SubjectsLinguistics / Language teaching
Book series
Innovations in Language Learning and Assessment
Edited by John M. Norris and Sara T. Cushing
ISSN 2772-9575
Studies in Written Language and Literacy
Edited by Ludo Verhoeven and Paul van den Broek
ISSN 0929-7324
Task-Based Language Teaching
Issues, Research and Practice
Edited by Martin East, Marta González-Lloret and Andrea Révész
ISSN 1877-346X
Yearbooks
Journals
Australian Review of Applied Linguistics
Edited by Peter Crosthwaite
ISSN 0155-0640 | E‑ISSN 1833‑7139
Chinese as a Second Language (漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報)
The journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, USA
Edited by Shuai Li
ISSN 2451-828X | E‑ISSN 2451‑8298
ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Edited by Elke Peters
ISSN 0019-0829 | E‑ISSN 1783‑1490
International Journal of Learner Corpus Research
General Editor: Tove Larsson and Magali Paquot
ISSN 2215-1478 | E‑ISSN 2215‑1486
Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes
Edited by Pejman Habibie and Sue Starfield
ISSN 2590-0994 | E‑ISSN 2590‑1001
Journal of English-Medium Instruction
Edited by Diane Pecorari and Hans Malmström
ISSN 2666-8882 | E‑ISSN 2666‑8890
Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education
Edited by Susan Ballinger, Ana Llinares and Yuen Yi Lo
ISSN 2212-8433 | E‑ISSN 2212‑8441
Language Teaching for Young Learners
Edited by Dingfang Shu and Jonathan Newton
ISSN 2589-2053 | E‑ISSN 2589‑207X
Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics
Published under the auspices of the Spanish Association of Applied Linguistics
Edited by Francisco Alonso-Almeida and Giovanni Garofalo
ISSN 0213-2028 | E‑ISSN 2254‑6774
Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education
Edited by Rachel L. Shively
ISSN 2405-5522 | E‑ISSN 2405‑5530
TASK
Journal on Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning
Edited by Kris Van den Branden and Koen Van Gorp
ISSN 2666-1748 | E‑ISSN 2666‑1756
Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts
Edited by Maria González-Davies and Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer
ISSN 2352-1805 | E‑ISSN 2352‑1813
60 Years of Applied Linguistics: Toward more engaged research
Edited by Grégory Miras, Isabel Colón de Carvajal, Nathalie Blanc and Shona Whyte
For sixty years, applied linguistics has stood at the crossroads of language and society, by meeting real-world needs. 60 Years of Applied Linguistics: Toward more engaged research offers a compelling reflection on the field’s evolution while calling for a renewed commitment to socially responsive,… read more
Selected Papers from Constructionist Approaches to Language Pedagogy 4
Edited by Thorsten Piske and Thomas Herbst
Special issue of Pedagogical Linguistics 7:1 (2026) v, 219 pp.
Strengthening Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Language Learning
Edited by Robyn Ober, Carly Steele and Alistair Harvey
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 49:2 (2026) v, 166 pp.
Task-Based Approaches to Teaching Additional Languages in Primary School
Veronika Timpe-Laughlin and Yuko Goto Butler
How can primary school children develop real communicative ability in an additional language? How can teachers move beyond isolated vocabulary and grammar practice toward meaningful language use that aligns with children’s cognitive, social, and developmental needs? This volume provides the first… read more[Task-Based Language Teaching, 19] 2026. xv, 208 pp.
Virtual Reality in Inclusive Language Learning: Enhancing vocabulary acquisition for dyslexic university students
Giulia Staggini
This monograph offers a timely and original contribution to applied linguistics by bringing into dialogue second language acquisition, inclusive language learning, and immersive technologies. The volume addresses a persistent gap in current research by focusing on specific language needs and… read more[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 23] 2026. xiii, 323 pp. + index
Applying Corpora in Teaching and Learning Romance Languages
Edited by Henry Tyne and Stefania Spina
Applying Corpora in Teaching and Learning Romance Languages is the first major volume dedicated to the use of corpora in teaching and learning Romance languages. Covering four Mediterranean Romance languages – French, Italian, Spanish, and Catalan – the volume provides a thematically structured… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 122] 2025. vi, 406 pp.
Approaches to Machine Translation
Edited by Mahdieh Fakhar, Monica Vilhelm and Paz Díez-Arcón
Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 11:1 (2025) v, 126 pp.
Broadening the Horizon of TBLT: Plenary addresses from the second decade of the International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching
Edited by Martin East
First launched in 2005, the biennial International Conferences on Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) have become an established event for a broad range of participants, and a key feature of the conferences has been the invited plenary (keynote) addresses. This edited volume brings together a… read more[Task-Based Language Teaching, 17] 2025. viii, 283 pp.
Child-centered Approaches to Applied Linguistic Research
Edited by Yuko Goto Butler and Annamaria Pinter
In recent years, child-centered research has garnered increasing attention among scholars working with children. However, it remains under-explored within the field of applied linguistics. This gap is partly attributable to the conceptual complexity of the notion itself; “child-centered research”… read more[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 13] 2025. ix, 202 pp.
Corpus Linguistics for Language Learning Research
Pascual Pérez-Paredes, Geraldine Mark and Anne O'Keeffe
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. It provides a structured and accessible approach for those new to CL, equipping readers with the foundational… read more[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 12] 2025. xiii, 207 pp.
Cumulative Knowledge Building in Learner Corpus Research
Edited by Tove Larsson and Douglas Biber
Special issue of International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 11:1 (2025) v, 244 pp.
Early Language Education in Instructed Contexts: Current issues and empirical insights into teaching and learning languages in primary school
Edited by Stefanie Frisch and Karen Glaser
This volume presents state-of-the-art research in early foreign language (L2) education in instructed contexts with a special focus on primary school (ages 5-12). Over the past two decades, early language teaching has become an important factor in both academic inquiry and education policy. Studies… read more
Emerging Issues in Content-Based Minority Language Immersion Education Contexts
Edited by Laurent Cammarata and Pádraig Ó Duibhir
Special issue of Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 13:1 (2025) vi, 192 pp.
From Disruptions to New Beginnings: The evolution of translation (studies) through technologies
Edited by Federico Gaspari and Silvia Bernardini
Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 11:3 (2025) v, 147 pp.
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) and Writing for Scholarly Publication
Edited by A. Mehdi Riazi
Special issue of Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes 6:2 (2025) vi, 194 pp.
Historical Linguistics at School
Edited by Theodore Markopoulos and Brian D. Joseph
Special issue of Pedagogical Linguistics 6:2 (2025) v, 145 pp.
Questionable Research Practices in Applied Linguistics
Edited by Luke Plonsky
Special issue of Journal of Second Language Studies 8:2 (2025) vi, 240 pp.
Reflexive and Reflective Research Approaches in Applied Linguistics
Edited by Pejman Habibie and Richard D. Sawyer
Reflexive and Reflective Research Approaches in Applied Linguistics moves the field of Applied Linguistics into new methodological territory. Applying both the newer reflexive methodologies of currere and duoethnography as well as the more established methodologies of autoethnography and narrative… read more[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 8] 2025. ix, 271 pp.
Research Methods in Complex Dynamic Systems Theory Approaches to Second Language Development
Edited by Wander Lowie, Rosmawati and Vanessa De Wilde
This edited volume is a timely and significant contribution to second language development research from a Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST) perspective. The book addresses the growing need for consistent and practical methodologies for CDST research. Each chapter presents an innovative method… read more[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 14] 2025. x, 222 pp.
Teacher Education for Task-Based Language Teaching
Edited by Xavier Gutiérrez, Lara Bryfonski and Greg Ogilvie
Special issue of TASK 5:2 (2025) vi, 216 pp.
Teaching Chinese as a Second Language in the Era of AI Technology: Literature, film and culture
Edited by Jing Wang
Special issue of Chinese as a Second Language (漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報) 60:1 (2025) v, 77 pp.
Technology and Instructed Second Language Acquisition: Connecting research and pedagogy
Edited by Shawn Loewen, Frederick J. Poole, Hyun-Bin Hwang and Matthew D. Coss
This book brings together a team of leading international scholars to explore the rich inter-section of technology and second language (L2) learning and teaching. This innovative volume offers a unique blend of cutting-edge empirical research, pedagogy-informed perspectives, and practical… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 63] 2025. x, 365 pp.
Towards an Integrated Approach to Heritage and School Languages in Education Policies: The case of multilingual Geneva
Edited by Claire de Goumoëns, Laurent Gajo and Myriam Radhouane
Special issue of Language Problems and Language Planning 49:3 (2025) v, 107 pp.
Writing/Reading Interface
Edited by Terry Joyce and Constanze Weth
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 28:1 (2025) v, 171 pp.
Audiovisual Input and Second Language Learning
Edited by Carmen Muñoz and Imma Miralpeix
This volume presents research on second language learning through audiovisual input, conducted within the SUBTiLL (Subtitles in Language Learning) project at the University of Barcelona. It includes studies exploring various language dimensions and skills, such as vocabulary, pronunciation, and… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 61] 2024. x, 241 pp.
The COLT Observation Scheme: Digital versions and updated research applications. Second revised edition
Nina Spada
This volume presents the second edition of the Communicative Orientation of Language Teaching (COLT) Observation Scheme. Since the book’s original publication, COLT has become well established as a research instrument in L2 teaching and learning. This new edition brings COLT into the 21st century… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 60] 2024. vii, 210 pp.
Computer-mediated communication in class: Fostering access to digital mediascapes
Edited by Stefania Maci and Marianna Lya Zummo
Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 10:1 (2024) v, 116 pp.
Corpus Linguistics and Second Language Studies
Edited by Dilin Liu, Xiaofei Lu and Isaiah WonHo Yoo
Special issue of Journal of Second Language Studies 7:2 (2024) v, 192 pp.
Decolonising or Recolonising?: Generative AI through the eyes of applied linguists, language teachers, and learners
Edited by Toni Dobinson, Julian Chen and Carly Steele
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 47:3 (2024) v, 165 pp.
Digital Social Reading and Second Language Learning and Teaching
Edited by Joshua J. Thoms and Kristen Michelson
Rapid changes in communication channels, tools, and conventions of interaction over the last two decades have paved the way for increasingly digital learning environments. In second language (L2) education, shifts toward digital learning and teaching were intensified during the pandemic and many… read more[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 21] 2024. ix, 193 pp.
English-medium instruction: Different stakeholders and conflicting interests
Edited by Robert Wilkinson and René Gabriëls
Special issue of Journal of English-Medium Instruction 3:1 (2024) v, 140 pp.
Filling the Void: Young language learners and the intercultural domain
Edited by Sandie Mourão and Raphaelle Beecroft
Special issue of Language Teaching for Young Learners 6:2 (2024) v, 143 pp.
Graded Resources for Second and Foreign Language Learning
Edited by David Alfter and Thomas François
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 175:1 (2024) v, 162 pp.
Individual Differences and Task-Based Language Teaching
Edited by Shaofeng Li
This volume consists of a collection of empirical studies and research syntheses investigating the role of individual difference (ID) variables in task-based language teaching (TBLT)—a pedagogical approach that emphasizes the importance of the performance of meaning-oriented tasks in facilitating… read more[Task-Based Language Teaching, 16] 2024. viii, 379 pp
La integración de la pronunciación en el aula de ELE: Integrating pronunciation in the Spanish language classroom
Editado por Zsuzsanna Bárkányi, M. Mar Galindo Merino y Aarón Pérez-Bernabeu
La integración de la pronunciación en el aula de ELE es una obra colectiva de 23 especialistas que abordan la enseñanza de la pronunciación del español como lengua adicional desde distintas perspectivas con el fin de enriquecer su didáctica. El objetivo es mostrar que la pronunciación encuentra su… read more[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature, 42] 2024. vi, 310 pp.
Learner Corpus Research for Pedagogical Purposes
Edited by Sandra Götz and Sylviane Granger
Special issue of International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 10:1 (2024) v, 240 pp.
Les droits fondamentaux linguistiques existent-ils? / Do Linguistic Human Rights Exist?
Edited by Laure Clément-Wilz
Special issue of Language Problems and Language Planning 48:2 (2024) v, 101 pp.
