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This book provides a critical overview of recent classroom-centred research and its implications for the teaching and learning of languages giving new insights into how languages are learned and what the effects of classroom instruction are.

A critical examination of the ways in which English is conceptualised for learning, teaching, and assessment in a range of domains, from both social and cognitive perspectives. Researchers and postgraduates working on English in L1 and L2 educational contexts will find it valuable for research and collaboration.

Leading experts present a fully revised and updated introduction to feedback on second language writing with new content on technology, social media and language acquisition. The book is for upper undergraduate and postgraduate students, teachers and researchers in TESOL, applied linguistics and English for academic purposes (EAP).

Leading experts present a fully revised and updated introduction to feedback on second language writing with new content on technology, social media and language acquisition. The book is for upper undergraduate and postgraduate students, teachers and researchers in TESOL, applied linguistics and English for academic purposes (EAP).

For graduate students and researchers in applied linguistics, corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics, and media linguistics, this book presents brand-new research on contemporary television dialogue, focusing on popular US TV series that are consumed by millions of viewers worldwide, including by those that do not speak English as a first language.

Ideal for language teachers and researchers who are interested in pronunciation teaching, and especially in the reasons why various pronunciation features should and should not be taught. Levis explains the importance of intelligibility in pronunciation teaching, and practically describes its importance for foreign and second language teaching.

Ideal for language teachers and researchers who are interested in pronunciation teaching, and especially in the reasons why various pronunciation features should and should not be taught. Levis explains the importance of intelligibility in pronunciation teaching, and practically describes its importance for foreign and second language teaching.

Multilingualism has increased in recent years due to globalisation, transnational mobility and the spread of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). This volume explores some of the trends in the study of multilingual education by putting together research studies that analyse the processes of both 'becoming multilingual' and 'being multilingual' in educational contexts.

This volume combines diverse research scenarios to present a solid framework for analysis of figurative language.

The only book available dedicated to the theory and practice of replication research in Second Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics.

This book explores the emerging area of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) in academic settings.

This volume provides a review of L1 and L2 lexical research issues, as well as new research.

A collection of original papers dealing with essential issues and research in the learning of language by deaf people.

This book presents a corpus-based study of the language used in business meetings.

This book bridges the gap between the theory and practice of task-based language teaching through accounts of classroom-based research.

This volume examines theoretical foundations, empirical research, and pedagogical implementations of focus on form.

This text explores fundamental issues relating to student literacies and instructor roles and practices within academic contexts.

This volume explores how a second language is acquired and what learners must do in order to achieve proficiency.

This book identifies the many facets of culture that influence second language learners and teachers.

Brings together contributions from internationally-renowned researchers on new approaches and developments in the field of vocabulary research and testing.

A collection of original papers dealing with essential issues and research in the learning of language by deaf people.

A pratical and theoretical guide for Italian/English translators.

This book contains a series of studies of needs analysis applied in different contexts and using different methodological approaches.

An authoritative collection of papers which argues for issues of language curriculum development to be made explicit.

Pragmatics in Language Teaching examines the acquisition of language use in social contexts in second and foreign language classrooms.

This book demonstrates how metaphor needs to be researched using multiple methods of investigation.

The wide range of languages and purposes now served by immersion worldwide is illustrated by case studies of thirteen programs.

A collection of original papers by researchers working in the field which comprehensively addresses the area of second language academic listening.

This text presents the findings of a major investigation of second language proficiency in various groups of school-aged learners.

This an excellent introduction to psycholinguistics for applied linguists and language teachers