New Approaches to Teaching Italian Language and Culture
This collection of essays offers a variety of up-to-date approaches to teaching Italian. International scholars provide case studies and hands-on strategies using curricular innovations, technology, film, and study abroad programs as effective pedagogical tools.
The first Chinese university journal published abroad in English. This unique series provides a platform for scholars from one of China’s top universities to share cutting-edge reports on the English language with the global community.
This volume explores the dynamic process of interaction. Authors examine how participants understand each other through various semiotic codes in translation, education, arts, and literature, offering inspiring topics for researchers and students.
Agricultural English is a collection of essays analyzing the English of agriculture and related fields from various linguistic points of view. The book will appeal to agriculturists, professors, researchers, students, and translators.
Uniting linguistics, nursing, and speech pathology, this collection uses discourse analysis to explore communication in dementia, challenging our understanding of language, cognition, and the human self.
ELT in a Changing World
A novel resource for language specialists, this book presents compelling ideas on English teaching from a seminar in Pakistan. It explores global trends, local research, and innovative pedagogical approaches for Pakistan and the developing world.
This collection of essays shares personal and professional stories by language teachers in diverse Australian contexts. See how their narratives shape classroom practice, offering a practical resource and case studies for teachers and educators.
On and Off the Page
This collection of essays explores the pervasive and alluring concept of place. Including research from a broad range of fields, it reveals the complex cultural interplay between place and identity, and how we make sense of our own “places” in the world.
This book addresses key issues in second language acquisition within the generative framework. Based on studies of Romanian learners of English, it explores the critical question of parameter resetting: can adult learners truly acquire new grammatical settings?
Contextualizing the Pedagogy of English as an International Language
This book addresses the complexities of English as an International Language (EIL) in the classroom. It brings together narratives of the realities, struggles, and tensions EIL practitioners face, exploring pedagogical challenges in diverse contexts.
This collection of original empirical studies explores the dynamic nature of language learning and teaching. It covers classic and recent topics, from communicative competence to intercultural identity, within a framework of stability and variability.
Why are the most common swear words also the most offensive? Based on 500+ real-life utterances, this book decodes the unwritten rules of swearing, challenging what we think we know about profanity, gender, and race.
Mapping Africa in the English Speaking World
This book grapples with the relationship between Africa and the English speaking world. It addresses misrepresentations of the continent in literature and film, the marginalization of its people and cultures, and ongoing debates on language and identity.
This book documents the changing language situation in urban China, gauging the impact of industrialization on communication. Studies demonstrate the interplay of the standard language, Putonghua, and dialects, contrasting China with post-industrial Europe.
This book brings together new studies in critical applied linguistics, language policy, and language learning. It offers critical views on language in society, from identity and justice to language policy in education and key teaching strategies.
Issues in Accents of English 2
This book explores variability in English accent production and perception by native and non-native speakers. Based on original data, it discusses intelligibility, identity, motivation, stress, and rhythm to contribute to pronunciation teaching.
Applying Language Science to Language Pedagogy
This book bridges current research in Linguistics and Psycholinguistics with language pedagogy. It informs debates on teaching by presenting discoveries about grammar, the mind, and learning, allowing L2 teachers to adopt this knowledge for their own classroom.
This volume is a selection of papers from the SinFoniJa 3 conference, representing quality research in linguistics. It covers cutting-edge topics in syntax, phonology, semantics, and NLP, with analyses grounded in data from various languages.
Language Contacts Meet English Dialects
This book presents fresh research on language contacts and dialects, celebrating the work of eminent scholar Markku Filppula. Articles explore theories, Celtic substrata in Irish and British English, and dialect in the British Isles from diverse perspectives.
This transdisciplinary volume discusses presence and absence, revealing how diverse areas—from linguistics and literature to film—talk to each other in surprising ways, opening up cultural, cinematic, and literary works to new readings and meanings.
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