develops your vocabulary through a variety of engaging and contemporary themes, giving you the skills you need to respond to a wide range of authentic texts and conversations.

This volume comprises studies and keynote addresses presented at the 16th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference hosted by The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, in Trondheim in 2022.

Grammar, Meaning, and Concepts: A Discourse-Based Approach to English Grammar is a book for language teachers and learners that focuses on the meanings of grammatical constructions within discourse, rather than on language as structure governed by rigid rules.