Language acquisition

Gus loves to gulp yoghurt, but he is not the only one.

Polly the pig loves pink - but her friends do not.

Ben the bear loves to blow bubbles, but what happens when he tries to blow the biggest bubble in the world?

Tiger wakes from a dream to find a big bite on his tail - but can he discover who is the culprit?

This book is the supporting guide for Speech Bubbles 1,the first set in an exciting new series of picture books designed to be used by Speech Language Therapists/Pathologists, parents/caregivers, and teachers with children who have delayed or disordered speech sound development, children receiving speech therapy, or by those wanting to provide sound awareness activities for their children.

Compared with other subdisciplines in Chinese linguistics, children's language acquisition is a significant field with relatively limited achievements.

Compared with other subdisciplines in Chinese linguistics, children's language acquisition is a significant field with relatively limited achievements.

In Corpus Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition, Xiaofei Lu comprehensively reviews empirical studies that employ corpus linguistic methods to investigate issues in second language variation, processing, production, and development.

In Corpus Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition, Xiaofei Lu comprehensively reviews empirical studies that employ corpus linguistic methods to investigate issues in second language variation, processing, production, and development.

This book syntheses cutting-edge research on the role of individual differences (IDs) in the field of SLA and in computer assisted language learning.

This book syntheses cutting-edge research on the role of individual differences (IDs) in the field of SLA and in computer assisted language learning.

This timely text offers a how-to guide for analyzing gesture and multimodality in second language learning and teaching.

This timely text offers a how-to guide for analyzing gesture and multimodality in second language learning and teaching.

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.

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.

Butler and Huang's book is one of the first to focus on second language (L2) development research methods and techniques specifically targeted at children of primary and pre-primary years.

Butler and Huang's book is one of the first to focus on second language (L2) development research methods and techniques specifically targeted at children of primary and pre-primary years.

This edited volume provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary research into the application of digital games in second and foreign language teaching and learning.

This edited volume provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary research into the application of digital games in second and foreign language teaching and learning.

This concise guide offers an accessible introduction to the development of communication and language in infancy and childhood.

This concise guide offers an accessible introduction to the development of communication and language in infancy and childhood.

This volume presents a series of the most up-to-date studies on Chinese for Specific Purposes (CSP), an area that has been underrepresented in Language for Specific Purposes (LSP).

This volume presents a series of the most up-to-date studies on Chinese for Specific Purposes (CSP), an area that has been underrepresented in Language for Specific Purposes (LSP).

This collection brings together linguistic, psychological, and sociological perspectives reflecting on the relationships and interactions of the multilayered factors impacting second language development and cognitive competence.

This collection brings together linguistic, psychological, and sociological perspectives reflecting on the relationships and interactions of the multilayered factors impacting second language development and cognitive competence.

Pete and Jem are very helpful at the supermarket, but end up causing chaos with a tower of food on display.

Pete and Jem are very helpful at the supermarket, but end up causing chaos with a tower of food on display.

Pete, Jem and Belle are enjoying a day at the beach until the weather turns stormy.

Pete, Jem and Belle are enjoying a day at the beach until the weather turns stormy.

Pete, Jem and Belle play hide and seek.

Pete and Jem get ready for Belle's birthday, but get stuck trying to blow up balloons.

Belle loves to try and get involved with all of the things that her big bother, Pete, can do, but she's not quite big enough to sprint or swim or read.

Pete and Jem get ready for Belle's birthday, but get stuck trying to blow up balloons.

Belle loves to try and get involved with all of the things that her big bother, Pete, can do, but she's not quite big enough to sprint or swim or read.

This guidebook has been created to accompany the Grammar Tales story books, a collection of beautifully illustrated picture books designed to support grammar and language development in children.

Pete and Jem are having lots of fun playing in the snow until they run into each other and fall over.

This guidebook has been created to accompany the Grammar Tales story books, a collection of beautifully illustrated picture books designed to support grammar and language development in children.

Pete and Jem are having lots of fun at the zoo, but they both want to see different animals, and are pulling their mother in different directions!

Pete and Jem are having lots of fun playing in the snow until they run into each other and fall over.

Jem's friend, Lottie, has come to play, but Jem is taking all the toys for herself.

Pete, Jem and Belle play hide and seek.

Jem's friend, Lottie, has come to play, but Jem is taking all the toys for herself.

Pete and Jem are having lots of fun at the zoo, but they both want to see different animals, and are pulling their mother in different directions!

This accessible and engaging textbook offers a practical approach to understanding the complexity of language by exploring language use and language learning in a wide variety of contexts.

This accessible and engaging textbook offers a practical approach to understanding the complexity of language by exploring language use and language learning in a wide variety of contexts.

Language Acquisition: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the must-know issues in child language development.

Language Acquisition: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the must-know issues in child language development.

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

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

This book presents a nuanced look at the relationship between language learning styles and culture to illuminate how these important constructs are understood, employed and play out in the real world.