Less Frequently Used Research Methodologies in Applied Linguistics
Edited by A. Mehdi Riazi
Research methodology plays a pivotal role in generating new knowledge in any academic discipline. Applied Linguistics (AL) researchers use a variety of research methodologies to address different research problems and research questions, given its interdisciplinary nature. Notwithstanding the… read more[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 6] 2024. vi, 274 pp.
Seeking Changes in a Challenging Time: New perspectives for proficiency-oriented Chinese teaching and beyond
Edited by Yu Liu, Qiaona Yu and Yu Wu
Special issue of Chinese as a Second Language (漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報) 59:2 (2024) v, 153 pp.
Teacher-Student Engagement Patterns in CSL Classrooms and Beyond: Video-based multimodal analyses
Edited by Hongyin Tao and Yan Zhou
Special issue of Chinese as a Second Language (漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報) 59:3 (2024) v, 173 pp.
Translating Power Distance
Edited by Maria Sidiropoulou
Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 10:3 (2024) v, 142 pp.
Audiovisual translation and media accessibility in language learning contexts: Multiple modes, innovative practices and further explorations
Edited by Marina Manfredi, Catia Nannoni and Rosa Pugliese
Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 9:2 (2023) v, 146 pp.
Audiovisual translation in context: Granting access to digital mediascapes
Edited by Jorge Díaz-Cintas, Alessandra Rizzo and Cinzia Giacinta Spinzi
Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 9:3 (2023) v, 165 pp.
Challenges and solutions in translation: Insights into training, ELF, and accessibility
Guest-edited by Rossella Latorraca and Jacqueline Aiello
Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 9:1 (2023) v, 141 pp.
Child L2 Writers: A room of their own
Amparo Lázaro-Ibarrola
Studies on L2 writing tasks with child learners have broken through several barriers in the past few years. Although long considered a solitary task, writing is now regularly done in collaborative pairs and groups as well. New and more comprehensive writing and feedback strategies have been… read more[Trends in Language Acquisition Research, 32] 2023. xi, 236 pp.
Current State of Second Language Studies in Japan
Edited by John Matthews and Shigenori Wakabayashi
Special issue of Journal of Second Language Studies 6:2 (2023) v, 171 pp.
From Theory to Practice: Adopting the Chinese proficiency grading standards for international Chinese language education in North America
Edited by Jie Zhang and Ye Tian
Special issue of Chinese as a Second Language (漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報) 58:2 (2023) v, 102 pp.
Heritage learners studying abroad
Edited by Angela George
Special issue of Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education 8:2 (2023) v, 137 pp.
Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching: Historical perspectives
Edited by Richard Smith and Tim Giesler
By adopting a historical perspective, this edited collection of papers takes a fresh look at a key concept in applied linguistics, that of innovation. A substantial introduction advocates historical re-evaluation of this notion via exploration of its rise to prominence, while the ten subsequent… read more[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 20] 2023. x, 220 pp.
Instrumentalising Foreign Language Pedagogy in Translator and Interpreter Training: Methods, goals and perspectives
Edited by Olaf Immanuel Seel, Silvia Roiss and Petra Zimmermann-González
This volume offers a wide array of cutting-edge original research on the implementation of Foreign Language Pedagogy in translator and interpreter training, a still rather unexplored field of research in Translation Studies. It is divided in two distinct sections. The first section focuses on… read more[Benjamins Translation Library, 161] 2023. x, 291 pp.
L2 Collaborative Writing in Diverse Learning Contexts
Edited by Mimi Li and Meixiu Zhang
This book is the first edited volume to compile up-to-date scholarship that discusses frontier knowledge on second language (L2) collaborative writing (CW) and highlights technology-mediated solutions to it. The volume consists of conceptual papers and empirical studies that explore theoretical,… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 59] 2023. vii, 253 pp.
L2 Pragmatics in Action: Teachers, learners and the teaching-learning interaction process
Edited by Alicia Martínez-Flor, Ariadna Sánchez-Hernández and Júlia Barón
This is the first edited volume dedicated to both teachers and learners of second/foreign language (L2) pragmatics. It comprises a collection of studies that explore how teachers background and practices, and individual learners differences contribute to the teaching and learning of L2 pragmatics.… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 58] 2023. xxii, 343 pp.
Language learning for language minority students in a globalized world
Edited by Mark Feng Teng and Fan Fang
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 46:2 (2023) v, 158 pp.
Learner translation corpus research
Guest-edited by Sylviane Granger and Marie-Aude Lefer
Special issue of International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 9:1 (2023) v, 153 pp.
Meaningful Language Test Scores: Research to enhance score interpretation
Edited by Spiros Papageorgiou and Venessa F. Manna
Research on how stakeholders interpret language test scores and how they make decisions about language proficiency is critical because score-based decisions can be extremely consequential for test takers, score users, such as educational institutions and employers, and the society overall. This… read more[Innovations in Language Learning and Assessment, 1] 2023. x, 172 pp.
Methods in Study Abroad Research: Past, present, and future
Edited by Carmen Pérez-Vidal and Cristina Sanz
Study abroad research has become an established area of inquiry with theoretical impact and methodological sophistication. The field has incorporated the different approaches and methodological changes that have characterized SLA scholarship, including technological advances and new designs. The… read more[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 4] 2023. ix, 393 pp.
On the Systematic Nature of Writing Systems
Edited by David F. Mora-Marín and Lynne Cahill
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 26:1 (2023) v, 153 pp.
Promoting linguistic vitality through public policy: The role of rules, costs and incentives
Edited by Bengt-Arne Wickström, Noémi Nagy, Anneliese Rieger-Roschitz and Balázs Vizi
Special issue of Language Problems and Language Planning 47:2 (2023) v, 117 pp.
Study Abroad and the Second Language Acquisition of Sociolinguistic Variation in Spanish
Edited by Sara Zahler, Avizia Y. Long and Bret Linford
This volume offers a comprehensive snapshot of the breadth of empirical research currently being conducted on the second language acquisition of sociolinguistic variation in Spanish during study abroad. Research on this topic spans diverse methodological approaches, types of programs, linguistic… read more[Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 37] 2023. xxi, 371 pp.
10th Anniversary Celebration
Edited by Pádraig Ó Duibhir and Laurent Cammarata
Special issue of Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 10:2 (2022) vi, 269 pp.
The Assessment of Functional Adequacy in Language Performance: Special issue of the Journal on Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning 2:1 (2022)
Edited by Folkert Kuiken and Ineke Vedder
Special issue of TASK 2:1 (2022) v, 158 pp.
Creative Writing Across the Curriculum: Meaningful literacy for college writers across disciplines, languages, and identities
Justin Nicholes
Situated among fields (applied linguistics, creative writing studies, writing studies), this book empirically explores the language of writers in contexts of learning externalized in literary genres. At its core, this book features linguistic and thematic analysis of the writing and reflections of… read more[Linguistic Approaches to Literature, 40] 2022. xvii, 225 pp.
Emerging Assessment Needs and Solutions in EMI in Higher Education
Edited by Slobodanka Dimova and Joyce Kling
Special issue of Journal of English-Medium Instruction 1:2 (2022) v, 138 pp.
The Evolution of Pronunciation Teaching and Research: 25 years of intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness
Edited by John M. Levis, Tracey M. Derwing and Murray J. Munro
Inspired by Murray Munro and Tracey Derwing’s 1995 seminal study of intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness, this book revisits the insights of their original research and presents subsequent studies extending this work to new ways of understanding second language speech. By rejecting… read more[Benjamins Current Topics, 121] 2022. v, 234 pp.
How to Teach an Additional Language: To task or not to task?
Kris Van den Branden
This book provides a comprehensive, research-based account of how people learn a second/foreign language and shows how classroom practice can be organised around research-based principles. In the first part, the book provides up-to-date insights into the cognitive, motivational, and emotional… read more[Task-Based Language Teaching, 15] 2022. xiii, 292 pp.
Instructed Second Language Acquisition Research Methods
Edited by Laura Gurzynski-Weiss and YouJin Kim
Written for novice and established scholars alike, Instructed Second Language Acquisition Research Methods is a stand-alone research methods guide from an Instructed Second Language Acquisition (ISLA) lens. After offering foundations of conducting ISLA research, the subsequent chapters are… read more[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 3] 2022. xxiv, 388 pp.
Language Teacher Development in Digital Contexts
Edited by Hayriye Kayi-Aydar and Jonathon Reinhardt
This volume demonstrates how various methodologies and tools have been used to analyze the multidimensional, dynamic, and complex nature of identities and professional development of language teachers in digital contexts that have not been adequately examined before. It therefore offers new… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 57] 2022. x, 196 pp.
Language, conflict and security
Edited by Roberta Medda-Windischer and Andrea Carlà
Special issue of Language Problems and Language Planning 46:2 (2022) v, 118 pp.
Pedagogical Realities of Implementing Task-Based Language Teaching
Rosemary Erlam and Constanza Tolosa
This book documents how teachers, working in school foreign language learning contexts and teaching beginner learners of languages other than English, learn about and use tasks. It first presents a pedagogically researched account of how teachers learn about, design and evaluate tasks, after being… read more
Pop culture in applied linguistics: International perspectives: Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 173:2 (2022)
Edited by Valentin Werner
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 173:2 (2022) v, 158 pp.
Research Methods in Vocabulary Studies
Philip Durrant, Anna Siyanova-Chanturia, Benjamin Kremmel and Suhad Sonbul
Understanding vocabulary and its role in language learning is one of the central tasks of applied linguistic research. It is also an area that has seen, and continues to see, huge progress in terms of the complexity and diversity of work being done. While this makes for a rich and exciting research… read more[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 2] 2022. xv, 325 pp.
Second language pragmatic development in study abroad contexts
Edited by Ariadna Sánchez-Hernández
Special issue of Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education 7:1 (2022) v, 180 pp.
Spelling Acquisition in Cross-linguistic Settings
Edited by Susie Russak and Elena Zaretsky
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 25:1 (2022) v, 132 pp.
Translingual practices entangled with semiotized space and time
Edited by Shaila Sultana and Dariush Izadi
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 45:2 (2022) v, 116 pp.
The dynamics of academic knowledge production: Text histories and text trajectories
Edited by Theresa Lillis and Mary Jane Curry
Special issue of Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes 3:1 (2022) v, 163 pp.
Advancedness in Second Language Spanish: Definitions, challenges, and possibilities
Edited by Mandy R. Menke and Paul A. Malovrh
This book analyzes the construct of advanced proficiency in second language learning by bringing together empirical research from numerous linguistic domains and methodological traditions. Focusing on the dynamic nature of language use, the volume explores diverse manifestations of high-level… read more[Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 31] 2021. x, 512 pp.
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction in Second Language Learning
Edited by Robert M. DeKeyser
This volume brings together seven empirical studies about aptitude-treatment interactions (ATI), i.e., about how (second language) learners with different aptitudes match or don’t match with different educational treatments; and aptitude-testing interactions, i.e., about how learners with different… read more[Benjamins Current Topics, 116] 2021. v, 202 pp.
Beyond Concordance Lines: Corpora in language education
Edited by Pascual Pérez-Paredes and Geraldine Mark
In over 30 years of data-driven learning (DDL) research, there has been a growing sophistication in the ways we collect, analyse, and put corpus data to use. This volume takes a three-fold perspective on DDL. It first looks at DDL and its role in informing language learning theory and how it might… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 102] 2021. ix, 255 pp.
Diversity in Writing Systems: Embracing multiple perspectives
Edited by Amalia E. Gnanadesikan and Anna P. Judson
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 24:2 (2021) v, 169 pp.
English Pronunciation Instruction: Research-based insights
Edited by Anastazija Kirkova-Naskova, Alice Henderson and Jonás Fouz-González
English Pronunciation Instruction: Research-based insights presents recent research on L2 English pronunciation including pedagogical implications and applications, and seeks to bridge the gulf between pronunciation research and teaching practice. The volume’s 15 chapters cover a range of aspects… read more[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 19] 2021. xix, 388 pp.
Issues and Perspectives on Student Diversity and Content-Based Language Education
Edited by Fred Genesee and Diane J. Tedick
Special issue of Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 9:2 (2021) vi, 209 pp.
Natural language processing for learner corpus research
Edited by Kristopher Kyle
Special issue of International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 7:1 (2021) v, 194 pp.
