This study contributes to theoretical understandings of how intercultural competence develops through intercultural contact situations through a detailed, multiple case study of three conceptually comparable contexts in which Western backpackers study Spanish in Latin America. The study is a critica..
The concept of Active Listening, based on five vital strands of listening research, can be used as a clear guide for practitioners to plan and deliver effective courses of study. The book identifies the key theories in listening, organizes them into a coherent set of Active Listening principles, and..
The proliferation of language awareness has now led to a need for a reassessment of the nature of language awareness. This accessible text addresses that need in developing a more rigorous and critical theoretical underpinning for what language awareness is and should do. In particular, it argues t..
The proliferation of language awareness has now led to a need for a reassessment of the nature of language awareness. This accessible text addresses that need in developing a more rigorous and critical theoretical underpinning for what language awareness is and should do. In particular, it argues t..
This edited volume comprises empirical and theoretical research on Daisaku Ikeda’s philosophy and practice of language and education. It is the first such book on Ikeda, who has emerged as an important figure in international education in the U.S., Japan, Brazil, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kon..
This edited volume comprises empirical and theoretical research on Daisaku Ikeda’s philosophy and practice of language and education. It is the first such book on Ikeda, who has emerged as an important figure in international education in the U.S., Japan, Brazil, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kon..
Essential reading for all MA students on TESOL and Applied Linguistics courses, this Reader introduces a range of theories of second language acquisition and the contested explanations of effective language learning...
Focusing on the testing and assessment of English as an international language, this book contains four main parts which cover theoretical considerations, reading tests, literacy assessment and policy implications...
Global Englishes and Change in English Language Teaching: Attitudes and Impact brings together research from the fields of Global Englishes and ELT to provide concrete proposals for the teaching of English as a Lingua Franca...
Humor in the Classroom provides practical, research-based answers to questions that educational researchers and language teachers might have about the social and cognitive benefits that humor and language play afford in classroom discourse and additional language learning...