Books in the Cambridge Applied Linguistics series

Over the past decade criterion-referenced testing (CRT) has become an emerging issue in language assessment. Most language testing books have hitherto focused almost exclusively on norm-referenced testing, whereby test takers' scores are interpreted with reference to the performance of other test takers, and have ignored CRT, an approach that examines the level of knowledge of a specific domain of target behaviours. It is designed to comprehensively address the wide variety of CRT and decision-making needs that more and more language-teaching professionals must address in their daily work. Criterion-referenced Language Testing is the first volume to create a nexus between the theoretical constructs and practical applications of this new area of language testing.

Shows how a person's first language and culture influence writing in a second language.

This book brings together contributions from various researchers, providing an overview of narrative research approaches and demonstrating how these work in practice.

This book is a valuable resource both for those already engaged in evaluation and for those in training.

This volume focuses on 'practice' from a theoretical perspective and includes implications for the classroom.

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.

This book looks at the curriculum from a teacher's perspective and reports on what instructors focus on in planning, implementing, and evaluating language courses.

This book provides a wide-ranging treatment of the major issues in applied linguistics.

This book explores computer applications in second language acquisition and research.

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).

A pratical and theoretical guide for Italian/English translators.

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

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

Genres across the Disciplines presents cutting edge, corpus-based research into student writing in higher education.

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

The author clarifies the nature of expertise in language teaching, its development, and how teachers employ it.

Five leading researchers present a comprehensive and balanced account of task-based language teaching, investigating theoretical and pedagogical literature, research and practice. This is an authoritative and much needed book for students, researchers and teachers of education, applied linguistics and TESOL.

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

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

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

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

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.

Based on original research, this book explores the fundamental relationship between research and practice in English 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.

This text provides an introduction to the field of sociolinguistics for second and foreign language teachers.

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

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

An updated edition of the key reference work in the area of second and foreign language vocabulary studies.

The book addresses issues in the field of teaching academic writing to non-native speakers.