Problematizing Language Policy and Practice in EMI and Transnational Higher Education: Challenges and Possibilities
Edited by Curtis Green-Eneix, Peter I. De Costa and Wendy Li
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 44:2 (2021) v, 145 pp.
Research on EFL learning by young children in Spain
Edited by María del Pilar García Mayo
Special issue of Language Teaching for Young Learners 3:2 (2021) vi, 190 pp.
Research on Second Language Processing and Processing Instruction: Studies in honor of Bill VanPatten
Edited by Michael J. Leeser, Gregory D. Keating and Wynne Wong
This volume consists of a well-integrated collection of original research articles and theoretical/overview papers on second language (L2) input processing. The primary contributors are former students of Bill VanPatten from the past three decades, and the collection of articles is intended as a… read more[Studies in Bilingualism, 62] 2021. viii, 359 pp.
Revisiting Linguistic Territoriality in Contemporary Europe
Edited by Till Burckhardt, John Coakley and László Marácz
Special issue of Language Problems and Language Planning 45:2 (2021) v, 140 pp.
Studies of Bilingual Processing Presented to Kenneth I. Forster
Edited by Nan Jiang
Special issue of Journal of Second Language Studies 4:2 (2021) v, 211 pp.
Teaching, Learning and Scaffolding in CLIL Science Classrooms
Edited by Yuen Yi Lo and Angel M.Y. Lin
This edited volume presents a collection of empirical studies examining the teaching and learning processes in science classrooms in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) contexts. It is a timely contribution to the rapidly growing body of CLIL research in response to scholars’ consistent… read more[Benjamins Current Topics, 115] 2021. v, 183 pp.
Translation and plurilingual approaches to language teaching and learning: Challenges and possibilities
Edited by Ángeles Carreres, María Noriega-Sánchez and Lucía Pintado Gutiérrez
Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 7:1 (2021) v, 131 pp.
25 years of Intelligibility, Comprehensibility and Accentedness
Edited by John M. Levis, Tracey M. Derwing and Murray J. Munro
Special issue of Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 6:3 (2020) vi, 234 pp.
Acquisition of Chinese: Bilingualism and Multilingualism
Edited by Boping Yuan and Yanyu Guo
Special issue of Journal of Second Language Studies 3:2 (2020) v, 162 pp.
Approaches to Learning, Testing and Researching L2 Vocabulary
Edited by Stuart Webb
This volume brings together a collection of chapters focused on the learning, testing, and researching of L2 vocabulary by leading international researchers including Paul Nation, Batia Laufer, Frank Boers, Elke Peters, Ana Pellicer-Sánchez, Anna Siyanova-Chanturia, and Stuart Webb. Questions that… read more[Benjamins Current Topics, 109] 2020. v, 234 pp.
Audiovisual Translation in Applied Linguistics: Educational perspectives
Edited by Laura Incalcaterra McLoughlin, Jennifer Lertola and Noa Talaván
In recent years, interest in the application of audiovisual translation (AVT) techniques in language teaching has grown beyond unconnected case studies to create a lively network of methodological intertextuality, cross-references, reviews and continuation of previous trials, ultimately defining a… read more[Benjamins Current Topics, 111] 2020. v, 207 pp.
Complex Dynamic Systems Theory and L2 Writing Development
Edited by Gary G. Fogal and Marjolijn H. Verspoor
This volume integrates complex dynamic systems theory (CDST) and L2 writing scholarship through a collection of in-depth studies and commentary across a range of writing constructs, learning contexts, and second and foreign languages. The text is arranged thematically across four topics: (i)… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 54] 2020. xvii, 304 pp.
Corpus Linguistics and Education in Australia
Edited by Alexandra Garcia Murrago, Peter Crosthwaite and Monika Bednarek
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 43:2 (2020) v, 119 pp.
Cross-theoretical Explorations of Interlocutors and their Individual Differences
Edited by Laura Gurzynski-Weiss
This book examines the role of interlocutors and their individual differences (IDs) in second language (L2) development from four theoretical lenses: the cognitive-interactionist approach, sociocultural theory, the variationist approach, and complex dynamic systems theory. A theoretical overview to… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 53] 2020. xii, 270 pp.
Im/politeness and Stage Translation
Edited by Maria Sidiropoulou
Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 6:1 (2020) v, 108 pp.
Languaging in Language Learning and Teaching: A collection of empirical studies
Edited by Wataru Suzuki and Neomy Storch
This book is the first to bring together a collection of recent empirical studies investigating languaging, an important construct first introduced by Swain in 2006 but which has since been deployed in a growing number of L2 studies. The contributing authors include both established and emerging… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 55] 2020. vii, 313 pp.
Literacies in Contact
Edited by Manuela Böhm and Constanze Weth
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 23:2 (2020) v, 180 pp.
Minorities in Italy in a changing legal landscape
Edited by Gabriele Iannàccaro and Vittorio Dell’Aquila
Special issue of Language Problems and Language Planning 44:3 (2020) v, 130 pp.
National foreign language policies for primary schools: Global perspectives
Edited by Janet Enever
Special issue of Language Teaching for Young Learners 2:2 (2020) v, 156 pp.
Study abroad and the Erasmus+ programme in Europe: Perspectives on language and intercultural learning
Edited by Anne Marie Devlin
Special issue of Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education 5:1 (2020) v, 151 pp.
Teacher Development for Immersion and Content-Based Instruction
Edited by Laurent Cammarata and T.J. Ó Ceallaigh
Teacher preparation and professional development endeavors are key drivers of successful immersion/bilingual (I/B) and content-based language education (CBLE) programs across a variety of models. However, research in this critical area is scant and has not to date received the academic attention it… read more[Benjamins Current Topics, 110] 2020. vi, 201 pp.
Teaching and practising interpreting: From traditional to new remote approaches
Edited by Pilar Rodríguez Reina and Estefanía Flores Acuña
Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 6:2 (2020) v, 102 pp.
Writing and Language Learning: Advancing research agendas
Edited by Rosa M. Manchón
The current volume aspires to add to previous research on the connection between writing and language learning from a dual perspective: It seeks to reflect current progress in the domain as well as to foster future developments in theory and research. The theoretical postulations contained in Part… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 56] 2020. vii, 432 pp.
40 Years of Bill 101 in Québec
Edited by François Vaillancourt
Special issue of Language Problems and Language Planning 43:2 (2019) v, 138 pp.
Aptitude-treatment interaction in second language learning
Edited by Robert M. DeKeyser
Special issue of Journal of Second Language Studies 2:2 (2019) v, 200 pp.
Corpus-based Approaches to Spoken L2 Production: Evidence from the Trinity Lancaster Corpus
Edited by Vaclav Brezina, Dana Gablasova and Tony McEnery
Special issue of International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 5:2 (2019) v, 166 pp.
Current Visions of TAML2: Tense, Aspect and Modality in Second Languages
Edited by Paz González and Tim Diaubalick
Doing SLA Research with Implications for the Classroom: Reconciling methodological demands and pedagogical applicability
Edited by Robert M. DeKeyser and Goretti Prieto Botana
This book is unique in bringing together studies on instructed second language acquisition that focus on a common question: “What renders this research particularly relevant to classroom applications, and what are the advantages, challenges, and potential pitfalls of the methodology adopted?” The… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 52] 2019. vi, 219 pp.
The Evolving Curriculum in Interpreter and Translator Education: Stakeholder perspectives and voices
Edited by David B. Sawyer, Frank Austermühl and Vanessa Enríquez Raído
The Evolving Curriculum in Interpreter and Translator Education: Stakeholder perspectives and voices examines forces driving curriculum design, implementation and reform in academic programs that prepare interpreters and translators for employment in the public and private sectors. The evolution of… read more[American Translators Association Scholarly Monograph Series, XIX] 2019. vi, 430 pp.
Language and Intercultural Communication Pedagogies in Australian Higher Education
Edited by Paul J. Moore and Adriana Díaz
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 42:2 (2019) v, 100 pp.
Language learning and interactional experiences in Study Abroad settings
Edited by M. Rafael Salaberry, Kate White and Alfred Rue Burch
Special issue of Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education 4:1 (2019) v, 144 pp.
Learner Corpora and Language Teaching
Edited by Sandra Götz and Joybrato Mukherjee
While native corpora and corpus linguistic tools and methods have been used and applied for quite some time in the development of learning and teaching materials, learner corpora are only just beginning to impact the field of language teaching, testing and assessment. This volume helps to close… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 92] 2019. vi, 267 pp.
Learning the Language of Dentistry: Disciplinary corpora in the teaching of English for Specific Academic Purposes
Peter Crosthwaite and Lisa Cheung
This book explores the affordances of disciplinary corpora for the teaching and learning of the language of dentistry, within the field of English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP). We extract disciplinary register features and vocabulary from three key genres of the dentistry discipline… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 93] 2019. xiv, 222 pp.
Orality: Language and interpreting challenges
Edited by Estefanía Flores Acuña and Pilar Rodríguez Reina
Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 5:3 (2019) v, 113 pp.
Positive synergies: Translanguaging and critical theories in education
Edited by Zhongfeng Tian and Holly Link
Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 5:1 (2019) v, 93 pp.
Researching L2 Task Performance and Pedagogy: In honour of Peter Skehan
Edited by Zhisheng (Edward) Wen and Mohammad Javad Ahmadian
This volume honours Peter Skehan’s landmark contributions to research in Task-Based Language Teaching. It offers state-of-the-art reviews as well as cutting-edge new research studies, all reflective of key theoretical and methodological issues in current research, such as the role and nature of… read more[Task-Based Language Teaching, 13] 2019. xxiii, 328 pp.
Teachability and Learnability across Languages
Edited by Ragnar Arntzen, Gisela Håkansson, Arnstein Hjelde and Jörg-U. Keßler
Teachability and Learnability across Languages addresses key issues in second, foreign and heritage language acquisition, as well as in language teaching. Focusing on a Processability Theory perspective, it brings together empirical studies of language acquisition, language teaching, and language… read more[Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition Research & Teaching, 6] 2019. vii, 263 pp.
Teaching, Learning and Scaffolding in CLIL Science Classrooms
Edited by Yuen Yi Lo and Angel M.Y. Lin
Special issue of Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 7:2 (2019) v, 178 pp.
Technology-mediated feedback and instruction
Edited by Hossein Nassaji and Eva Kartchava
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 170:2 (2019) v, 159 pp.
Writing Systems: Past, present (… and future?)
Edited by Terry Joyce and Robert Crellin
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 22:2 (2019) v, 142 pp.
Approaches to learning, testing, and researching L2 vocabulary
Edited by Stuart Webb
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 169:1 (2018) vi, 231 pp.
Assessing L2 Listening: Moving towards authenticity
Gary J. Ockey and Elvis Wagner
This book is relevant for language testers, listening researchers, and oral proficiency teachers, in that it explores four broad themes related to the assessment of L2 listening ability: the use of authentic, real-world spoken texts; the effects of different speech varieties of listening inputs;… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 50] 2018. xvii, 278 pp.
Audiovisual translation in applied linguistics: Educational perspectives
Edited by Laura Incalcaterra McLoughlin, Jennifer Lertola and Noa Talaván
Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 4:1 (2018) v, 202 pp.
CLIL and Bilingual Education in the Netherlands
Edited by Tessa Mearns and Rick de Graaff
Special issue of Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics 7:2 (2018) vi, 158 pp.
Community Service-Learning for Spanish Heritage Learners: Making connections and building identities
Kelly Lowther Pereira
This book proposes community service-learning as a critical pedagogy that connects learners and communities to address key challenges in heritage language education. The book’s purpose is two-fold: to fill a crucial gap in empirical research on community service-learning in the heritage language… read more[Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 18] 2018. x, 248 pp.
Foreign Language Education in Multilingual Classrooms
Edited by Andreas Bonnet and Peter Siemund
This volume challenges traditional approaches to foreign language education and proposes to redefine them in our age of international migration and globalization. Foreign language classrooms are no longer populated by monolingual students, but increasingly by multilingual students with highly… read more[Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity, 7] 2018. viii, 423 pp.
Genre and Disciplinarity
Edited by Tim Moore, Janne Morton and Steve Price
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 41:2 (2018) v, 120 pp.
