Routledge Studies in Applied Linguistics
Theories and Methodologies of Individual Differences in Reading
1st Edition
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By Mark Feng Teng, Jing Zhou
July 28, 2026
This collection makes the case for exploring individual differences (IDs) in foreign language reading, arguing for a shift from a universalist view to consider new ID-focused theories and methodologies. The volume demonstrates the need to recognize individual variations, such as lexical knowledge, ...
Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Psychology of Multilingual Learners and Teachers
1st Edition
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By Giulia Sulis, Åsta Haukås, Sarah Mercer
July 06, 2026
This volume explores the connections between multilingualism and the psychology of language learning and teaching. It provides new insights into the relationship between these two areas and the complex realities of multilingual individuals. The book seeks to advance scholarship in both ...
Resisting ESL at a Hawai‘i High School: Identity, Ideology and Order at Tradewinds High
1st Edition
By Steven Talmy
June 19, 2026
Grounded in critical applied linguistics and linguistic ethnography, this book offers a sustained account of long-term ESL student resistance at a multilingual public high school in Hawai‘i. The book explores how “oldtimer” students at Tradewinds High contest, disrupt, and inadvertently reproduce ...
Cultural Impacts of English as the Scientific Lingua Franca: Using Language for Specific Purposes Corpora to Examine Science Communication
1st Edition
By Nilson Kunioshi, Kazuko Tojo, Judy Noguchi
May 19, 2026
This volume explores how cultural influences between the West and East shape how science is communicated. It traces how the use of language has played an essential role in the dissemination of science and the development of ideas about science from the ancient worlds of the Middle East and China, ...
Lesser-Taught Languages in Multilingual Contexts: Focus on Language Variation, Pedagogy, and Policy
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By Gilles Forlot, Seraphin Kamdem
May 07, 2026
This collection offers a comprehensive look at lesser-taught languages (LTLs) in multilingual education, seeking to broaden existing notions of minority languages and elucidate key issues and challenges specific to them in educational settings. The volume is organized around different sections, ...
Disfluencies We Live with in Japanese: An Interdisciplinary Approach
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By Toshiyuki Sadanobu
March 10, 2026
Sadanobu's research on fluency and disfluency in Japanese reveals that disfluency among healthy native speakers follows predictable patterns and may actually enhance their everyday communication. The book challenges the conventional view that disfluency should simply be eliminated by demonstrating ...
Mapping Writing Revisions through Keystroke Logging: A Methods-based Approach
1st Edition
By Tanzeela Anbreen
December 28, 2025
This book presents Keystroke Logging as a powerful methodological tool for investigating writers’ revision processes in writing. The volume demonstrates the ways in which Keystroke Logging can be used to observe, record, and analyse writing revisions in real time, especially useful given the ...
The Post-Truth Era and English Language Education: Conceptual, Theoretical and Empirical Issues
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By Hild Elisabeth Hoff, Aud Solbjørg Skulstad
December 16, 2025
This collection offers perspectives from established scholars on the theoretical and practical dimensions of English language education in a post-truth era. Reflecting on the implications of contemporary sociocultural and cultural realities, the volume begins by outlining the conceptual ...
Legal and Cultural Dimensions in Arbitration Language: A Corpus-Based Study of Arbitral Awards
1st Edition
By Ornella Guarino
December 11, 2025
This book examines the interplay of legal traditions and linguistic practices and its influence on arbitral awards, opening new avenues of research on this underexplored area of legal discourse. The volume analyses data from a corpus of English-language arbitral awards, understood as the final ...
Narratives of English Language Learners in Private Tutoring: An L2 Motivational Self Perspective
1st Edition
By Kevin Wai Ho Yung
December 04, 2025
Yung offers a groundbreaking exploration of the dynamic interplay between motivation, private tutoring, and second language learning. Examining the under-researched topic of “shadow education” in the context of applied linguistics, this book provides a fresh and insightful outlook on the unique ...
Fostering Language Assessment Literacy: Materials, Methods, and Emerging Issues
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By Frank Giraldo, Xun Yan
November 09, 2025
This collection showcases language assessment literacy, understood as the knowledge, skills, and principles necessary to engage in assessment activities, by problematizing different approaches to its development and offering insights for language teachers and other stakeholders. The volume builds ...
The Language of Democratization: Roles, Social Positions, and Discourse
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By Svenja Kranich, Simone Knewitz, Daniela Pirazzini, Hanna Bruns
November 09, 2025
Since the 1960s, liberal values such as nondiscrimination, equal participation of all in social, political, and cultural spheres, and individual freedom have driven processes of democratization in Western societies – a trend that has recently been countered by the resurgence of illiberal forces, ...