Routledge Research in Language Education
About the Book Series
The Routledge Research in Language Education series provides a platform for established and emerging scholars to present their latest research and discuss key issues in Language Education. This series welcomes books on all areas of language teaching and learning, including but not limited to language education policy and politics, multilingualism, literacy, L1, L2 or foreign language acquisition, curriculum, classroom practice, pedagogy, teaching materials, and language teacher education and development. Books in the series are not limited to the discussion of the teaching and learning of English only.
Please send inquiries or proposals for this series to one of the following:
Manon Berset: [email protected] โ Editor, UK, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Kirsty Murray: [email protected] โ Editor, North & South America
Kanishka Jangir: [email protected] โ Editor, Australia, New Zealand & Asia
Worldwide English Language Education Today: Ideologies, Policies and Practices
1st Edition
Edited
By Ali Al-Issa, Seyyed-Abdolhamid Mirhosseini
June 30, 2021
This book explores the ideologies, policies, and practices of English language education around the world today. It shows the ways in which ideology is a constituent part of the social realities of English language teaching (ELT) and how ELT policies and practices are shaped by ideological ...
Project-Based Learning in Second Language Acquisition: Building Communities of Practice in Higher Education
1st Edition
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By Adrian Gras-Velazquez
March 31, 2021
This book showcases pedagogical tools for learning languages through interdisciplinary project-based learning (PBL). Chapters demonstrate a diverse range of PBL activities that help students build communities of practice within classroom settings, and across local and global communities.Too often, ...
Classroom Research on Chinese as a Second Language
1st Edition
Edited
By Fangyuan Yuan, Shuai Li
December 18, 2020
This collection brings together a series of empirical studies on topics surrounding classrooms of Chinese as a second language (L2) by drawing on a range of theoretical frameworks, methodological strategies, and pedagogical perspectives. Over the past two decades, research on classroom-based second...
Further Language Learning in Linguistic and Cultural Diverse Contexts: A Mixed Methods Research in a European Border Region
1st Edition
By Barbara Gross
December 18, 2020
Further Language Learning in Linguistic and Cultural Diverse Contexts deals with the interdisciplinary area of multilingual and intercultural education and the increasing interest in sociolinguistic and sociocultural aspects of further language learning. It presents the individual, family, ...
Quantitative Data Analysis for Language Assessment Volume I: Fundamental Techniques
1st Edition
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By Vahid Aryadoust, Michelle Raquel
December 18, 2020
Quantitative Data Analysis for Language Assessment Volume I: Fundamental Techniques is a resource book that presents the most fundamental techniques of quantitative data analysis in the field of language assessment. Each chapter provides an accessible explanation of the selected technique, a ...
Translanguaging in EFL Contexts: A Call for Change
1st Edition
By Michael Rabbidge
December 18, 2020
The purpose of this book is to promote the value of translanguaging in EFL teaching contexts. To date, translanguaging has been discussed mostly in regards to US and European contexts. This book will examine the teaching beliefs and practices of teachers within a South Korean elementary school ...
Addressing Difficult Situations in Foreign-Language Learning: Confusion, Impoliteness, and Hostility
1st Edition
By Gerrard Mugford
June 30, 2020
This book examines a neglected area of foreign-language teaching and learning: difficult and aggressive situations. The author presents the real-life experiences of language users and analyses how these individuals have dealt with confusion, impoliteness and hostility in target-language contexts in...
English-Medium Instruction from an English as a Lingua Franca Perspective: Exploring the Higher Education Context
1st Edition
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By Kumiko Murata
June 30, 2020
English is increasingly used as a lingua franca (ELF) in communicative situations the world over with the acceleration of globalisation. This is in line with the increased introduction of English-medium instruction (EMI) to higher education institutions in many parts of the world to further promote...
From Language Skills to Literacy: Broadening the Scope of English Language Education Through Media Literacy
1st Edition
By Csilla Weninger
June 30, 2020
The narrowing of English language education curriculum in many contexts has negatively impacted classroom teaching and learning. High-stakes standardized testing, scripted curricula, and the commodification of English have converged to challenge socially meaningful classroom literacy instruction ...
Interdisciplinary Research Approaches to Multilingual Education
1st Edition
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By Vasilia Kourtis-Kazoullis, Themistoklis Aravossitas, Eleni Skourtou, Peter Pericles Trifonas
June 30, 2020
Recently intensified global mobility has reinforced the interest for ethnolinguistic diversity and multilingualism in education and society. Interdisciplinary Research Approaches to Multilingual Education brings together current interdisciplinary perspectives in multilingual and second language ...
English as a Foreign Language in Saudi Arabia: New Insights into Teaching and Learning English
1st Edition
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By Christo Moskovsky, Michelle Picard
May 07, 2020
English as a Foreign Language in Saudi Arabia: New Insights into Teaching and Learning English offers a detailed discussion of key aspects of teaching and learning English in the Saudi context and offers a comprehensive overview of related research authored or co-authored by Saudi researchers. It ...
Reading to Learn in a Foreign Language: An Integrated Approach to Foreign Language Instruction and Assessment
1st Edition
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By Keiko Koda, Junko Yamashita
May 07, 2020
This book describes a theory-guided approach to Foreign Language (FL) course development, implementation, instruction and assessment. It documents the development and implementation of a theory-guided approach designed to exploit cross-linguistically sharable competencies as resources for promoting...