Intercultural Perspectives on Research Writing
Edited by Pilar Mur-Dueñas and Jolanta Šinkūnienė
This volume offers a fresh intercultural perspective on the discursive and rhetorical challenges non-Anglophone scholars face while writing and publishing in English for an international readership. The volume presents a wide spectrum of text-based intercultural analyses of academic texts written… read more[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 18] 2018. x, 310 pp.
Language Learning, Discourse and Cognition: Studies in the tradition of Andrea Tyler
Edited by Lucy Pickering and Vyvyan Evans
Language Learning, Discourse and Cognition: Studies in the tradition of Andrea Tyler comprises a collection of original empirically and theoretically motivated studies at the nexus of discourse analysis, cognitive linguistics and second language learning. The thematic relationships between these… read more[Human Cognitive Processing, 64] 2018. ix, 317 pp.
Learning Language through Task Repetition
Edited by Martin Bygate
After more than 20 years of research, this is the first book-length treatment of second language task repetition – the repetition of encounters with a task that involve re-using the same content with the same overall purpose. The topic links task performance with the growing mastery of both the… read more[Task-Based Language Teaching, 11] 2018. x, 334 pp.
Learning to Read in a Digital World
Edited by Mirit Barzillai, Jenny Thomson, Sascha Schroeder and Paul van den Broek
With digital screens becoming increasingly ubiquitous in the lives of children, from their homes to their classrooms, understanding the influence of these technologies on the ways children read takes on great importance. The aim of this edited volume is to examine how advances in technology are… read more[Studies in Written Language and Literacy, 17] 2018. x, 242 pp.
TBLT as a Researched Pedagogy
Edited by Virginia Samuda, Kris Van den Branden and Martin Bygate
Bringing together experienced classroom researchers and teacher educators from different countries where tasks are playing an influential role in language education, this collected volume critically explores how TBLT research can engage with pedagogy, and how TBLT pedagogy can engage with research.… read more[Task-Based Language Teaching, 12] 2018. viii, 292 pp.
Task-Based Approaches to Teaching and Assessing Pragmatics
Edited by Naoko Taguchi and YouJin Kim
This volume is the first book-length attempt to bring together the fields of task-based language teaching (TBLT) and second language pragmatics by exploring how the teaching and assessment of pragmatics can be integrated into TBLT. The TBLT-pragmatics connection is illustrated in a variety of… read more[Task-Based Language Teaching, 10] 2018. x, 312 pp.
Teacher education and professional development for immersion and content-based instruction: Research on programs, practices, and teacher educators
Edited by Laurent Cammarata and T.J. Ó Ceallaigh
Special issue of Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 6:2 (2018) v, 193 pp.
Tense and aspect in Second Language Acquisition and Learner Corpus Research
Edited by Robert Fuchs and Valentin Werner
Special issue of International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 4:2 (2018) v, 158 pp.
Translanguaging – researchers and practitioners in dialogue
Edited by Lina Adinolfi, Holly Link and Oliver St John
Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 4:3 (2018) v, 91 pp.
Understanding Writing Systems
Edited by Merijn Beeksma and Martin Neef
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 21:1 (2018) v, 145 pp.
Usage-inspired L2 Instruction: Researched pedagogy
Edited by Andrea E. Tyler, Lourdes Ortega, Mariko Uno and Hae In Park
This book presents a set of compelling essays collectively making a persuasive case for why a usage-based perspective on language is fast becoming a leading theoretical framework for investigating second language (L2) learning and the foundation for effective, innovative, engaging pedagogy. Drawing… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 49] 2018. xvii, 324 pp.
'Translaboration': Translation as Collaboration
Edited by Alexa Alfer
Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 3:3 (2017) v, 132 pp.
Applied Linguistics Perspectives on CLIL
Edited by Ana Llinares and Tom Morton
This book represents the first collection of studies on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) which brings together a range of perspectives through which CLIL has been investigated within Applied Linguistics. The book aims to show how the four perspectives of Second Language Acquisition… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 47] 2017. vi, 317 pp.
Applied Linguistics in the Middle East and North Africa: Current practices and future directions
Edited by Atta Gebril
This volume offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of applied research efforts in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This region has not received due attention in the literature and this publication provides a much-needed contribution to the existing body of knowledge. The editor… read more[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 15] 2017. ix, 390 pp.
Between specialised texts and institutional contexts – competence and choice in legal translation
Edited by Valérie Dullion
Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 3:1 (2017) vi, 143 pp.
Developmental Perspectives in Written Language and Literacy: In honor of Ludo Verhoeven
Edited by Eliane Segers and Paul van den Broek
Research on the development on written language and literacy is inherently multidisciplinary. In this book, leading researchers studying brain, cognition and behavior, come together in revealing how children develop written language and literacy, why they may experience difficulties, and which… read more[Not in series, 206] 2017. xi, 447 pp.
Expanding Individual Difference Research in the Interaction Approach: Investigating learners, instructors, and other interlocutors
Edited by Laura Gurzynski-Weiss
Expanding Individual Difference Research in the Interaction Approach: Investigating learners, instructors, and other interlocutors demonstrates why investigating the individual differences of all interlocutors with whom learners interact – including peer and heritage learners, instructors,… read more[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 16] 2017. xii, 327 pp.
Flourishing in Italian: Positive Psychology approaches to the teaching and learning of Italian in Australia
Edited by Antonia Rubino, Antonella Strambi and Vincenza Tudini
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 40:2 (2017) v, 109 pp.
Language Acquisition in CLIL and Non-CLIL Settings: Learner corpus and experimental evidence on passive constructions
Verena Möller
Language Acquisition in CLIL and Non-CLIL Settings builds a bridge between Second Language Acquisition and Learner Corpus Research (LCR) methodologies to take the evaluation of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) to a new level. The study innovates in two main ways. First, it is based… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 80] 2017. xx, 417 pp.
Orthographic Databases and Lexicons
Edited by Lynne Cahill and Terry Joyce
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 20:1 (2017) v, 127 pp.
Reading Comprehension in Educational Settings
Edited by José A. León and Inmaculada Escudero
Text comprehension is a critical area of psychological and educational research, and has particular relevance to educational context. The general aim of this international volume Reading Comprehension in Educational Settings is to encourage excellence in research and to bring together teachers,… read more[Studies in Written Language and Literacy, 16] 2017. xvii, 198 pp.
Segmental, prosodic and fluency features in phonetic learner corpora
Edited by Jürgen Trouvain, Frank Zimmerer, Bernd Möbius, Mária Gósy and Anne Bonneau
Special issue of International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 3:2 (2017) v, 176 pp.
Specialised Translation in Spain: Institutional dimensions
Edited by José Santaemilia-Ruiz and Sergio Maruenda-Bataller
Special issue of Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics 30:2 (2017) vi, 240 pp.
Study Abroad to, from, and within Asia
Edited by John L. Plews and Jane Jackson
Special issue of Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education 2:2 (2017) v, 158 pp.
Translation and Interpreting Pedagogy in Dialogue with Other Disciplines
Edited by Sonia Colina and Claudia V. Angelelli
This volume offers a collection of original articles on the teaching of translation and interpreting, responding to the increased interest in this area not only within translation and interpreting studies but also in related fields. It contains empirical, theoretical and state-of-the-art original… read more[Benjamins Current Topics, 90] 2017. v, 154 pp.
The Acquisition and Processing of Spanish and Portuguese Morphosyntax: Theoretical and experimental issues
Edited by Rachel Klassen, Anahí Alba de la Fuente, Joanne Markle LaMontagne and Almudena Basanta y Romero-Valdespino
Special issue of Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics 29:2 (2016) vi, 307 pp.
The Acquisition of L2 Mandarin Prosody: From experimental studies to pedagogical practice
Chunsheng Yang
This book examines the acquisition of L2 Mandarin prosody, a less explored area in SLA. While acknowledging that tone acquisition is one of the most important aspects in acquiring L2 Mandarin phonology, the book demonstrates that phrase- and utterance-level prosody is equally important.… read more[Bilingual Processing and Acquisition, 1] 2016. xviii, 175 pp.
Advances in Spanish as a Heritage Language
Edited by Diego Pascual y Cabo
Bringing together contributions from some of the leading experts in the field of Spanish as a Heritage Language, this volume aims to provide an in-depth understanding of current and emerging trends in research and praxis. To this end, the volume is divided into three thematic units. The first unit… read more[Studies in Bilingualism, 49] 2016. ix, 353 pp.
EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 16 (2016)
Edited by Sarah Ann Liszka, Pascale Leclercq, Marion Tellier and Georges Daniel Véronique
[EUROSLA Yearbook, 16] 2016. ix, 210 pp.
Input-based Tasks in Foreign Language Instruction for Young Learners
Natsuko Shintani
The book examines how task-based language teaching (TBLT) can be carried out with young beginner learners in a foreign language context. It addresses how TBLT can be introduced and implemented in a difficult instructional context where traditional teaching approaches are entrenched. The book… read more[Task-Based Language Teaching, 9] 2016. xi, 199 pp.
Insights in Translation for Specific Purposes: Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 2:1 (2016)
Edited by Antonella d’Angelis, Estefanía Flores Acuña and Francisco Núñez-Roman
Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 2:1 (2016) v, 169 pp.
Integrating Chinese Linguistic Research and Language Teaching and Learning
Edited by Hongyin Tao
Linguistic research and language teaching have generally been viewed as two separate types of academic endeavor. While linguists have been preoccupied with pattern finding and theory building, language teachers often encounter issues that are not readily addressed by theoretical linguistic research. read more[Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse, 7] 2016. xviii, 239 pp.
Language-Learner Computer Interactions: Theory, methodology and CALL applications
Edited by Catherine Caws and Marie-Josée Hamel
This book focuses on learner-computer interactions (LCI) in second language learning environments drawing largely on sociocultural theories of language development. It brings together a rich and varied range of theoretical discussions and applications in order to illustrate the way in which LCI can… read more
Linguistic Innovations: Rethinking linguistic creativity in non-native Englishes
Edited by Sandra C. Deshors, Sandra Götz and Samantha Laporte
Special issue of International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 2:2 (2016) v, 222 pp.
Making and Using Word Lists for Language Learning and Testing
I.S.P. Nation
Word lists lie at the heart of good vocabulary course design, the development of graded materials for extensive listening and extensive reading, research on vocabulary load, and vocabulary test development. This book has been written for vocabulary researchers and curriculum designers to describe… read more[Not in series, 208] 2016. xiv, 210 pp.
Peer Interaction and Second Language Learning: Pedagogical potential and research agenda
Edited by Masatoshi Sato and Susan Ballinger
This volume represents the first collection of empirical studies focusing on peer interaction for L2 learning. These studies aim to unveil the impact of mediating variables such as task type, mode of interaction, and social relationships on learners’ interactional behaviors and language development… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 45] 2016. vii, 399 pp.
Postgraduate Writing in a Globalised World
Edited by Emmaline Lear and Elke Stracke
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 39:2 (2016) v, 98 pp.
Scientific Approaches to Literature in Learning Environments
Edited by Michael Burke, Olivia Fialho and Sonia Zyngier
Scientific Approaches to Literature in Learning Environments is not just about what takes place in literary classrooms. Settings do have a strong influence on student learning both directly and indirectly. These spaces may include the home, the workplace, science centers, libraries, that is,… read more[Linguistic Approaches to Literature, 24] 2016. xix, 309 pp.
Second-language Discourse in the Digital World: Linguistic and social practices in and beyond the networked classroom
Ilona Vandergriff
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. With its rich set of examples from a number of different languages and a variety of… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 46] 2016. xiii, 270 pp.
Spanish Learner Corpus Research: Current trends and future perspectives
Edited by Margarita Alonso-Ramos
The aim of this book is to present a comprehensive picture of the current state of Spanish learner corpus research (SLCR), which makes it unique, since no other monograph has focused on collecting research dealing with learner corpora of any language other than English. In addition to an… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 78] 2016. vi, 337 pp.
Translating Creolization
Edited by Desrine Bogle, Ian Craig and Jason F. Siegel
Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 2:2 (2016) v, 106 pp.
