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Current Research on Language Learning and Teaching

Case Study of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Edited By: Azamat Akbarov

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This first collection of essays by scholars from Bosnia and Herzegovina provides state-of-the-art overviews of current issues in the language sciences, uniting interdisciplinary perspectives on language acquisition and its applications for foreign language education.

This volume represents the first collection of essays on research dedicated to the work of scholars and experts from Bosnia and Herzegovina. It provides programmatic…

This volume represents the first collection of essays on research dedicated to the work of scholars and experts from Bosnia and Herzegovina. It provides programmatic state-of-the-art overviews of current issues in the language sciences and their applications in first, second, and bilingual language acquisition in naturalistic and tutored contexts, and brings together disciplinary perspectives from linguistics, sociolinguistics, language teaching, education and intercultural communication. This book will be of particular interest to anyone wishing to know the value, and the pitfalls, of current research, to understand its various applications for foreign language education in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to appreciate the qualities of rigor and trustworthiness required to evaluate and interpret current studies in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Indeed, this volume provides an informed perspective on the field’s developments and an insightful analysis of interdisciplinary studies in the country.

Azamat Akbarov is a Professor of Applied Linguistics at the International Burch University in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has extensive experience in several areas of Applied Linguistics, in which he has published widely. His teaching and teacher-training experience of over 17 years spans Uzbekistan, South Korea and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Professor Akbarov has also presented at numerous international conferences, and his research interests include linguistics, cognitive grammar, and cross-linguistic features of Second Language Acquisition, Discourse Analysis, and Bilingualism. He is the President of the Association for Applied Linguistics in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the Foreign Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics Conference (FLTAL), and regularly organises international events in the field of language education.