Bilingualism and multilingualism

Mediante una aproximación sociolingüística a la comunicación en los campos de concentración nacionalsocialistas –a partir de su reflejo en el corpus literario legado por los supervivientes–, se pretende obtener una perspectiva detallada y comparativa sobre las tendencias que caracterizan la interacción social.

Learn how to engage the diverse families of English learners (ELs) and immigrants with the effective, practical approaches in this book.

Bridging Cultures Between Home and School: A Guide for Teachers is intended to stimulate broad thinking about how to meet the challenges of education in a pluralistic society.

Language Policy in Schools provides school administrators and teachers a practical approach for designing a language policy for their school and for dealing with the language issues that confront schools, particularly those operating in settings of linguistic and cultural diversity.

This landmark volume provides a broad-based, state-of-the-art overview of current knowledge and research into second language teaching and learning.

Now in its third edition, this popular introduction to the foundations of research methods is designed to enable students and professionals in the field of applied linguistics to become not just casual consumers of research who passively read bits and pieces of a research article, but discerning consumers able to effectively use published research for practical purposes in educational settings.

This book proposes a new methodological approach to documenting languages spoken in multilingual societies.

In their book, Othman and Senom provide a unique insight into the challenges faced by novice English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers and establish how mentoring can provide effective support for new teachers' professional development.

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Individual Differences provides a thorough, in-depth discussion of the theory, research, and pedagogy pertaining to the role individual difference (ID) factors play in second language acquisition (SLA).

Learning to Plan Modern Languages Lessons contains a wealth of guidance and ideas for those learning to teach in secondary schools.

Language as Cultural Practice:Mexicanos en el Norte offers a vivid ethnographic account of language socialization practices within Mexican-background families residing in California and Texas.

Ideological and educational-political aspects of the link between language and faith-especially between Global English and Christianity-is a topic of growing interest in the field of English language teaching.

Until about two decades ago, the study of writing systems and their relationship to literacy acquisition was sparse and generally modeled after studies of English language learners.

This groundbreaking book highlights the profound impact of internationalization in doctoral education, offering a variety of models to align with student interests and needs.

This book adopts an integrated approach to the study of contact literature through collaboration between theories of World Englishes and translation studies.

This book examines the 'English mania phenomenon' and the complex circumstances of adopting English Medium Instruction (EMI) by South Asian education systems and the effect of an uneven distribution of resources on the already under-resourced countries in the region.

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

'Babel' steht für die Begegnung von Sprachen und Sprechern verschiedener Sprachen.

This book showcases current research on language in new media, the performing arts and music in Africa, emphasising the role that youth play in language change and development.

Explicating clearly and concisely the full implication of a praxis-oriented language pedagogy, this book argues for an approach to language teaching grounded in a significant scientific theory of human learning-a stance that rejects the consumer approach to theory and the dichotomy between theory and practice that dominates SLA and language teaching.

Drawing on work from both eminent and emerging scholars in translation and interpreting studies, this collection offers a critical reflection on current methodological practices in these fields toward strengthening the theoretical and empirical ties between them.

Asian American Racialization and the Politics of U.

Written in an extended dictionary format, the Manual for Teaching and Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language aims to cover all key terms related to teaching Chinese as a foreign language.

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Listening offers a state-of-the-art, systematic discussion of the role of listening in second language acquisition (SLA) and use.

This module introduces Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS), an input-based language teaching method.

Essentials of SLA for L2 Teachers: A Transdisciplinary Framework presents an accessible and comprehensive account of current understandings of second language acquisition (SLA) geared towards those studying to become L2 teachers.

A large and growing number of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in the US and around the world have the potential to develop bilingualism and biliteracy if supported in their immediate environment.

Language, Nations, and Multilingualism explores the legacy of Herder's ideas about the relationship between language and nationalism in the post-colonial world.

Weaving outwards from a centripetal force of biographical stances, this book presents the collective perspectives of literacy researchers from Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Taiwan.

Sprechen und sich verstandlich ausdrucken lernen ohne Hemmungen und dabei Spa in der Gruppe und im Alltag haben - das ist das Motto, und genau danach entstand das etablierte und gleichzeitig aktuelle Lehrwerk fur Junggebliebene aus dem bel Verlag "e;Autumn Years- Englisch fur Senioren"e;.

CALL Research Perspectives creates a foundation for the study and practice of computer-assisted language learning and provides an overview of ways to conceptualize and to conduct research in CALL.

Providing a much-needed critical synthesis of research on teaching vocabulary and grammar to students of a second or foreign language, this book puts the research into perspective in order to distil recommendations for language teaching.

Bringing together a comprehensive range of extended research-based chapters, English Language Teacher Preparation in Asia provides comprehensive insight into policy, research, and practical aspects of teacher preparation for English teachers at pre-service level across multiple contexts in Asia.

Multilingualism is everywhere in our globalised society.

Here is a typical classroom scenario: out of the thirty children, two-thirds speak a different language at home and only speak English at school.

An incisive account of the relationship between language and identity, illuminating the role of language in racism, sexism, colonialism and similar social forces.

This book offers a compelling exploration of the transformative role of translation practices in multilingual education.

Entangled Englishes offers an innovative approach to understanding the ongoing globalization of English by examining it in relation to its multiple, complex, and oftentimes unexpected entanglements.

Exploring and Expanding Literacy Histories of the United States brings together new scholarship and critical perspectives hitherto missing from dominant narratives to offer a racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse record of the history of American reading instruction.

This essay attempts to show how a second language is acquired by very young children in the process of socialization with other children.

By the co-author of Language Online, this book builds on the earlier work while focusing on multilingualism in the digital world.

This collection showcases a multivalent approach to the study of literary multilingualism, embodied in contemporary Nordic literature.

Although proficiency in vocabulary has long been recognized as basic to reading proficiency, there has been a paucity of research on vocabulary teaching and learning over the last two decades.

This volume presents case studies of literacy practices as shaped by culture, language, community, and power.

As societies across the globe are becoming increasingly interwoven at an unprecedented speed and across an impressive scope, so too is the world of food, allowing the English language to develop an ever-widening culinary vocabulary.

The volume presents a selection of contributions by leading scholars in the field of code-switching.

Second-language Discourse in the Digital World illustrates a new, practice-driven approach to technology in second-language (L2) learning that begins with what L2 users do when they connect with others online.