Domains and Directions in the Development of TBLT: A decade of plenaries from the international conference
Edited by Martin Bygate
This volume brings together contemporary position statements and research reviews which were originally presented as Plenary Addresses to the Biennial International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching, between 2005 and 2013. It thus assembles up-to-date reflections, critiques, and… read more[Task-Based Language Teaching, 8] 2015. xxiv, 325 pp.
EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 15 (2015)
Edited by Leah Roberts, Kevin McManus, Norbert Vanek and Danijela Trenkic
The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more[EUROSLA Yearbook, 15] 2015. ix, 163 pp.
Education in Languages of Lesser Power: Asia-Pacific Perspectives
Edited by Craig Alan Volker and Fred E. Anderson
The cultural diversity of the Asia-Pacific region is reflected in a multitude of linguistic ecologies of languages of lesser power, i.e., of indigenous and immigrant languages whose speakers lack collective linguistic power, especially in education. This volume looks at a representative sampling of… read more[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 35] 2015. xv, 300 pp.
Elicited Metaphor Analysis in Educational Discourse
Edited by Wan Wan and Graham Low
The ability to recognise, discuss and evaluate one’s educational beliefs and working practices in metaphoric terms has for several years been seen as a highly valuable tool for increasing self-awareness, facilitating learning (or teaching), and/or predicting behaviour. This is the first edited book… read more[Metaphor in Language, Cognition, and Communication, 3] 2015. ix, 329 pp.
The Historical Sociolinguistics of Spelling
Edited by Laura Villa and Rik Vosters
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 18:2 (2015) v, 125 pp.
Implicit and Explicit Learning of Languages
Edited by Patrick Rebuschat
Implicit learning is a fundamental feature of human cognition. Many essential skills, including language comprehension and production, intuitive decision making, and social interaction, are largely dependent on implicit (unconscious) knowledge. Given its relevance, it is not surprising that the… read more[Studies in Bilingualism, 48] 2015. xxii, 489 pp.
Interaction and Second Language Development: A Vygotskian perspective
Rémi A. van Compernolle
This volume addresses the role of communicative interaction in driving various dimensions of second language development from the perspective of Vygotskian sociocultural psychology. Emphasizing the dialectical relationship between the external-social world and individual mental functioning, the… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 44] 2015. xi, 215 pp.
Language Proficiency in Native and Non-native Speakers: Theory and research
Jan H. Hulstijn
This book, written for both seasoned and novice researchers, presents a theory of what is called Basic and Higher Language Cognition (BLC and HLC), a theory aimed at making some fundamental issues concerning first and second language learning and bilingualism (more) empirical. The first part of the… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 41] 2015. xi, 195 pp.
Learner Corpora in Language Testing and Assessment
Edited by Marcus Callies and Sandra Götz
The aim of this volume is to highlight the benefits and potential of using learner corpora for the testing and assessment of L2 proficiency in both speaking and writing, reflecting the growing importance of learner corpora in applied linguistics and second language acquisition research. Identifying… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 70] 2015. vi, 220 pp.
Lexical Input Processing and Vocabulary Learning
Joe Barcroft
This book focuses on theory, research, and practice related to lexical input processing (lex-IP), an exciting field exploring how learners allocate their limited processing resources when exposed to words and lexical phrases in the input. Unit 1 specifies parameters of lex-IP research among other… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 43] 2015. xi, 194 pp.
Multiple Affordances of Language Corpora for Data-driven Learning
Edited by Agnieszka Leńko-Szymańska and Alex Boulton
In recent years, corpora have found their way into language instruction, albeit often indirectly, through their role in syllabus and course design and in the production of teaching materials and other resources. An alternative and more innovative use is for teachers and students alike to explore… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 69] 2015. vii, 312 pp.
Pronunciation Fundamentals: Evidence-based perspectives for L2 teaching and research
Tracey M. Derwing and Murray J. Munro
The emergence of empirical approaches to L2 pronunciation research and teaching is a powerful fourth wave in the history of the field. Authored by two leading proponents of evidence-based instruction, this volume surveys both foundational and cutting-edge empirical work and pinpoints its… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 42] 2015. xiii, 208 pp.
Teachers’ Plurilingual Identities in Transnational Contexts
Edited by Clea Schmidt and Antoinette Gagné
Cross-linguistic transfer in reading in multilingual contexts – recent research trends
Edited by Elena Zaretsky and Mila Schwartz
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 17:1 (2014) ix, 171 pp.
EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 14 (2014)
Edited by Leah Roberts, Ineke Vedder and Jan H. Hulstijn
The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more[EUROSLA Yearbook, 14] 2014. x, 261 pp.
English in Nordic Universities: Ideologies and practices
Edited by Anna Kristina Hultgren, Frans Gregersen and Jacob Thøgersen
This volume brings together theoretical perspectives and empirical studies on the ongoing Englishization of Nordic universities. A core objective is to contrast and address the gap between ideological representations of this phenomenon and the ways in which it unfolds in the practices on the ground. read more[Studies in World Language Problems, 5] 2014. vi, 268 pp.
Interlanguage: Forty years later
Edited by ZhaoHong Han and Elaine Tarone
Few works in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) can endure multiple reads, but Selinker's (1972) "Interlanguage" is a clear exception. Written at the inception of the field, this paper delineates a disciplinary scope; asks penetrating questions; advances daring hypotheses; and proposes… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 39] 2014. vii, 255 pp.
Language Acquisition in Study Abroad and Formal Instruction Contexts
Edited by Carmen Pérez-Vidal
This publication constitutes essential reading for academics, teachers and language policy makers wanting to understand, plan, and implement an educational language program involving learner mobility. The book provides data and analyses from a long-term program of research on study abroad (the SALA… read more[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 13] 2014. vi, 329 pp.
Language Immersion Education: A research agenda for 2015 and beyond
Edited by Diane J. Tedick and Siv Björklund
Special issue of Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 2:2 (2014) vi, 168 pp.
Learning Chinese in Diasporic Communities: Many pathways to being Chinese
Edited by Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen and Andy Hancock
This book brings together new theoretical perspectives and bilingual education models from different sociopolitical and cultural contexts across the globe in order to address the importance of sociocultural, educational and linguistic environments that create, enhance or limit the ways in which… read more[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 12] 2014. xv, 243 pp.
Lexical Bundles in Native and Non-native Scientific Writing: Applying a corpus-based study to language teaching
Danica Salazar
This book presents an investigation of lexical bundles in native and non-native scientific writing in English, whose aim is to produce a frequency-derived, statistically- and qualitatively-refined list of the most pedagogically useful lexical bundles in scientific prose: one that can be sorted and… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 65] 2014. ix, 212 pp.
Linguistic Diversity and Social Inclusion in Australia
Edited by Ingrid Piller
Motivation and Foreign Language Learning: From theory to practice
Edited by David Lasagabaster, Aintzane Doiz and Juan Manuel Sierra
Motivation is a key aspect of second language learning. There is no doubt that abstract models are basic to gain theoretical insights into motivation; however, teachers and researchers demand comprehensible explanations for motivation that can help them to improve their everyday teaching and… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 40] 2014. viii, 190 pp.
Pedagogical Grammar
Casey Keck and YouJin Kim
This book provides a comprehensive overview of pedagogical grammar research and explores its implications for the teaching of grammar in second language classrooms. Drawing on several research domains (e.g., corpus linguistics, task-based language teaching) and a number of theoretical orientations… read more[Not in series, 190] 2014. ix, 245 pp.
Plurilingual Education: Policies – practices – language development
Edited by Patrick Grommes and Adelheid Hu
Plurilingual communication is common practice in most urban areas. Societal domains such as business and science nowadays see themselves as international, and plurilingual communication is the rule rather than the exception. But how do other players in critical domains of modern societies, and more… read more[Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity, 3] 2014. viii, 260 pp.
Processing Perspectives on Task Performance
Edited by Peter Skehan
Understanding how second language task-based performance can be raised is vital for progress with task-based approaches to instruction. The chapters in this volume all attempt to advance this understanding, and do so within a viewpoint which assumes limited attentional capacities and accounts for… read more[Task-Based Language Teaching, 5] 2014. xii, 266 pp.
Recent Advances in Automatic Readability Assessment and Text Simplification
Edited by Thomas François and Delphine Bernhard
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 165:2 (2014) vi, 243 pp.
Task-Based Language Learning – Insights from and for L2 Writing
Edited by Heidi Byrnes and Rosa M. Manchón
The book seeks to enlarge the theoretical scope, research agenda, and practices associated with TBLT in a two-way dynamic, by exploring how insights from writing might reconfigure our understanding of tasks and, in turn, how work associated with TBLT might benefit the learning and teaching of… read more[Task-Based Language Teaching, 7] 2014. xi, 312 pp.
Technology-mediated TBLT: Researching Technology and Tasks
Edited by Marta González-Lloret and Lourdes Ortega
This volume contributes to the development and advancement of TBLT as a research domain by investigating the intersection between tasks and technology from a variety of theoretical perspectives (e.g., educational, cognitive, sociocultural) and by gathering empirical findings on the design and… read more[Task-Based Language Teaching, 6] 2014. vi, 336 pp.
The architecture of writing systems
Edited by Kristian Berg, Franziska Buchmann and Nanna Fuhrhop
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 17:2 (2014) viii, 142 pp.
Automatic Treatment and Analysis of Learner Corpus Data
Edited by Ana Díaz-Negrillo, Nicolas Ballier and Paul Thompson
This book is a critical appraisal of recent developments in corpus linguistics for the analysis of written and spoken learner data. The twelve papers cover an introductory critical appraisal of learner corpus data compilation and development (section 1); issues in data compilation, annotation and… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 59] 2013. vi, 314 pp.
EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 13 (2013)
Edited by Leah Roberts, Anna Ewert, Miroslaw Pawlak and Magdalena Wrembel
The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more[EUROSLA Yearbook, 13] 2013. viii, 250 pp.
Innovative Research and Practices in Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism
Edited by John W. Schwieter
This volume brings together theoretical perspectives and empirical studies in second language (L2) acquisition and bilingualism and discusses their implications for L2 pedagogy. The book is organized into three sections that focus on prominent linguistic and cognitive theories and together provide… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 38] 2013. xiii, 335 pp.
Linguistics for Intercultural Education
Edited by Fred Dervin and Anthony J. Liddicoat
The issue of intercultural learning has been tackled, amongst others, in the fields of education, language education and applied linguistics. In spite of the extensive literature on the subject, there is still much which needs to be done to address the ways in which linguistics itself can… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 33] 2013. vi, 201 pp.
Multilingualism and Language Diversity in Urban Areas: Acquisition, identities, space, education
Edited by Peter Siemund, Ingrid Gogolin, Monika Edith Schulz and Julia Davydova
This state-of-the-art volume provides an interdisciplinary overview of current topics and research foci in the areas of linguistic diversity and migration-induced multilingualism and aims to lay the foundations for interdisciplinary work and the development of a common methodological framework for… read more[Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity, 1] 2013. ix, 379 pp.
Second Language Interaction in Diverse Educational Contexts
Edited by Kim McDonough and Alison Mackey
This volume brings together empirical research that explores interaction in a wide range of educational settings. It includes work that takes a cognitive, brain-based approach to studying interaction, as well as studies that take a social, contextual perspective. Interaction is defined quite… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 34] 2013. xiv, 318 pp.
Social and Cultural Aspects of Language Learning in Study Abroad
Edited by Celeste Kinginger
The papers in this volume offer a sampling of contemporary efforts to update the portrayal of study abroad in the applied linguistics literature through attention to its social and cultural aspects. The volume illustrates diversification of theory and method, refinement of approaches to social… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 37] 2013. ix, 344 pp.
Teaching Creole-Speaking Children: Issues, concerns and resolutions for the classroom
Edited by Gillian Wigglesworth
Writing Assessment in Higher Education
Edited by Bert Weltens, Jos Hornikx, Wander Lowie, Petra Poelmans and Rebecca L. Present-Thomas
Special issue of Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics 2:1 (2013) ix, 132 pp.
Corpus-Informed Research and Learning in ESP: Issues and applications
Edited by Alex Boulton, Shirley Carter-Thomas and Elizabeth Rowley-Jolivet
These specially-commissioned studies cover corpus-informed approaches to researching, teaching and learning English for Specific Purposes (ESP). The corpora used range from very large published corpora to small tailor-made collections of written and spoken text, as well as parallel and contrastive… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 52] 2012. ix, 306 pp.
