Applied Linguistics

Formulaic Language: Pushing the Boundaries e-Book for Kindle

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Alison Wray

Form-focused Instruction and Teacher Education e-book for Kindle

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Sandra Fotos and Hossein Nassaji

Conversational Interaction in Second Language Acquisition e-Book for Kindle

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Alison Mackey

Second Language Research Methods e-book

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H W Seliger and E Shohamy

Based on a set of four research parameters, this book discusses the development of research questions and hypotheses, naturalistic and experimental research, data collection, and validation of research instruments. Each chapter includes examples and activities.
Are you about to start a Master's degree where you will be carrying out research for the first time? Or do you refer to research in your work as a teacher, teacher trainer, or materials writer? However you are involved with research, this book will give you a clear and thorough introduction to all the main types of language learning research.

The Struggle to teach English as an International Language e-book

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Adrian Holliday

This book is about the worlds and conflicts of TESOL teachers and researchers whose professional lives are both enriched and problematized by the cultural and political interfaces created by working with an international language. Central to this discussion is the balance of power in classroom and curriculum settings, the relationship between language, culture, and discourse, and the change in the ownership of English.

English is the main language of international communication, and almost everyone wants to learn it. But which English should we teach, and how?
In this book, Sandra Lee McKay challenges the cultural assumptions underlying much of the English teaching currently taking place. She looks at the implications of the spread of English as an international language for what we teach and how we teach it.

The Struggle to teach English as an International Language e-Book for Kindle

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Adrian Holliday

Second Language Research Methods e-Book for Kindle

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H W Seliger and E Shohamy

Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning e-book

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James P. Lantolf

This book represents a major statement of the current research being conducted into the learning of second languages from a sociocultural perspective.
Topics covered include: learning and teaching languages in the zone of proximal development; L1 mediation in the acquisition of L2 grammar and sociocultural theory as a theory of second language learning.

Language Learner Strategies e-book

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Andrew D. Cohen and Ernesto Macaro

Language Learner Strategies e-book

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Andrew D. Cohen and Ernesto Macaro

This book explores the notion that the reason some learners of second languages excel and others struggle lies in what the learners themselves do-the strategies they bring to language learning and to language use.