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.
Real Challenges of the Classroom
Teaching is messy. This book turns 18 real-life classroom crises into essential learning moments. Each story analyzes what went wrong and reveals the research-backed strategies that worked, offering powerful, practical insights for your own reflective practice.
This book investigates language alternation in Italian CLIL and EMI contexts across primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. The results reveal its key lexical function, a surprisingly similar use across all levels, and its role in preserving multilingualism.
This book presents a tool for legal translation that compares concepts across legal cultures. Based on their overlap, it navigates translators toward reasoned solutions. Includes case studies from English common law and Slovak continental law. For practitioners and academics.
Freelance English Teaching in Eastern Europe
An invaluable guide to freelance English teaching in Eastern Europe, with exclusive insights on combining work with travel. This information-rich account is essential for teacher-travelers, career-minded graduates, and ELT entrepreneurs.
Language, Context and Contextuality
This collection of papers by international scholars reflects the multidisciplinary concerns of Professor Herbert Igboanusi. Contributions cover sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and literature, with a major focus on the linguistic issues and realities in Nigeria.
What is a golden share or an angel investor? English for Financial Institutions is your guide to financial English. It features up-to-date topics like cryptocurrencies and quantitative easing, with numerous exercises and answers for self-study or reference.
This book offers a rare combination of research on language variation, change, and standardisation. It provides a new framework for study that rethinks their relationship, exploring how language varieties are a source of human power and an essential sign of identity.
This practical book provides comprehensive coverage of key terms in language syllabus design and materials development. It offers clear, concise definitions, serving as an essential source for curriculum researchers, language educators, and students of applied linguistics.
Teaching English in Multilingual Secondary Schools
This book argues that to effectively teach English to a multilingual population, teaching must be done in the child’s own language. Teachers must realize this is the key to effective learning and ensuring no hard barriers exist. For students in ELT, Linguistics, and Education.
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.
This study explores the feature inheritance hypothesis, arguing that only the number feature is inherited in the CP phase, and the person feature in the vP phase. Drawing on English and Spanish, it discusses implications for Agree, Case, A-movement, phases, and Transfer.
This volume presents papers from AICED 24, delving into language structure. Contributions explore the syntax, phonology, and semantics of Romanian and other European languages, as well as topics like translation and L2 learning. For all linguists interested in these fields.
Technology-Enhanced and Corpus Based Language Learning and Teaching
This pivotal resource explores how AI reshapes EFL education. It provides educators with practical, data-driven strategies from corpus linguistics to enhance student autonomy and learning outcomes, creating more adaptive and personalized teaching frameworks.
This reference guide on confusing English words is for those engaged in Arabic-English-Arabic translation. An asset to both new and seasoned translators, this one-of-a-kind book is a must-buy for any translator who wishes to provide highly accurate translations.
Benedetto Varchi’s L’ Ercolano
The first-ever translation of Benedetto Varchi’s L’Ercolano (1570). In a witty and lively dialogue, this 16th-century treatise tackles timeless questions: Are we the only communicating species? What was the first language? A surprisingly modern and entertaining exploration.
This book charts the history of Romanian semiotics before introducing new concepts like conversational history—for analyzing literary texts—and existential rereading. It also features a collaborative linguistic study and a unique Database of Romanian Love Charms.
Teaching English to Computer Science Students
Unlock the potential of your classroom! Designed for educators teaching English to computer science and engineering students, this book provides practical, classroom-ready support. Find lesson plans, exercises, and project ideas to simplify planning and deliver dynamic lessons.
This collection offers thought-provoking studies on monolingual, bilingual, and heritage language acquisition, as well as L2/L3 learning. It provides fresh insights into how heritage languages differ from their homeland counterparts and how cross-linguistic influence operates.
For teachers of Japanese, this collection offers practical ways to boost student engagement. It explains how to use cultural products—from anime and manga to the tea ceremony—to increase interest and tackle the problem of low enrollment in foreign language courses.