Applied Linguistics and Language Study
Listening to Spoken English
2nd Edition
By Gillian Brown
November 29, 2016
For those who are familiar with the first edition, it will be convenient to have some indication of where the main changes lie. Chapter one has been largely rewritten to give an outline of current approaches to a model of comprehension of spoken language. Chapter two has a new initial section but ...
Testing Second Language Speaking
1st Edition
By Glenn Fulcher
August 27, 2003
The testing and assessment of second language learners is an essential part of the language learning process. Glenn Fulcher's Testing Second Language Speaking is a state-of-the-art volume that considers the assessment of speaking from historical, theoretical and practical perspectives.The book ...
Academic Discourse
1st Edition
By John Flowerdew
November 09, 2001
Academic Discourse presents a collection of specially commissioned articles on the theme of academic discourse. Divided into sections covering the main approaches, each begins with a state of the art overview of the approach and continues with exemplificatory empirical studies. ...
Learner Contributions to Language Learning: New Directions in Research
1st Edition
By Michael Breen
March 20, 2001
Since it was first established in the 1970s the Applied Linguistics and Language Study series has become a major force in the study of practical problems in human communication and language education. Drawing extensively on empirical research and theoretical work in linguistics, sociology, ...
Researching Pedagogic Tasks: Second Language Learning, Teaching, and Testing
1st Edition
By Martin Bygate, Peter Skehan, Merrill Swain
February 19, 2001
Researching Pedagogic Tasks brings together a series of empirical studies into the use of pedagogical tasks for second language learning, with a view to better understanding the structure of tasks, their impact on students, and their use by teachers. The volume starts with an introduction to the ...
English as a Second Language in the Mainstream: Teaching, Learning and Identity
1st Edition
By Constant Leung, Christine Davison, Bernard Mohan
October 17, 2000
Since it was first established in the 1970's the Applied Linguistics and Language Study series has become a major force in the study of practical problems in human communication and language education. Drawing extensively on empirical research and theoretical work in linguistics, sociology, ...
Experiential Learning in Foreign Language Education
1st Edition
By Viljo Kohonen, Riitta Jaatinen, Pauli Kaikkonen, Jorma Lehtovaara
August 08, 2000
The goal of foreign language teaching is expanding from communicative competence towards an intercultural action competence. Essential in the new orientation is the shift towards a more balanced emphasis between the external factors in the learning environment and the personal capacity, conceptions...
Writing: Texts, Processes and Practices
1st Edition
By Christopher N. Candlin, Ken Hyland
March 18, 1999
Writing: Texts, Processes and Practices offers an innovative and multidisciplinary approach to writing in a variety of academic and professional settings. The book is composed of a series of original research-based accounts by leading authorities from a range of disciplines. The papers are linked ...
Reading in a Second Language: Process, Product and Practice
1st Edition
By A.H. Urquhart, Cyril J. Weir
November 04, 1998
Reading in a Second Language sets the testing and teaching of reading against a theoretical background, discussing research from both applied linguistics and cognitive psychology. Where possible, it focuses on research into second language readers and distinguishes different kinds of reading, ...
Managing Evaluation and Innovation in Language Teaching: Building Bridges
1st Edition
By Pauline Rea Dickins, Kevin Germaine, Pauline Rea-Dickins
October 09, 1998
Managing Evaluation and Innovation in Language Teaching focuses on the connections to be made between evaluation and change in language education with a specific focus on English Language Teaching. The book demonstrates the central importance of evaluation in relation to language projects and ...
Errors in Language Learning and Use: Exploring Error Analysis
1st Edition
By Carl James
January 19, 1998
Errors in Language Learning and Use is an up-to-date introduction and guide to the study of errors in language, and is also a critical survey of previous work. Error Analysis occupies a central position within Applied Linguistics, and seeks to clarify questions such as `Does correctness matter?', `...
Translation into the Second Language
1st Edition
By Stuart Campbell
January 19, 1998
The dynamics of immigration, international commerce and the postcolonial world make it inevitable that much translation is done into a second language, despite the prevailing wisdom that translators should only work into their mother tongue. This book is the first study to explore the phenomenon of...