Books in the ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series series

This practical handbook is designed to help language teachers, teacher trainers and students learn more about their options for using computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and develop an understanding of the theory and research supporting these options.

Offering much-needed context on locally-produced tests across Asia, contributors examine emerging models for English language assessment and the impact these large-scale tests have on the teaching and learning of English in the region.

Offering much-needed context on locally-produced tests across Asia, contributors examine emerging models for English language assessment and the impact these large-scale tests have on the teaching and learning of English in the region.

In a market dominated by English journals and books publications, multilingual scholars are increasingly inclined and encouraged to publish in English in order to contribute to the global dissemination of academic knowledge.

In a market dominated by English journals and books publications, multilingual scholars are increasingly inclined and encouraged to publish in English in order to contribute to the global dissemination of academic knowledge.

Asserts the place of the local in theorizing about language policies and practices in applied linguistics. It focuses on the outcome of globalization in and among communities, and makes a case for the importance of local social practices, communicative conventions, linguistic realities, and knowledge paradigms to actively inform language policies.

Arguing that writing teachers need to enable students to recognize, negotiate with, deconstruct, and transcend national, racial, ethnic, and linguistic boundaries, this volume proposes a "transnational" framework as an alternative approach to literacy education and as a vital component to cultivating students as global citizens.

Arguing that writing teachers need to enable students to recognize, negotiate with, deconstruct, and transcend national, racial, ethnic, and linguistic boundaries, this volume proposes a "transnational" framework as an alternative approach to literacy education and as a vital component to cultivating students as global citizens.

Volume III of the Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning, like Volumes I and II, is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of current research into L2/FL teaching and learning. It differs from earlier volumes in its main purpose¿to provide a more in-depth discussion and detailed focus on the development of the essential language skills required for any type of communication: speaking, listening, reading, vocabulary, grammar, and writing.

Practical and research-based, this introduction to current and effective English grammar instruction gives pre-service and in-service English language educatorsa strong foundation for teaching second language grammar and helps them develop their professional knowledge and skills. It provides a thorough and rounded overview of the principles, strategies, techniques, and applications currently dominant in teaching L2 grammar in a range of instructional settings around the world.

Current, comprehensive, and authoritative, this text gives language teachers and researchers both a set of conceptual tools with which to think and talk about creativity in language teaching and a wealth of practical advice about principles and practices that can be applied to making their lessons more creative.

Bringing together current research, analysis, and discussion of the role of corrective feedback in second language classroom teaching and learning, this volume bridges the gap between research and pedagogy by identifying principles of effective feedback strategies and how to use them successfully in classroom instruction.

Bringing together current research, analysis, and discussion of the role of corrective feedback in second language classroom teaching and learning, this volume bridges the gap between research and pedagogy by identifying principles of effective feedback strategies and how to use them successfully in classroom instruction.

Through case studies from around the world, this book illustrates the opportunities and challenges facing families negotiating the issues of language maintenance and language learning in the home, The contributors utilize various ethnographic research tools to explore linguistic ideologies and practices of the family members in the home, illuminating how such ideologies and practices are shaped by macro-level societal processes in a range of diverse settings around the world.

Through case studies from around the world, this book illustrates the opportunities and challenges facing families negotiating the issues of language maintenance and language learning in the home, The contributors utilize various ethnographic research tools to explore linguistic ideologies and practices of the family members in the home, illuminating how such ideologies and practices are shaped by macro-level societal processes in a range of diverse settings around the world.

Focusing on political aspects and pedagogical issues of second language writing instruction and testing in an international context, with contributions from authors working in 10 different countries, these chapters examine the uses and abuses of various writing-related assessments, and the policies that determine their form and use.

Focusing on political aspects and pedagogical issues of second language writing instruction and testing in an international context, with contributions from authors working in 10 different countries, these chapters examine the uses and abuses of various writing-related assessments, and the policies that determine their form and use.

Pushing past the typical genre and elements approach, this text explains how to integrate children¿s literature into and across the curriculum in effective, purposeful ways. The materials and practical strategies focus on issues that impact children¿s lives, building from students` personal experiences and cultural knowledge to using language to question the everyday world, analyze popular culture and media, understand how power relationships are socially constructed, and consider actions to take that promote social justice.

Pushing past the typical genre and elements approach, this text explains how to integrate children¿s literature into and across the curriculum in effective, purposeful ways. The materials and practical strategies focus on issues that impact children¿s lives, building from students` personal experiences and cultural knowledge to using language to question the everyday world, analyze popular culture and media, understand how power relationships are socially constructed, and consider actions to take that promote social justice.

Spotlighting the challenges and realities faced by linguistically diverse immigrant and resident students in U.S. secondary schools and in their transitions from high school to community colleges and universities, this book looks at programs, interventions, and other factors that help or hinder them as they make this move.

Spotlighting the challenges and realities faced by linguistically diverse immigrant and resident students in U.S. secondary schools and in their transitions from high school to community colleges and universities, this book looks at programs, interventions, and other factors that help or hinder them as they make this move.

Brings together various approaches to the contextualized teaching of grammar & communicative skills as integrated components of second-language instruction. Purpose of the text is to show that grammar teaching can be productive & useful in ESL classroom

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This book describes the challenges ESL students in U.S. postsecondary institutions face when studying in a second language, and offers suggestions for how teachers, advisors, tutors, and institutions might provide support that meets their needs.

Practical and research-based, this introduction to current and effective English grammar instruction gives pre-service and in-service English language educatorsa strong foundation for teaching second language grammar and helps them develop their professional knowledge and skills. It provides a thorough and rounded overview of the principles, strategies, techniques, and applications currently dominant in teaching L2 grammar in a range of instructional settings around the world.

Current, comprehensive, and authoritative, this text gives language teachers and researchers both a set of conceptual tools with which to think and talk about creativity in language teaching and a wealth of practical advice about principles and practices that can be applied to making their lessons more creative.