Handbook of Undergraduate Second Language Education

2013-06-17
Handbook of Undergraduate Second Language Education

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  • Author: Judith W. Rosenthal
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1135676631
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 576

This volume offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date description of the wide array of second language programs currently available to undergraduate students in the United States and abroad. It brings together, for the first time, detailed descriptions of programs in foreign language, English as a second language (ESL), dual language (bilingual), American Sign Language, Native American, and heritage languages. Addressing both theory and practice, the volume presents the historical development, current practices, and future directions of each type of program, along with detailed case studies. For second language teachers, academic administrators, and teacher educators, this Handbook provides information that will be useful in making instructional and programmatic planning decisions.

The Handbook of Language Teaching

2011-08-15
The Handbook of Language Teaching

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  • Author: Michael H. Long
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • ISBN: 1444350021
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 836

Bringing together an international and interdisciplinary team of contributors, this Handbook is a wide-ranging and invaluable reference guide to language teaching. A comprehensive reference work on language teaching, which combines the latest research findings, coverage of core topics, and examples of teaching experience from a variety of languages and settings Provides a unique breadth of coverage, including: the psycholinguistic underpinnings of language learning; social, political, and educational contexts; program design; materials writing and course design; teaching and testing; teacher education; and assessment and evaluation Offers a balanced evaluation of the major positions and approaches, including examining the increasingly important social and political context of language teaching Written by an international and interdisciplinary group of authors from a dozen different countries; English is only one of the many languages used as examples throughout the volume

The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition

2008-04-15
The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition

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  • Author: Catherine J. Doughty
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • ISBN: 1405151889
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 904

The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition presents an integrated discussion of key, and sometimes controversial, issues in second language acquisition research. Discusses the biological and cognitive underpinnings of SLA, mechanisms, processes, and constraints on SLA, the level of ultimate attainment, research methods, and the status of SLA as a cognitive science. Includes contributions from twenty-seven of the world's leading scholars. Provides an invaluable resource for all students and scholars of human cognition, including those in linguistics, psychology, applied linguistics, ESL, foreign languages, and cognitive science.

The Routledge Handbook of Instructed Second Language Acquisition

2017-02-17
The Routledge Handbook of Instructed Second Language Acquisition

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  • Author: Shawn Loewen
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1317386744
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 793

The Routledge Handbook of Instructed Second Language Acquisition is the first collection of state-of-the-art papers pertaining to Instructed Second Language Acquisition (ISLA). Written by 45 world-renowned experts, the entries are full-length articles detailing pertinent issues with up-to-date references. Each chapter serves three purposes: (1) provide a review of current literature and discussions of cutting edge issues; (2) share the authors’ understanding of, and approaches to, the issues; and (3) provide direct links between research and practice. In short, based on the chapters in this handbook, ISLA has attained a level of theoretical and methodological maturity that provides a solid foundation for future empirical and pedagogical discovery. This handbook is the ideal resource for researchers, graduate students, upper-level undergraduate students, teachers, and teacher-educators who are interested in second language learning and teaching. .

The Cambridge Guide to Pedagogy and Practice in Second Language Teaching

2012-01-31
The Cambridge Guide to Pedagogy and Practice in Second Language Teaching

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  • Author: Jack C. Richards
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 1107015863
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 313

This collection provides a state-of-the-art survey of key issues and approaches in contemporary second language teaching.

The Handbook of Bilingual and Multilingual Education

2017-09-25
The Handbook of Bilingual and Multilingual Education

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  • Author: Wayne E. Wright
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • ISBN: 1119005493
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 688

The Handbook of Bilingual and Multilingual Education presents the first comprehensive international reference work of the latest policies, practices, and theories related to the dynamic interdisciplinary field of bilingual and multilingual education. Represents the first comprehensive reference work that covers bilingual, multilingual, and multicultural educational policies and practices around the world Features contributions from 78 established and emerging international scholars Offers extensive coverage in sixteen chapters of language and education issues in specific and diverse regional/geographic contexts, including South Africa, Mexico, Latvia, Cambodia, Japan, and Texas Covers pedagogical issues such as language assessment as well as offering evolving perspectives on the needs of specific learner populations, such as ELLs, learners with language impairments, and bilingual education outside of the classroom

Language and Language-in-Education Planning in the Pacific Basin

2003-01-31
Language and Language-in-Education Planning in the Pacific Basin

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  • Author: R.B. Kaplan
  • Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
  • ISBN: 9781402010620
  • Category : Business & Economics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 300

This work examines and reviews the ecological context of language planning in 14 countries in the Pacific basin: Japan, the two Koreas, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. It provides the only up-to-date overview and review of language policy in the region and challenges those interested in language policy and planning to think about how such goals might be achieved in the context of language ecology.

Technology Implementation in Second Language Teaching and Translation Studies

2016-05-03
Technology Implementation in Second Language Teaching and Translation Studies

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  • Author: María Luisa Carrió-Pastor
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 9811005729
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 258

This monograph mainly focuses on the idea that language teaching in higher education involves making use of new approaches and technology. It identifies the key determinants of the materials needed to improve language teaching on the basis of the actual experimental research included in the respective contributions. Thanks to its unique perspective, the book offers a distinctive approach to addressing empirical research on second language teaching, translator training and technology. As universities are some of the best arenas for analyzing teaching techniques for various subjects, higher education teachers can use this book to thoroughly prepare for the application of pilot studies and learn more about students' responses to new teaching and translation techniques. An enlightening guide for scholars and students with an academic interest in acquiring the basic principles of language teaching and translation, this book mainly provides actual cases in which the implementation of technology was useful to second language teachers and translation trainers. As the authors are experienced scholars, readers will not only come to understand how to use new teaching strategies, but also discover that the proposals described in each chapter can be useful to any level of second language training for teachers and translators.

The Cambridge Guide to Learning English as a Second Language

2018-03-15
The Cambridge Guide to Learning English as a Second Language

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  • Author: Anne Burns
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 1108408419
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 365

Through its up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of current perspectives, this volume aims to expand understanding of what it means to learn English as a second or additional language. The focus throughout the book is primarily on language learning, but each chapter also discusses the implications for teaching and assessment, thus informing both understanding and practice. The book is organised into nine sections, with 36 chapters presenting a wide and diverse range of accounts of the learning of English. Four major themes which permeate the chapters are: Learning and learners; learning and language; learning and language development; and learning and learning contexts--back cover.

Foreign Language Education in America

2016-04-08
Foreign Language Education in America

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  • Author: Steven Berbeco
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 1137528508
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 256

Foreign language teaching in America today falls into three distinct fields of influence and interest: public and private schools, college and other post-secondary programs, and courses for adult learners. At a time when academics and instructors in each of these fields seek to answer similar questions, too few published resources recognize and address the parallels among them. In response, Foreign Language Education in America is an edited book with contributions that represent the diversity in foreign language education today, including perspectives from elementary, middle schools, high schools, university-level courses, summer programs, federal government, and international learning. This is a practical guide to the state of the field that fills a much-needed gap for scholars, researchers, administrators, and practitioners who are looking for a resource that describes effective practices across the field.