Contextualising English as a Lingua Franca
This volume collects ten papers testifying to the great scope of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) research. The contributions analyze computer-mediated communication, social issues in diverse contexts, and new pedagogical initiatives, situating ELF in its multilingual future.
This volume explores multimodality in communication, showing how non-verbal elements like gaze and gestures reinforce speech. It covers educational and specialized domains, offering new perspectives on how to exploit multimodal resources to enhance English language learning.
The essays gathered here presents Icelandic research on the challenges and opportunities of diversity in education at several levels, including preschool, primary, secondary, vocational and higher education in Iceland.
A pioneering guide to e-Portfolio assessment for EFL educators. This book provides innovative frameworks to move beyond traditional exams, offering theoretical insights and practical guidance to foster transformative student learning in real-world classrooms.
Sciences, Humanities, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics Education
This book offers strategies for K-16 SHTEM instruction that enhance the multiliteracy of learners. It presents instructional activities and research that promote culturally and linguistically sustaining pedagogy, scaffolding learners as they explore SHTEM and science fiction.
Language beyond the Classroom
This compendium offers detailed, how-to guides for developing, implementing, and evaluating service-learning programs for a variety of languages. Contributions here present civic-engagement programs for several languages, including French, German, Russian, and Spanish.
This definitive guide to the Korean National Standards presents a four-level curriculum for high schools and colleges, complete with assessment guidelines adapted from the ACTFL’s renowned 5Cs framework.
New Trends in Foreign Language Teaching
Language teaching approaches, methods and procedures are constantly undergoing reassessment. This publication discusses the latest developments in the field and emerging patterns in the foreign language classroom.
Undergraduate ELT in Sri Lanka
This book examines English language education in post-colonial Sri Lanka. It reveals how post-colonial attitudes hinder teaching and argues that the general principles of teaching English need specific modifications for South Asian societies.
This conference proceedings centres on issues related to the development of meaning-focused materials for language learning. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of these materials and introduces previously unexplored facets of the theory of meaning-focused instruction.
This anthology focuses on a variety of aspects of foreign language learning and teaching. It explores the multidimensional character of language classes and delineates ways of developing students’ knowledge and skills, according to current educational conceptions and postulates.
Does glossing actually improve L2 reading comprehension? This definitive reference cuts through academic jargon to explore the effects of glossing on L2 reading and vocabulary learning. It outlines variables, theories, and strategies for improving and measuring L2 reading.
Learn Italian with fun texts, dialogues, and photos covering cultural topics like cities, recipes, and famous writers. This book includes grammar and recordings with a variety of accents—a great training tool for A1-B2 level students.
A Multimodal Exploration of Non-Fiction Read-Aloud Performances in English as an Additional Language
This book explores how non-fiction picturebooks can be mediated for children’s language education in an EAL context. It examines multimodal mediation, showing how storytellers use spoken language, gesture, and props to scaffold comprehension and invite active participation.
Statistics can be unappealing. This book brings statistical issues closer to the reader using a science-fiction world, heroes, and everyday language to present an easy-to-follow account of formulas, numbers, and symbols.
This collection contributes to the growing body of empirical literature on materials development, adopting a reverse approach to the topic. It also gives evidence for the global diversity of materials development at different levels for different specialities and purposes.
Language learning is part of the current global revolution, meaning that associated technologies play a vital role in learning English for Specific Purposes. This volume addresses various aspects of learning, technology adoption and pedagogy in such contexts.
Williams explores the potential for task-based language learning and teaching (TBLT) within a Hungarian context, by investigating beliefs among university students about English (and other foreign) language teaching.
Word-Formation in Context
This fascinating book treats the use of words from a new perspective. Words emerge from an interaction between morphological, syntactic, semantic and pragmatic components. The book draws from a vast spectrum of texts and provides a key to help readers check their answers.
Studying at University Level
This book is a companion for entry-level higher education students. Drawing on years of teaching, the authors motivate and build confidence. We make no assumptions, but identify the core academic skills you need to thrive, and show you how to develop them.