Böcker i Routledge Research in Language Education-serien

This book presents the latest research on understanding language teacher identity and development for both novice and experienced researchers and educators; it also introduces graduate students to key teacher identity research findings.

This collection brings together a series of empirical studies on topics surrounding classrooms of Chinese as a second language (L2) by drawing on a range of theoretical frameworks, methodological strategies, and pedagogical perspectives.

This book is a resource book that presents the most fundamental techniques of quantitative data analysis in the field of language assessment.

This book describes a theory-guided approach to Foreign Language (FL) course development, implementation, instruction and assessment.

The culmination of more than a decade of research, this compelling volume offers a fresh approach for applying functional linguistics to assess student performance, to inform the teaching and learning of Chinese and to design curriculum and teaching materials.

English is increasingly used as a lingua franca (ELF) in communicative situations the world over with the acceleration of globalisation. This volume focuses uniquely on English-medium instruction (EMI) in higher education from an ELF perspective.

This book explores theories of space and place in relation to autonomy in language learning. Encompassing a wide range of linguistically and culturally diverse learning contexts, this edited collection brings together research papers from academics working in fourteen countries.

This book proposes Meaning-order Approach to Pedagogical Grammar (MAP Grammar) as a practical pedagogical approach in ESL and EFL contexts. By focusing on the order of meaning in a sentence, MAP Grammar distills current descriptive sentence structures into one meaning-based sentence structure for teaching and learning.

This book ignites renewed discussion on the importance of linking the key concepts of collaboration and innovation in language education. The pivotal difference highlighted in this volume is the concept of team learning through collaborative relationships such as team teaching. It explores the ways that team learning happens in ELT environments and out of these explorations, a more robust concept of team learning will emerge.

This book examines the complexities of multiple discourses embedded in language teaching materials, addressing such issues as "legitimate knowledge", the politics of learning materials, global cultural awareness, competing ideologies, etc.

Language Education and Emotions presents innovative, empirical research into the influence of emotions and affective factors in language education, both in L1 and in foreign language education.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of language policy development in Ireland for the inclusion of three languages in the Primary School Curriculum. Using a comparative study of Ireland and Catalonia, chapters provide a theoretical examination of issues related to cognitive language acquisition and European policy regarding language status and use, along with empirical examinations of teacher attitudes to early trilingual education.

Originally published as a special issue of the journal Theory into Practice, this text examines innovative practices and research relating to Dual Language Education (DLE) in the US.

TESOL Teacher Education in a Transnational World critically examines theories and practices in contemporary TESOL teacher education to shed new light on the intersection of transnationalism and language teacher education.

This book showcases pedagogical tools for learning languages through interdisciplinary project-based learning (PBL). Chapters demonstrate a diverse range of PBL activities that help students build communities of practice within classroom settings, and across local and global communities.

Shadowing, an active and highly cognitive language learning technique in which learners a little-known but effective linguistic learning technique in which subjects track heard speech and vocalise it simultaneously, is often misunderstood and resultant inappropriate use renders it ineffective. This book debunks the myths about Shadowing and cements it as a separate technique by providing theoretical and practical instructions on its use. As an effective method to improve learners' bottom-up listening skills, this book will certainly prove useful to English Foreign Language learners and instructors in their linguistic pursuits.

English education programs are frequently reformed to reflect need for proficieny. In response to these changes, educational contexts worldwide have implemented English education with uniquely different goals, motivations, features and pedagogies. While most research has focused on macro level language policy and planning, there is a growing interest in micro planning, especially teachers¿ agency in policy response. Teachers' capacity to act and shape their responses to educational reforms and practices is a quality developed through knowledge and experience. This book examines the agency of the teacher in negotiating educational reforms and policy changes at the local and national levels.

This book systematically explores and discusses English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) research methods frequently deployed by ELF researchers in analysing their data. It covers three different approaches: corpus-based, both written and spoken, conversation analytic and narrative approaches.

This edited book comprises chapters integrated around a central theme on college-educated Japanese, Korean and Chinese women's orientation to English study.