ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series
About the Book Series
This series provides essential texts on teaching English as a second language and applied linguistics. It includes authored and edited volumes to be used as primary or supplementary texts in graduate-level and teacher training courses to enhance studentsโ and practicing teachersโ professional qualifications and knowledge. Each text is designed to promote the current and growing body of knowledge in applied linguistics and second language teaching, including advances in teacher education and the study of language.
Specifically, the series includes, but is not limited to, current uses of applied linguistics research in teaching a variety of second language skills, such as reading, writing, speaking and listening; materials and curriculum design; literacy; English for academic purposes; and research methods.
The texts also deal with broad domains of professional preparation related to socio-cultural perspectives and current issues/topics in teaching and learning a second language.
Books in the series benefit not only students, but experienced teachers, curriculum developers, teacher trainers, program administrators, and other second and foreign language professionals seeking to advance and update their knowledge and expertise.
The Politics of English Second Language Writing Assessment in Global Contexts
1st Edition
Edited
By Todd Ruecker, Deborah Crusan
April 20, 2018
Reflecting the internationalization of the field of second language writing, this book focuses on political aspects and pedagogical issues of writing instruction and testing in a global context. High-stakes assessment impacts the lives of second language (L2) writers and their teachers around the ...
Teaching English to Second Language Learners in Academic Contexts: Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking
1st Edition
By Jonathan M. Newton, Dana R. Ferris, Christine C. M. Goh, William Grabe, Fredricka L. Stoller, Larry Vandergrift
February 21, 2018
Teaching English to Second Language Learners in Academic Contexts: Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking provides the fundamental knowledge that ESL and EFL teachers need to teach the four language skills. This foundational text, written by internationally renowned experts in the field, ...
Research on Reflective Practice in TESOL
1st Edition
By Thomas S.C. Farrell
October 23, 2017
In this comprehensive and detailed analysis of recent research on encouraging reflective practices in TESOL, Farrell demonstrates how this practice has been embraced within TESOL and how it continues to impact the field. Examining a vast array of studies through his own framework for reflecting on ...
Teacher Training and Professional Development of Chinese English Language Teachers: Changing From Fish to Dragon
1st Edition
By Faridah Pawan, Wenfang Fan, Pei Miao
June 20, 2017
This up-close look at Chinese ESL teachers documents undertakings at formal and informal levels to support and sustain their expertise in ways that balance collaborative and competitive efforts, situated and standards-based programs, ethnically responsive and government-based efforts, and ...
Reflective Practice in English Language Teaching: Research-Based Principles and Practices
1st Edition
By Steve Mann, Steve Walsh
June 07, 2017
Offering a unique, data-led, evidence-based approach to reflective practice in English language teaching, this book brings together theory, research and practice in an accessible way to demonstrate what reflective practice looks like and how it is undertaken in a range of contexts. Readers learn ...
Corrective Feedback in Second Language Teaching and Learning: Research, Theory, Applications, Implications
1st Edition
Edited
By Hossein Nassaji, Eva Kartchava
April 19, 2017
Bringing together current research, analysis, and discussion of the role of corrective feedback in second language teaching and learning, this volume bridges the gap between research and pedagogy by identifying principles of effective feedback strategies and how to use them successfully in ...
Teaching Writing for Academic Purposes to Multilingual Students: Instructional Approaches
1st Edition
Edited
By John Bitchener, Neomy Storch, Rosemary Wette
April 12, 2017
Examining what is involved in learning to write for academic purposes from a variety of perspectives, this book focuses in particular on issues related to academic writing instruction in diverse contexts, both geographical and disciplinary. Informed by current theory and research, leading experts ...
Family Language Policies in a Multilingual World: Opportunities, Challenges, and Consequences
1st Edition
Edited
By John Macalister, Seyed Hadi Mirvahedi
January 06, 2017
Through case studies from around the world, this book illustrates the opportunities and challenges facing families negotiating the issues of language maintenance and language learning in the home. Every family living in a bi/multilingual environment faces the question of what language(s) to speak ...
Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning: Volume III
1st Edition
Edited
By Eli Hinkel
November 21, 2016
Volume III of the Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning, like Volumes I and II, is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of current research into social contexts of second language (L2)/foreign language (FL) teaching and learning; language policy; curriculum; types of ...
Linguistically Diverse Immigrant and Resident Writers: Transitions from High School to College
1st Edition
Edited
By Christina Ortmeier-Hooper, Todd Ruecker
July 21, 2016
Spotlighting the challenges and realities faced by linguistically diverse immigrant and resident students in U.S. secondary schools and in their transitions from high school to community colleges and universities, this book looks at programs, interventions, and other factors that help or hinder ...
Teaching English Grammar to Speakers of Other Languages
1st Edition
Edited
By Eli Hinkel
March 01, 2016
This practical and research-based introduction to current and effective English grammar instruction gives pre-service and in-service teachers and teacher educators a strong foundation for teaching second language grammar and helps them develop their professional knowledge and skills. Written in a ...
Mindful L2 Teacher Education: A Sociocultural Perspective on Cultivating Teachers' Professional Development
1st Edition
By Karen E. Johnson, Paula R. Golombek
February 19, 2016
Taking a Vygotskian sociocultural stance, this book demonstrates the meaningful role that L2 teacher educators and L2 teacher education play in the professional development of L2 teachers through systematic, intentional, goal-directed, theorized L2 teacher education pedagogy. The message is ...