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 students’ and practicing teachers’ 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.
Teaching Grammar in Second Language Classrooms: Integrating Form-Focused Instruction in Communicative Context
1st Edition
By Hossein Nassaji, Sandra S. Fotos
November 08, 2010
Recent SLA research recognizes the necessity of attention to grammar and demonstrates that form-focused instruction is especially effective when it is incorporated into a meaningful communicative context. Designed specifically for second-language teachers, this text identifies and explores the ...
Language and Culture: Reflective Narratives and the Emergence of Identity
1st Edition
Edited
By David Nunan, Julie Choi
March 08, 2010
This state-of-the-art exploration of language, culture, and identity is orchestrated through prominent scholars’ and teachers’ narratives, each weaving together three elements: a personal account based on one or more memorable or critical incidents that occurred in the course of learning or using a...
Nonnative Speaker English Teachers: Research, Pedagogy, and Professional Growth
1st Edition
By George Braine
February 19, 2010
According to current estimates, about eighty percent of English teachers worldwide are nonnative speakers of the language. The nonnative speaker movement began a decade ago to counter the discrimination faced by these teachers and to champion their causes. As the first single-authored volume on the...
Doing Action Research in English Language Teaching: A Guide for Practitioners
1st Edition
By Anne Burns
November 10, 2009
This hands-on, practical guide for ESL/EFL teachers and teacher educators outlines, for those who are new to doing action research, what it is and how it works. Straightforward and reader friendly, it introduces the concepts and offers a step-by-step guide to going through an action research ...
Second Language Teacher Education: A Sociocultural Perspective
1st Edition
By Karen E. Johnson
May 21, 2009
'… A beautifully written, articulate and compelling argument for a sociocultural perspective on second language teacher education . . . Essential reading for all who wish to understand this perspective.' – David Nunan, University of Hong Kong '…Significant and timely. Johnson is ...
The English Language Teacher in Global Civil Society
1st Edition
By Barbara M. Birch
May 21, 2009
How can English language teachers contribute to peace locally and globally? English language teachers and learners are located in the global civil society – an international network of civil organizations and NGOs related to human rights, the environment, and sustainable peace. English, with...
Leadership in English Language Education: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Skills for Changing Times
1st Edition
Edited
By MaryAnn Christison, Denise E. Murray
November 21, 2008
Leadership in English Language Education: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Skills for Changing Times presents both theoretical approaches to leadership and practical skills leaders in English language education need to be effective. Discussing practical skills in detail, and providing readers ...
International English in Its Sociolinguistic Contexts: Towards a Socially Sensitive EIL Pedagogy
1st Edition
By Sandra Lee McKay, Wendy D. Bokhorst-Heng
June 06, 2008
Present-day globalization, migration, and the spread of English have resulted in a great diversity of social and educational contexts in which English learning is taking place. A basic assumption of this book is that because English is an international language, effective pedagogical decisions ...
Cultures, Contexts, and World Englishes
1st Edition
By Yamuna Kachru, Larry E. Smith
May 08, 2008
This volume aims to familiarize readers with the varieties of world Englishes used across cultures and to create awareness of some of the linguistic and socially relevant contexts and functions that have given rise to them. It emphasizes that effective communication among users of different ...
Gesture: Second Language Acquistion and Classroom Research
1st Edition
Edited
By Steven G. McCafferty, Gale Stam
March 20, 2008
This book demonstrates the vital connection between language and gesture, and why it is critical for research on second language acquisition to take into account the full spectrum of communicative phenomena. The study of gesture in applied linguistics is just beginning to come of age. This edited ...
Building a Validity Argument for the Test of English as a Foreign Language™
1st Edition
Edited
By Carol A. Chapelle, Mary K. Enright, Joan M. Jamieson
December 25, 2007
The Test of English as a Foreign Language ™ (TOEFL®) is used by moreuniversities worldwide than any other test to assess English languageproficiency for academic admission and placement decisions, and to guideEnglish language instruction. This landmark volume provides a detailed description ...
Idioms: Description, Comprehension, Acquisition, and Pedagogy
1st Edition
By Dilin Liu
December 10, 2007
This comprehensive, up-to-date, and accessible text on idiom use, learning, and teaching approaches the topic with a balance of sound theory and extensive research in cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistics, corpus linguistics, and sociolinguistics combined with informed teaching practices. Idioms...