Language teaching theory and methods

A fresh, comprehensive perspective on L2 speech fluency, making cutting-edge research and methods approachable and useful in practice.

Based on analysis of more than 1,000 languages, this volume reconstructs more than 500 processes of grammatical change in the languages of the world.

A concise introduction to the key concepts, principles and recurring issues in language teaching.

A concise introduction to the key concepts, principles and recurring issues in language teaching.

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

A comprehensive and up-to-date textbook that brings applied linguistics alive while preparing students for the field with hands-on practice.

This completely rewritten second edition provides a thorough introduction to corpus research from the point of view of Applied Linguistics.

This completely rewritten second edition provides a thorough introduction to corpus research from the point of view of Applied Linguistics.

Provides an accessible, comprehensive and practical introduction to current theory and research in second language writing and their classroom applications.

Introduces the integration of theoretical and applied translation studies for socially-oriented and data-driven empirical translation research.

This book argues that a dictionary should show when to use one word rather than another, instead of treating each word separately.

This book argues that a dictionary should show when to use one word rather than another, instead of treating each word separately.

Using an innovative framework, this book provides the rationale, strategies, and tools to create optimal blended language learning courses.

Is British English becoming more like American English?

Is British English becoming more like American English?

A comprehensive survey of cutting-edge work on second language learning covering linguistic, psycholinguistic, processing-based, and cognitive approaches.

By combining theory and practice, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the whole process of English grammar teaching.

By combining theory and practice, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the whole process of English grammar teaching.

A comprehensive survey of cutting-edge work on second language learning covering linguistic, psycholinguistic, processing-based, and cognitive approaches.

Using an innovative framework, this book provides the rationale, strategies, and tools to create optimal blended language learning courses.

A lively, up-to-date and compact introduction to semantics, accessible to those with no prior knowledge of linguistics.

A lively, up-to-date and compact introduction to semantics, accessible to those with no prior knowledge of linguistics.

An intelligibility-based approach to teaching that presents pronunciation as critical, yet neglected, in communicative language teaching.

An intelligibility-based approach to teaching that presents pronunciation as critical, yet neglected, in communicative language teaching.

In this fascinating account, Alene Moyer examines the social, psychological, educational and legal ramifications of sounding ''foreign''.

This book explores South Korean university students' perceptions of the English Medium Instruction (EMI) courses they have taken.

This Element examines how pedagogical innovation in language classrooms can be mediated through language teacher education.

This Element examines how pedagogical innovation in language classrooms can be mediated through language teacher education.

An updated, expanded edition of the authoritative book on the teaching and learning of vocabulary in another language.

An updated, expanded edition of the authoritative book on the teaching and learning of vocabulary in another language.

Spelling It Out, Revised edition crushes the myth that good spelling comes naturally, good spelling comes from good teaching.

Spelling It Out, Revised edition crushes the myth that good spelling comes naturally, good spelling comes from good teaching.

This Element is a guide to task-based language teaching (TBLT), for language instructors, teacher educators, and other interested parties.

This Element is a guide to task-based language teaching (TBLT), for language instructors, teacher educators, and other interested parties.

Researchers working at the intersections of language and education reflect on how their life experiences have informed their research.

Researchers working at the intersections of language and education reflect on how their life experiences have informed their research.

Innovative and interdisciplinary in approach, this book explores the role of the mother tongue in second language learning.

Innovative and interdisciplinary in approach, this book explores the role of the mother tongue in second language learning.

This Element outlines and discusses how language teachers can be encouraged to systematically reflect on their teaching.

This Element outlines and discusses how language teachers can be encouraged to systematically reflect on their teaching.

This series supports teachers and students of Cambridge IGCSE(TM) English as a Second Language (0510/0511/0991/0993) The much-anticipated sixth edition of our Cambridge IGCSE(TM) English as a Second Language Coursebook with Digital Access is here.

Drawing on autoethnographic research on literacy autobiographies from a Chinese EFL writing context, this book provides unique insights into literacy, voice, translingualism, and critical pedagogy from a Global South perspective.

Based on policy analysis and empirical data, this book examines the problematic consequences of colonial legacies of language policies and English language education in the multilingual contexts of the Global South.

Based on policy analysis and empirical data, this book examines the problematic consequences of colonial legacies of language policies and English language education in the multilingual contexts of the Global South.

Chan's exploration of the acquisition of English grammar and phonology by Cantonese learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) offers insights into the specific challenges that learners often encounter and posits ways to help them overcome those challenges.

Chan's exploration of the acquisition of English grammar and phonology by Cantonese learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) offers insights into the specific challenges that learners often encounter and posits ways to help them overcome those challenges.

This edited volume brings the important topic of teacher well-being to the fore, presenting a range of high quality and cutting-edge contributions that illuminate, advance and educate readers on the challenges and criticality of achieving teacher well-being in English language teaching (ELT).

This edited volume brings the important topic of teacher well-being to the fore, presenting a range of high quality and cutting-edge contributions that illuminate, advance and educate readers on the challenges and criticality of achieving teacher well-being in English language teaching (ELT).

Designing Learning for Multimodal Literacy addresses the need to design learning for multimodal literacy in a world that is increasingly saturated with print and digital media.