Describing School Achievement in Asian Languages for Diverse Learner Groups
Edited by Angela Scarino and Catherine Elder
Dimensions of L2 Performance and Proficiency: Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency in SLA
Edited by Alex Housen, Folkert Kuiken and Ineke Vedder
Research into complexity, accuracy and fluency (CAF) as basic dimensions of second language performance, proficiency and development has received increased attention in SLA. However, the larger picture in this field of research is often obscured by the breadth of scope, multiple objectives and lack… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 32] 2012. xii, 305 pp.
EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 12 (2012)
Edited by Leah Roberts, Christina Lindqvist, Camilla Bardel and Niclas Abrahamsson
The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more[EUROSLA Yearbook, 12] 2012. viii, 217 pp.
Second Language Acquisition Abroad: The LDS Missionary Experience
Edited by Lynne Hansen
This volume brings together for the first time a collection of studies devoted to missionary language learning and retention. Introductory chapters provide historical perspectives on this population and on language teaching philosophy and practice in the LDS tradition. The empirical studies which… read more[Studies in Bilingualism, 45] 2012. x, 268 pp.
Task-Based Language Teaching from the Teachers' Perspective: Insights from New Zealand
Martin East
Task-based language teaching (TBLT) is being encouraged as part of a major overhaul of the entire school languages curriculum in New Zealand. However, teachers often struggle with understanding what TBLT is, and how to make TBLT work in classrooms. Using the stories that emerged from a series of… read more[Task-Based Language Teaching, 3] 2012. xix, 259 pp.
Task-Based Language Teaching in Foreign Language Contexts: Research and implementation
Edited by Ali Shehadeh and Christine A. Coombe
This volume extends the Task-Based Language Teaching: Issues, Research and Practice books series by deliberately exploring the potential of task-based language teaching (TBLT) in a range of EFL contexts. It is specifically devoted to providing empirical accounts about how TBLT practice is being… read more[Task-Based Language Teaching, 4] 2012. xix, 364 pp.
Units of Language – Units of Writing
Edited by Terry Joyce and David Roberts
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 15:2 (2012) v, 140 pp.
Australian Languages: A challenge for applied linguistics
Edited by Michael Walsh
A Dynamic Approach to Second Language Development: Methods and techniques
Edited by Marjolijn H. Verspoor, Kees de Bot and Wander Lowie
Dynamic systems theory, a general theory of change and development, offers a new way to study first and second language development and requires a new set of tools for analysis of empirical data. After a brief introduction to the theory, this book, co-authored by several leading scholars in the… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 29] 2011. ix, 211 pp.
EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 11 (2011)
Edited by Leah Roberts, Gabriele Pallotti and Camilla Bettoni
The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more[EUROSLA Yearbook, 11] 2011. vi, 272 pp.
English in Europe Today: Sociocultural and educational perspectives
Edited by Annick De Houwer and Antje Wilton
This volume discusses several facets of English in today's multilingual Europe. It emphasizes the interdependence between cultures, languages and situations that influence its use. This interdependence is particularly relevant to European settings where English is being learned as a second language. read more[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 8] 2011. xi, 170 pp.
Language for Specific Purposes
Edited by Antoon De Rycker, Kris Buyse and Lieve Vangehuchten
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 162 (2011) ca. 146 pp.
Languages in Business Education: Introduction
Edited by Lieven Buysse, Karoline Claes and Erwin Snauwaert
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 161 (2011) ca. 123 pp.
Learning-to-Write and Writing-to-Learn in an Additional Language
Edited by Rosa M. Manchón
This book is a pioneer attempt to bridge the gap between the fields of second language acquisition (SLA) and second and foreign language (L2) writing. Its ultimate aim is to advance our understanding of written language learning by compiling a collection of theoretical meta-reflections and… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 31] 2011. xii, 263 pp.
Second Language Task Complexity: Researching the Cognition Hypothesis of language learning and performance
Edited by Peter Robinson
Understanding how task complexity affects second language learning, interaction and spoken and written performance is essential to informed decisions about task design and sequencing in TBLT programs. The chapters in this volume all examine evidence for claims of the Cognition Hypothesis that… read more[Task-Based Language Teaching, 2] 2011. xii, 345 pp.
Typology of writing systems
Edited by S. Borgwaldt and Terry Joyce
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 14:1 (2011) v, 159 pp.
Creoles in Education: An appraisal of current programs and projects
Edited by Bettina Migge, Isabelle Léglise and Angela Bartens
This volume offers a first survey of projects from around the world that seek to implement Creole languages in education. In contrast to previous works, this volume takes a holistic approach. Chapters discuss the sociolinguistic, educational and ideological context of projects, policy developments… read more[Creole Language Library, 36] 2010. vii, 356 pp.
Developmental aspects of written language
Edited by Sofía A. Vernon Carter and Mónica Alvarado
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 13:2 (2010) vi, 116 pp.
EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 10 (2010)
Edited by Leah Roberts, Martin Howard, Muiris Ó Laoire and David Singleton
The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more[EUROSLA Yearbook, 10] 2010. vi, 281 pp.
Language Use and Language Learning in CLIL Classrooms
Edited by Christiane Dalton-Puffer, Tarja Nikula and Ute Smit
This volume explores a highly topical issue in second and foreign language education: the spreading practice in mainstream education to teach content subjects through a foreign language. CLIL has been enthusiastically embraced as a language enrichment measure in many contexts and finally research… read more[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 7] 2010. x, 295 pp.
Sociocognitive Approaches to Second Language Pedagogy
Edited by Bronwen Patricia Dyson
Speech Act Performance: Theoretical, empirical and methodological issues
Edited by Alicia Martínez-Flor and Esther Usó-Juan
Speech acts are an important and integral part of day-to-day life in all languages. In language acquisition, the need to teach speech acts in a target language has been demonstrated in studies conducted in the field of interlanguage pragmatics which indicate that the performance of speech acts may… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 26] 2010. xiv, 277 pp.
Clearing the Air: Applied linguistic perspectives on aviation communication
Edited by John Read and Ute Knoch
Corpora and Language Teaching
Edited by Karin Aijmer
The articles in this edited volume represent a broad coverage of areas. They discuss the role and effectiveness of corpora and corpus-linguistic techniques for language teaching but also deal with broader issues such as the relationship between corpora and second language teaching and how the… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 33] 2009. viii, 232 pp.
EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 9 (2009)
Edited by Leah Roberts, Georges Daniel Véronique, Anna Nilsson and Marion Tellier
The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more[EUROSLA Yearbook, 9] 2009. vi, 295 pp.
Electronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching
Edited by Lee B. Abraham and Lawrence Williams
New technologies are constantly transforming traditional notions of language use and literacy in online communication environments. While previous research has provided a foundation for understanding the use of new technologies in instructed second language environments, few studies have… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 25] 2009. x, 346 pp.
The Role of Phonology in Reading
Edited by Martina Penke
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 11:2 (2009) 150 pp.
Task-Based Language Teaching: A reader
Edited by Kris Van den Branden, Martin Bygate and John M. Norris
Over the past two decades, task-based language teaching (TBLT) has gained considerable momentum in the field of language education. This volume presents a collection of 20 reprinted articles and chapters representative of work that appeared during that period. It introduces readers – graduate… read more[Task-Based Language Teaching, 1] 2009. ix, 512 pp.
Why Writing Matters: Issues of access and identity in writing research and pedagogy
Edited by Awena Carter, Theresa Lillis and Sue Parkin
This book brings together the work of scholars from around the world – UK, Pakistan, US, South Africa, Hungary, Korea, Mexico – to illustrate and celebrate the many ways in which Roz Ivanič has advanced the academic study of writing. Focusing on writing in different formal contexts of education,… read more[Studies in Written Language and Literacy, 12] 2009. xxxii, 254 pp.
Writing Systems and Linguistic Structure
Edited by Sang-Oak Lee
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 12:2 (2009) iv, 134 pp.
Dictionary Use in Foreign Language Writing Exams: Impact and implications
Martin East
This book provides an in-depth analysis of what happens when intermediate level learners of a foreign language use a bilingual dictionary when writing. Dictionaries are frequently promoted to people learning a foreign language. Nevertheless, teachers often talk about their students’ inability to… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 22] 2008. xiii, 228 pp.
The Didactics of Audiovisual Translation
Edited by Jorge Díaz-Cintas
While complementing other volumes in the BTL series in its exploration of the state of the art of translator training, this collection of essays is solely focused on audiovisual translation, one of the most complex and dynamic areas of the translation discipline. The book offers an easily… read more[Benjamins Translation Library, 77] 2008. xii, 263 pp.
ESP in European Higher Education: Integrating language and content
Edited by Inmaculada Fortanet-Gómez and Christine A. Räisänen
The Bologna Reform has been implemented in a large part of the European Union and it is time to take a short pause to reflect over some of the lessons learned up to now. The aim of this book is to share experiences and reflections on English for Specific Purposes pedagogy in Western European higher… read more[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 4] 2008. vi, 285 pp.
EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 8 (2008)
Edited by Leah Roberts, Florence Myles and Annabelle David
The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more[EUROSLA Yearbook, 8] 2008. 311 pp.
English as an International Language: Challenges and possibilities
Edited by Michael Clyne and Farzad Sharifian †
Learner and Teacher Autonomy: Concepts, realities, and response
Edited by Terry Lamb and Hayo Reinders
This edited volume offers a cohesive account of recent developments across the world in the field of learner and teacher autonomy in languages education. Drawing on the work of eminent researchers of language learning and teaching, it explores at both conceptual and practical levels issues related… read more[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 1] 2008. vii, 286 pp.
Learning and Teaching L2 Writing
Guest-edited by Daphne van Weijen, Elke Van Steendam and Gert Rijlaarsdam
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 156 (2008) iii, 351 pp.
Literacies, Global and Local
Edited by Mastin Prinsloo and Mike Baynham
The articles collected in this volume draw on or relate to a body of work that has become known as the ‘New Literacy Studies’ (NLS), which studies literacy as situated semiotic practices that vary across sites in specific ways that are socially shaped. The collection offers a body of empirically… read more[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 2] 2008. vii, 218 pp.
Mediating Discourse Online
Edited by Sally Magnan Pierce
Information and communication technology is transforming our notion of literacy. In the study of second language learning, there is an acute need to understand how learners collaborate in mediating discourse online. This edited volume offers essays and research studies that lead us to question the… read more[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 3] 2008. vii, 364 pp.
Metaphors for Learning: Cross-cultural Perspectives
Edited by Erich A. Berendt
In Contemporary Metaphor Theory (CMT) research has predominantly focused on the English language with few studies of others and even less systematic comparative work. This volume focuses on the discourse domain of LEARNING (formal, technical and informal aspects) and brings together a variety of… read more[Human Cognitive Processing, 22] 2008. ix, 249 pp.
Phraseology: An interdisciplinary perspective
Edited by Sylviane Granger and Fanny Meunier
Long regarded as a peripheral issue, phraseology is now taking centre stage in a wide range of fields. This recent explosion of interest undoubtedly has a great deal to do with the development of corpus linguistics research, which has both demonstrated the key role of phraseological expressions in… read more[Not in series, 139] 2008. xxviii, 422 pp.
Phraseology in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching
Edited by Fanny Meunier and Sylviane Granger
This book addresses the key role of phraseology in second language acquisition and instruction. It is divided into three main sections: Extracting and Describing Phraseological Units investigates the role played by native and learner corpora in the extraction and description of multiword units, two… read more[Not in series, 138] 2008. xi, 259 pp.
Second Language Acquisition and the Younger Learner: Child's play?
Edited by Jenefer Philp, Rhonda Oliver and Alison Mackey
This new volume of work highlights the distinctiveness of child SLA through a collection of different types of empirical research specific to younger learners. Characteristics of children’s cognitive, emotional, and social development distinguish their experiences from those of adult L2 learners,… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 23] 2008. viii, 334 pp.
Constraints on Spelling Changes
Edited by Guido Nottbusch and Eliane Segers
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 10:2 (2007) 162 pp.
