Including detailed discussions of both the current state and future directions of the field, this comprehensive textbook presents a complete overview of multilingualism.
Learn to speak Latin American Spanish with confidence the easy way Spanish For Dummies gets you started with the Spanish language, even if you've never learned a language before.
The book makes a comprehensive coverage of cross-cultural aspects of language assessment, evaluating language tests (naturalization and secondary school-exit examinations) and European Language Portfolios from quantitative and qualitative perspectives.
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Karin Oehlmann beschreibt, ausgehend von der heutigen kirchenpolitischen Landschaft in Württemberg, die in Gesprächskreise und Landesvereinigungen gegliedert und vom Gegensatz zwischen Pietismus und moderner Theologie geprägt ist, die großen Konflikte in der Landeskirche sowie die Geschichte der beteiligten Gruppen.
Learn to speak Latin American Spanish with confidence the easy way Spanish For Dummies gets you started with the Spanish language, even if you've never learned a language before.
An essential resource for understanding linguistic landscapes and their role in multilingual contexts worldwide The Handbook of Linguistic Landscapes and Multilingualism provides an in-depth exploration of linguistic landscapes as a tool to understand multilingualism across diverse global contexts.
An essential resource for understanding linguistic landscapes and their role in multilingual contexts worldwide The Handbook of Linguistic Landscapes and Multilingualism provides an in-depth exploration of linguistic landscapes as a tool to understand multilingualism across diverse global contexts.
The fully updated, new edition of the bestselling introduction to phonetics and phonology The Sounds of Language presents a comprehensive introduction to both the physical and cognitive aspects of speech sounds.
The fully updated, new edition of the bestselling introduction to phonetics and phonology The Sounds of Language presents a comprehensive introduction to both the physical and cognitive aspects of speech sounds.
Learn British Sign Language quickly and easily with this essential guide and CD-Rom This lively guide introduces the key hand shapes and gestures you need to communicate in British Sign Language.
Disability and Discourse applies and explains Conversation Analysis (CA), an established methodology for studying communication, to explore what happens during the everyday encounters of people with intellectual disabilities and the other people with whom they interact.
A new approach to sociolinguistics, introducing the study of the social meaning of English words over time, and offering an engaging and entertaining demonstration of lexical sociolinguistic analysis The Social Life of Words: A Historical Approach explores the rise and fall of the social properties of words, charting ways in which they take on new social connotations.
A new approach to sociolinguistics, introducing the study of the social meaning of English words over time, and offering an engaging and entertaining demonstration of lexical sociolinguistic analysis The Social Life of Words: A Historical Approach explores the rise and fall of the social properties of words, charting ways in which they take on new social connotations.
Master the basics of a lyrical and useful language Even though most people don t use Latin anymore, it used to be spoken by millions of people from across the ancient world.
Master the basics of a lyrical and useful language Even though most people don t use Latin anymore, it used to be spoken by millions of people from across the ancient world.
Practical resources designed to help language educators apply the latest research and most effective pedagogical methods to classroom pronunciation instruction In Second Language Pronunciation: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Teaching, a team of distinguished researchers and educators delivers an incisive and practical approach to evidence-based pronunciation instruction in second language classrooms.
Practical resources designed to help language educators apply the latest research and most effective pedagogical methods to classroom pronunciation instruction In Second Language Pronunciation: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Teaching, a team of distinguished researchers and educators delivers an incisive and practical approach to evidence-based pronunciation instruction in second language classrooms.
A practical guide to the methodologies used in language teaching and learning research, providing expert advice and real-life examples from leading TESOL researchers Research Methods in Language Teaching and Learning provides practical guidance on the primary research methods used in second language teaching, learning, and education.
A practical guide to the methodologies used in language teaching and learning research, providing expert advice and real-life examples from leading TESOL researchers Research Methods in Language Teaching and Learning provides practical guidance on the primary research methods used in second language teaching, learning, and education.
The text sets out in simple and accessible terms the various methods of acoustic analysis of speech, placing them in their historical context, allowing a better understanding of the mathematical and technical solutions adopted today in phonetics and experimental phonology.