Discourse in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) Classrooms
Christiane Dalton-Puffer
The label CLIL stands for classrooms where a foreign language (English) is used as a medium of instruction in content subjects. This book provides a first in-depth analysis of the kind of communicative abilities which are embodied in such CLIL classrooms. It examines teacher and student talk at… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 20] 2007. xii, 330 pp.
EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 7 (2007)
Edited by Leah Roberts, Ayşe Gürel, Sibel Tatar and Leyla Martı
The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more[EUROSLA Yearbook, 7] 2007. iv, 207 pp.
La centration sur l'apprenant en didactique du FLE: En hommage à Jean Binon
Sous la direction de Piet Desmet et Serge Verlinde
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 154 (2007) ca. 158 pp.
Language Experience in Second Language Speech Learning: In honor of James Emil Flege
Edited by Ocke-Schwen Bohn and Murray J. Munro
This stimulating collection of articles from leading international researchers provides a state-of-the-art overview of core issues in second language speech perception and production. Aimed at phoneticians, speech scientists, psycholinguists, applied linguists, and pedagogical specialists, it… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 17] 2007. xvii, 406 pp.
Language as Action
Edited by Maurice Nevile and Johanna Rendle-Short
Learning and Teaching Languages Through Content: A counterbalanced approach
Roy Lyster
Based on a synthesis of classroom SLA research that has helped to shape evolving perspectives of content-based instruction since the introduction of immersion programs in Montreal more than 40 years ago, this book presents an updated perspective on integrating language and content in ways that… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 18] 2007. xii, 172 pp.
Address from a World Perspective
Edited by Heinz L. Kretzenbacher, Catrin Norrby and Jane Warren
EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 6 (2006)
Edited by Susan H. Foster-Cohen, Marta Medved Krajnovic and Jelena Mihaljević Djigunović
The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more[EUROSLA Yearbook, 6] 2006. iv, 261 pp.
Goals for Academic Writing: ESL students and their instructors
Edited by Alister Cumming
This book documents the results of a multi-year project that investigated the goals for writing improvement among 45 students and their instructors in intensive courses of English as a Second Language (ESL) then, a year later, in academic programs at two Canadian universities. The researchers… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 15] 2006. xii, 204 pp.
Heritage Language Development: Focus on East Asian Immigrants
Edited by Kimi Kondo-Brown
This collection of studies investigates the individual, micro-psychological, and macro-societal factors that promote or discourage the development of child and young adult heritage language learners’ spoken and written skills in East Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean). The research… read more[Studies in Bilingualism, 32] 2006. x, 282 pp.
Inference and Generalizability in Applied Linguistics: Multiple perspectives
Edited by Micheline Chalhoub-Deville, Carol A. Chapelle and Patricia A. Duff
Concepts such as dependability/generalization and inferences are dealt with implicitly or explicitly in any research undertaken in applied linguistics. This volume provides a well-balanced and cross-disciplinary perspective on how researchers conceptualize inferences about learner acquisition and… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 12] 2006. vi, 248 pp.
Inquiries in Linguistic Development: In honor of Lydia White
Edited by Roumyana Slabakova, Silvina Montrul and Philippe Prévost
The focus of this collection is on important themes in L2 acquisition, the nature of grammatical systems developed by language learners in L1 acquisition, third language acquisition, and bilingualism and language attrition. The chapters present an interesting mix of theoretical contributions,… read more[Not in series, 133] 2006. vi, 363 pp.
Readings in Second Language Pedagogy and Second Language Acquisition: In Japanese Context
Edited by Asako Yoshitomi, Tae Umino and Masashi Negishi
The selected contributions of this volume focus on various issues related to second language pedagogy and second language acquisition in the Japanese context. Part I covers such topics as discourse pragmatics and cross-cultural pragmatics in language teaching; the instruction of conversation… read more[Usage-Based Linguistic Informatics, 4] 2006. vi, 274 pp.
Script Adjustment and Phonological Awareness
Edited by Martin Neef and Guido Nottbusch
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 9:1 (2006) 181 pp.
Synthesizing Research on Language Learning and Teaching
Edited by John M. Norris and Lourdes Ortega
This volume presents the first collection of work on research synthesis in applied linguistics. It introduces readers to a cutting-edge approach for reviewing and summarizing exactly what accumulated research has to say about theoretical and practical subjects. John Norris and Lourdes Ortega… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 13] 2006. xiv, 349 pp.
Task-Based Language Teaching
Edited by Kris Van den Branden and Machteld Verhelst
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 152 (2006) ca. 160 pp.
Teacher Education in CALL
Edited by Philip Hubbard and Mike Levy
This volume addresses the need for a more considered and systematic approach to teacher education and training in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), in all its forms: Technology Enhanced Language Learning, Network-Based Language Learning, Information and Communication Technologies for… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 14] 2006. xii, 354 pp.
Textual Patterns: Key words and corpus analysis in language education
Mike Scott and Christopher Tribble
Textual Patterns introduces corpus resources, tools and analytic frameworks of central relevance to language teachers and teacher educators. Specifically it shows how key word analysis, combined with the systematic study of vocabulary and genre, can form the basis for a corpus informed approach to… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 22] 2006. x, 203 pp.
EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 5 (2005)
Edited by Susan H. Foster-Cohen, María del Pilar García Mayo and Jasone Cenoz
The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more[EUROSLA Yearbook, 5] 2005. iv, 281 pp.
Exploring Corpora for ESP Learning
Laura Gavioli
This book investigates the effects of corpus work on the process of foreign language learning in ESP settings. It suggests that observing learners at work with corpus data can stimulate discussion and re-thinking of the pedagogical implications of both the theoretical and empirical aspects of… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 21] 2005. xi, 176 pp.
From Letter to Sound: New perspectives on writing systems
Edited by Martin Neef and Beatrice Primus †
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 7:2 (2005) 207 pp.
Language and Social Life: Functional perspectives
Edited by Kristina Love
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S, 19] 2005. iv, 177 pp.
Literacy Processes and Literacy Development
Edited by Pieter Reitsma and Ludo Verhoeven
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 8:2 (2005) 192 pp.
Planning and Task Performance in a Second Language
Edited by Rod Ellis
The last decade has seen a growing body of research investigating various aspects of L2 learners’ performance of tasks. This book focuses on one task implementation variable: planning. It considers theories of how opportunities to plan a task affect performance and tests claims derived from these… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 11] 2005. viii, 313 pp.
Progressives, Patterns, Pedagogy: A corpus-driven approach to English progressive forms, functions, contexts and didactics
Ute Römer-Barron
This book presents a large-scale corpus-driven study of progressives in 'real' English and 'school' English, combining an analysis of general linguistic interest with a pedagogically motivated one. A systematic comparative analysis of more than 10,000 progressive forms taken from the largest… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 18] 2005. xiv + 328 pp.
Corpora and Language Learners
Edited by Guy Aston, Silvia Bernardini and Dominic Stewart
Corpus-aided language pedagogy is one of the central application areas of corpus methodologies, and a test bed for theories of language and learning. This volume provides an overview of current trends, offering methodological and theoretical position statements along with results from empirical… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 17] 2004. vi, 312 pp.
Formulaic Sequences: Acquisition, processing and use
Edited by Norbert Schmitt
Formulaic sequences (FS) are now recognized as an essential element of language use. However, research on FS has generally been limited to a focus on description, or on the place of FS in L1 acquisition. This volume opens new directions in FS research, concentrating on how FS are acquired and… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 9] 2004. x, 303 pp.
Fundamental Aspects of Interpreter Education: Curriculum and Assessment
David B. Sawyer
The author offers an overview of the Interpreting Studies literature on curriculum and assessment. A discussion of curriculum definitions, foundations, and guidelines suggests a framework based upon scientific and humanistic approaches – curriculum as process and as interaction. Language testing… read more[Benjamins Translation Library, 47] 2004. xviii, 312 pp.
How to Use Corpora in Language Teaching
Edited by John McH. Sinclair
After decades of being overlooked, corpus evidence is becoming an important component of the teaching and learning of languages. Above all, the profession needs guidance in the practicalities of using corpora, interpreting the results and applying them to the problems and opportunities of the… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 12] 2004. viii, 307 pp.
Process and Acquisition of Written Language
Edited by Robert Schreuder and Ludo Verhoeven
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 7:1 (2004) iv, 132 pp.
Theory Construction in Second Language Acquisition
Geoff Jordan
Recently, many SLA researchers have adopted a postmodernist approach which challenges the assumption that SLA research is a rationalist, scientific endeavour. The resulting epistemological arguments, plus problems of theory proliferation, contradicting theories, and theory domain, hinder progress… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 8] 2004. xviii, 294 pp.
Translation in Undergraduate Degree Programmes
Edited by Kirsten Malmkjær
This book brings together an international team of leading translation teachers and researchers to address concerns that are central in translation pedagogy. The authors address the location and weighting in translation curricula of learning and training, theory and practice, and the relationships… read more[Benjamins Translation Library, 59] 2004. vi, 202 pp.
Using and Learning Italian in Australia
Edited by Antonia Rubino
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S, 18] 2004. iii, 133 pp.
Vocabulary in a Second Language: Selection, acquisition, and testing
Edited by Paul Bogaards and Batia Laufer
The eleven chapters of Vocabulary in a Second Language are written by the world’s leading researchers in the field of vocabulary studies in second language acquisition. Each chapter presents experimental research leading to new conclusions about and insights into the selection, the learning and… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 10] 2004. xiv, 234 pp.
Asian Languages and Computers
Edited by Debra Hoven and Jeong-Bae Son
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S, 17] 2003. iv, 150 pp.
Beyond the Ivory Tower: Rethinking translation pedagogy
Edited by Brian James Baer and Geoffrey S. Koby
This collection of essays by contemporary translation scholars and trainers addresses what is a critically important, though often neglected, field within translation studies: translation pedagogy. The contributors explore some of the current influences on translator training from both inside and… read more[American Translators Association Scholarly Monograph Series, XII] 2003. xvi, 259 pp.
EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 3 (2003)
Edited by Susan H. Foster-Cohen and Simona Pekarek Doehler
[EUROSLA Yearbook, 3] 2003.
Computer Learner Corpora, Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Teaching
Edited by Sylviane Granger, Joseph Hung and Stephanie Petch-Tyson
This book takes stock of current research into computer learner corpora conducted both by ELT and SLA specialists. It should be of particular interest to researchers looking to assess its relevance to SLA theory and ELT practice. Throughout the volume, emphasis is also placed on practical,… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 6] 2002. x, 246 pp.
Discourse Intonation in L2: From theory and research to practice
Dorothy M. Chun
Intonation, rhythm, and general “melody” of language are among the first aspects of speech that infants attend to and produce themselves. Yet, these same features are among the last to be mastered by adult L2 learners. Why is this, and how can L2 learners be helped? This book first presents the… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 1] 2002. xviii, 285 pp. (incl. CD-Rom)
Individual Differences and Instructed Language Learning
Edited by Peter Robinson
Second language learners differ in how successfully they adapt to, and profit from, instruction. This book aims to show that adaptation to L2 instruction, and subsequent L2 learning, is a result of the interaction between learner characteristics and learning contexts. Describing and explaining… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2] 2002. xii, 387 pp.
Literacies: Tertiary contexts
Compiled and edited by Zosia Golebiowski
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 25:2 (2002) vii, 148 pp.
Pedagogical Norms for Second and Foreign Language Learning and Teaching: Studies in honour of Albert Valdman
Edited by Susan M. Gass, Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig, Sally Magnan Pierce and Joel Walz
The concept of Pedagogical Norm is grounded in both sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic principles. Pedagogical norms guide the selection and sequencing of target language features for language teaching and learning. This book both situates and expands on this concept highlighting the interaction… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 5] 2002. vi, 305 pp.
Precursors of Functional Literacy
Edited by Ludo Verhoeven, Carsten Elbro and Pieter Reitsma
The purpose of this volume is to present recent research in the field of the acquisition of functional literacy and its precursors. The volume aims to capture the state of the art in this rapidly expanding field. An attempt is made to clarify the vague and often inconsistent definitions of… read more[Studies in Written Language and Literacy, 11] 2002. viii, 360 pp.
Language Centres: Their roles, functions and management
David Ingram
Language centres serve an important role in the development and implementation of language policy and in supporting language teachers. This book describes five language centres, the Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research (London), the European Centre for Modern Languages (Graz),… read more[Language International World Directory, 5] 2001. x, 241 pp.
New Perspectives and Issues in Educational Language Policy: In honour of Bernard Dov Spolsky
Edited by Robert L. Cooper, Elana Shohamy and Joel Walters
This formidable selection of papers reflects the psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic underpinnings of the interface between language and education. Following an introduction that positions the field of educational linguistics historically and conceptually, the volume presents 15 contributions by… read more[Not in series, 104] 2001. vi, 307 pp.
Reflections on Language and Language Learning: In honour of Arthur van Essen
Edited by Marcel Bax and Jan-Wouter Zwart
In Reflections on Language and Language Learning: In honour of Arthur van Essen, thirty-one leading language scholars and educational linguists in the Netherlands and abroad with whom over the years Professor van Essen, one of the grandees of applied linguistics, has collaborated provide original… read more[Not in series, 109] 2001. xxxiv, 366 pp.
Small Corpus Studies and ELT: Theory and practice
Edited by Mohsen Ghadessy, Alex Henry and Robert L. Roseberry
Recent developments in this field of small corpus studies, largely brought about by the personal computer, have yielded remarkable insights into the nature and use of real language. This book presents work by a number of leading researchers in the field and covers a series of topics directly… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 5] 2001. xxiv, 419 pp.
Defining Standards and Monitoring Progress in Learning Languages other than English
Guest-edited by Catherine Elder
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 23:2 (2000) iii, 90 pp.
Developing Translation Competence
Edited by Christina Schäffner and Beverly Adab
This volume presents a comprehensive study of what constitutes Translation Competence, from the various sub-competences to the overall skill. Contributors combine experience as translation scholars with their experience as teachers of translation. The volume is organized into three sections:… read more[Benjamins Translation Library, 38] 2000. xvi, 244 pp.
The Development of Past Tense Morphology in L2 Spanish
M. Rafael Salaberry
This book presents an extended analysis of the development of L2 Spanish past tense morphology among L1 English-speaking learners. The study addresses three major questions: (1) what is the developmental pattern of acquisition of past tense verbal morphology among tutored learners? (2) what are the… read more[Studies in Bilingualism, 22] 2000. xii, 210 pp.
Discourse Analysis and Language Teaching
Edited by Eva Alcón-Soler and Josep R. Guzman Pitarch
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S, 16] 2000. iv, 156 pp.
Language Policy and Pedagogy: Essays in honor of A. Ronald Walton
Edited by Richard D. Lambert and Elana Shohamy
In this memorial volume for A. Ronald Walton, cutting-edge scholars interrelate two normally separate domains: the formation of language policy and the improvement of language teaching. Bernard Spolsky, Elana Shohamy, Joshua Fishman, and Kees de Bot address theoretical aspects of national language… read more[Not in series, 96] 2000. xii, 279 pp.
Local Educational Order: Ethnomethodological studies of knowledge in action
Edited by Stephen K. Hester and David Francis
The studies in this book take an ethnomethodological approach to educational phenomena. Ethnomethodology’s concern is with the locally accomplished and situated character of social order. With reference toeducational phenomena, this means that ethnomethodology investigates how the ‘natural facts’… read more[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 73] 2000. viii, 322 pp.
Students Writing in the University: Cultural and epistemological issues
Edited by Carys Jones, Joan Turner and Brian Street
This volume aims to raise awareness of the underlying complexities concerning student writing in the universities. The authors address a series of theoretical as well as practical questions regarding the literacies required of students in Higher Education, from the perspective of both students… read more[Studies in Written Language and Literacy, 8] 2000. xxiv, 232 pp.
Intercultural Education and Literacy: An ethnographic study of indigenous knowledge and learning in the Peruvian Amazon
Sheila Aikman
Indigenous peoples around the world are calling for control over their education in order to reaffirm their identities and defend their rights. In Latin America the indigenous peoples, national governments and international organisations have identified intercultural education as a means of… read more[Studies in Written Language and Literacy, 7] 1999. xx, 232 pp.
Learning a Second Language through Interaction
Rod Ellis
This book examines different theoretical perspectives on the role that interaction plays in second language acquisition. The principal perspectives are those afforded by the Interaction Hypothesis, Socio-Cultural Theory and the Levels of Processing model. Interaction is, therefore, defined broadly;… read more[Studies in Bilingualism, 17] 1999. x, 285 pp.
Negotiated Interaction in Target Language Classroom Discourse
Jamila Boulima
This book addresses some of the most fundamental questions that can be asked about target language (TL) acquisition in the classroom context, namely1. What is negotiated interaction?2. What are the main discourse functions of negotiated interaction?3. How frequent is negotiated interaction in TL… read more[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 51] 1999. xiv, 338 pp.
Politics and Sociolinguistic Reflexes: Palestinian border villages
Muhammad Hasan Amara
This sociolinguistic study describes and analyzes an Israeli Palestinian border village in the Little Triangle and another village artificially divided between Israel and the West Bank, tracing the political transformations that they have undergone, and the accompanying social and cultural changes.… read more[Studies in Bilingualism, 19] 1999. xx, 261 pp.
Issues in the Teaching and Learning of Japanese
Edited by Nicolette Bramley and Naoko Hanamura
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S, 15] 1998. iv, 194 pp.
Language Policy: Dominant English, Pluralist Challenges
Edited by William Eggington and Helen Wren
‘Think globally, act locally’ is the message of Language Policy: Dominant English, Pluralist Challenges. The book examines the impact of English in countries in which it is taken for granted — Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA. It explores how the dominance of English impacts on… read more[Not in series, 83] 1997. xxviii, 170 pp.
Perspectives on Foreign Language Policy: Studies in honor of Theo van Els
Edited by Theo Bongaerts and Kees de Bot
This volume, containing fourteen invited papers on foreign-language policy, starts off with a brief history of foreign-language teaching policy in the Netherlands. This historical outline is followed by four contributions of authors who once developed the Dutch National Action Programme (NAP) on… read more[Not in series, 81] 1997. viii, 224 pp.
Teaching Languages, Teaching Culture
Edited by Anthony J. Liddicoat and Chantal Crozet
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S, 14] 1997. iv, 146 pp.
The Language Testing Cycle: From inception to washback
Edited by Gillian Wigglesworth and Catherine Elder
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S, 13] 1996. ii, 242 pp.
Lexical Issues in Language Learning
Birgit Harley
The nine major empirical studies of Lexical Issues in Language Learning address key issues in the development and use of vocabulary by child bilinguals and older second language learners. The thematic focus in this collection of Language Learning articles is on the assessment of lexical development… read more[Best of Language Learning, 2] 1995. iv, 318 pp.
The Hard Work–Entertainment Continuum: Teaching Asian languages in Australia
Edited by Andy Kirkpatrick, Yong Zhong and Helen Kirkpatrick
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S, 12] 1995. vii, 283 pp.
Acting Out Participant Examples in the Classroom
Stanton E.F. Wortham
This volume explores a relational pattern that occurs during one type of speech event classroom “participant examples.” A participant example describes, as an example of something, an event that includes at least one person also participating in the conversation. Participants with a role in the… read more[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 30] 1994. xiv, 178 pp.
Functional Literacy: Theoretical issues and educational implications
Edited by Ludo Verhoeven
The purpose of the volume is to open up new perspectives in the study of literacy by bringing together current research findings from linguistics, psychology, sociology and anthropology. The book divides into five parts. The first part deals with theoretical questions related to the definition and… read more[Studies in Written Language and Literacy, 1] 1994. viii, 493 pp.
Spoken Interaction Studies in Australia
Edited by Rod Gardner
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S, 11] 1994. vi, 191 pp.
Language and Gender in the Australian Context
Edited by Joanne Winter and Gillian Wigglesworth
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S, 10] 1993. iii, 181 pp.
Language Teaching and Learning in Australia
Edited by Chris Mann and Richard B. Baldauf, Jr. †
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S, 9] 1992. iv, 162 pp.
Études offertes à Karel van den Eynde: Volume I. Études de linguistique générale et romane: l’approche pronominale et méthodes quantitatives
Sous la direction de Nicole Delbecque et Pierre Swiggers
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 95/96 (1992) ca. 205 pp.
Études offertes à Karel van den Eynde
Études offertes à Karel van den Eynde: Volume II. Linguistique générale et linguistique descriptive
Sous la direction de Nicole Delbecque et Pierre Swiggers
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 97/98 (1992) ca. 276 pp.
Focus on Language Planning: Essays in honor of Joshua A. Fishman. Volume 3
Edited by David F. Marshall
This volume begins with an overview of Joshua A. Fishman's extensive work and influence in the field of language planning. The other papers link language planning with weighty issues such as politics, ecology, and national development. More specific papers deal with the problems of political and… read more[Not in series, FISHFEST 3] 1991. viii, 360 pp.
Foreign Language Research in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Edited by Kees de Bot, Ralph B. Ginsberg and Claire Kramsch
This volume focuses on priorities for research in language pedagogy. The aim is to give an up-to-date overview of current thinking about important research issues such as the viability of large scale comparisons, the quantitative/qualitative research controversy, new trends in language testing and… read more[Studies in Bilingualism, 2] 1991. xi, 275 pp.
Language Planning and Language Policy in Australia
Edited by Anthony J. Liddicoat
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S, 8] 1991. iv, 230 pp.
Towards a Critical Sociology of Reading Pedagogy: Papers of the XII World Congress on Reading
Edited by Carolyn Baker and Allan Luke
Through critical sociological appraisals of literary theory, research and pedagogy, this volume presents challenges to dominant psychological approaches in reading research and to mainstream discourses about reading and writing pedagogy. Bringing together the recent work of literacy researchers in… read more[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 19] 1991. xxi, 287 pp.
Communication and Translation in Aboriginal Contexts
Edited by Edith L. Bavin
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S, 5] 1990. iv, 99 pp.
Cross-Cultural Communication in the Professions in Australia
Edited by Anne Pauwels
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S, 7] 1990. vi, 132 pp.
Language as Behaviour, Language as Code: A study of academic English
Lynne Young
This work arose from the desire to teach foreign students in North America a particular variety of language used in their disciplines (speech situations), whereupon the inadequacy or non-existence of previous study became apparent. Given this raison d'être, the work first illustrates one approach… read more[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 8] 1990. ix, 304 pp.
Dimensions of Language Attrition
Edited by Kees de Bot, Michael Clyne and T.J.M. van Els
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 83/84 (1989) ca. 162 pp.
Genre and Systemic Functional Studies
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S, 6] 1989. vi, 136 pp.
Language Testing Colloquium: Selected papers from a Colloquium at the Horwood Language Center, University of Melbourne, 24–25 August, 1987
Edited by Tim F. McNamara
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 11:2 (1988) vii, 98 pp.
Australian Applied Language Studies
Edited by Tim F. McNamara
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 10:2 (1987) vi, 236 pp.
Italian in Australia: Applied linguistics
Edited by Camilla Bettoni
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S, 4] 1987. iv, 204 pp.
Literacy
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 9:2 (1986) v, 157 pp.
Volume 3
Edited by Tim F. McNamara
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S, 3] 1986. v, 135 pp.
Current Issues in First and Second Language Development: Proceedings of the ALAA Working Group on Language Development, Alice Springs, August 1984
Edited by Howard Nicholas
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 8:2 (1985) iii, 151 pp.
Volume 2
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S, 2] 1985. iii, 179 pp.
Language Handicap
Guest-edited by Ann Zubrick
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 7:2 (1984) iv, 75 pp.
Learning and Hatred for Meaning
Hugo Kuyper Letiche
This study poses the problems of theoretical and philosophical pedagogy in the practice of teaching. The research goal was to improve my teaching. A concrete experience of undergraduate lecturing is the subject. This unconventional New Paradigm research strives for an immediacy of contact between… read more[Not in series, 18] 1984. 263 pp.
Volume 1
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S, 1] 1984. ca. 100 pp.
Foreign Language Teaching
Edited by T.J. Quinn
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 6:2 (1983) iv, 103 pp.
Papers of the workshop on Language and Prosody
Edited by Karel van den Eynde and Nicole Delbecque
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 60/61 (1983) ca. 158 pp.
Language Planning
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 5:2 (1982) viii, 159 pp.