Böcker utgivna av Channel View Publications Ltd

This book is the first to explore Arabic tourism from a business viewpoint and focuses on business planning, management and marketing destinations in the Arab World. It examines similarities and differences in the emergence and development of the tourism industry in countries across the Arab world as well as its inbound and outbound travel flows.

This book explores how complex systems theory can contribute to the understanding of classroom language learner motivation through an extended examination of the dynamic conditions operating in a foreign language classroom in Japan. Its reflexive, narrative approach shines light on the evolving nature of research and role of the researcher.

This is the first book devoted to exploring issues of learning written Japanese, focusing on the challenges the writing system poses for the second language learner. It weaves together previous research on Japanese second language acquisition and kanji learning with original studies on self-regulation and kanji learning strategies.

This book presents research on the learning of foreign languages by children in primary school settings. It covers issues that have been under-researched within this group of learners such as implicit/explicit learning, interaction, feedback provision, first language use, metalinguistic awareness, noticing and individual variables.

This book presents research on the learning of foreign languages by children in primary school settings. It covers issues that have been under-researched within this group of learners such as implicit/explicit learning, interaction, feedback provision, first language use, metalinguistic awareness, noticing and individual variables.

This book examines and analyses the connections between gastronomy, tourism and the media. It argues that in the modern world, gastronomy is increasingly a major component and driver of tourism and that destinations are using their cuisines and food cultures in marketing to increase their competitive advantage.

This volume provides an overview of cultural tourism in southern Africa. It examines the utilisation of culture in southern African tourism and the related impacts, possibilities and challenges from wide-ranging perspectives. Concepts explored include authenticity, commodification, the tourist gaze and 'Otherness', heritage and sustainability.

When the former Yugoslavia disintegrated in the early 1990s, competence in English was not widespread. This book explores how English became equated with economic survival for many during and after the ensuing war. The diverse range of themes, from the classroom to the military, offers a comprehensive account of the evolving status of English.

This volume provides an overview of cultural tourism in southern Africa. It examines the utilisation of culture in southern African tourism and the related impacts, possibilities and challenges from wide-ranging perspectives. Concepts explored include authenticity, commodification, the tourist gaze and 'Otherness', heritage and sustainability.

This collection provides an unprecedented insight into current approaches to the phenomenon of crosslinguistic influence (CLI) in SLA. Chapters investigate a variety of issues, structures and languages from different viewpoints to provide new perspectives on theoretical and empirical issues in CLI.

This collection provides an unprecedented insight into current approaches to the phenomenon of crosslinguistic influence (CLI) in SLA. Chapters investigate a variety of issues, structures and languages from different viewpoints to provide new perspectives on theoretical and empirical issues in CLI.

This book is an exploration of the vitality of multilingualism and its critical importance in and for contemporary cities. It examines how the city has emerged as a key driver of the multilingual future, a concentration of different, changing cultures which somehow manage to create a new identity.

This book investigates language disorders in children who speak languages other than, or in addition to, English. The volume aims to stimulate thoughtful clinical practices and further research in language disorders in multilingual populations.

This book investigates language disorders in children who speak languages other than, or in addition to, English. The volume aims to stimulate thoughtful clinical practices and further research in language disorders in multilingual populations.

Film-induced tourism can revitalise regional/rural communities and increase tourism to urban centres, however it carries with it its own unique problems. This book explores such elements, delving into the disciplines of sociology and psychology, along with the fields of destination marketing, community development and strategic planning.

This book is the first to explore Asian gendered identities and tourism from both Asian and Western perspectives. The authors reflect on the role of tourism in producing, reiterating and resisting existing gendered structures of power in Asia and on their own experiences of understanding and negotiating Western and Asian identities and practices.

This book explores second language (L2) learning, teaching, and assessment from a comprehensible input (CI) perspective. It takes a blended approach that promotes the intertwining of theory, research and practice in L2 pedagogy and assessment and aims to address the commonly used concept of CI and its role in L2 education.

This book focuses on issues regarding the learning of a foreign language in older adults (aged 60 and over). It details a multidisciplinary study on Japanese older learners of Spanish and discusses the influence of learning experiences on vocabulary learning strategy use. It also proposes concrete techniques for teachers of older learners.

This book presents an ethnographic study of a modern language classroom where students not only learn to speak, read, listen or write a new language, but where they also learn to understand, to feel and to be in new ways, and to potentially transform themselves and the world around them through language study.

This book critically reviews essential approaches to literacy research and practice in the digital age while showing the relationships between these vital paradigms. This indispensable volume also introduces sensory literacies - a new approach with powerful potential for today's learning environments.

This volume brings together scholars from various disciplines to discuss how language is used by, for and about refugees in the United States in order to deepen our understanding of what 'refugee' and 'resettlement' mean. The book will be of interest to researchers of applied linguistics and sociolinguistics, anthropology and cultural studies.

This volume brings together scholars from various disciplines to discuss how language is used by, for and about refugees in the United States in order to deepen our understanding of what 'refugee' and 'resettlement' mean. The book will be of interest to researchers of applied linguistics and sociolinguistics, anthropology and cultural studies.

This volume brings together new research from different theoretical paradigms addressing the acquisition of French as a second language. It focuses on the acquisition of French in combination with different languages and enriches our understanding of the particularities of French and the role of language combinations in the acquisition process.

In this book, Wang combines practical evidence-based advice with observations of her own family to explore the challenges of parenting teenagers within a multilingual family. This book places language within the wider context of teenagers' development, and will enable parents to assist their teenagers on their journey to multilingualism.

This interdisciplinary book examines the interactional management of emotionality in second language autobiographical interview research. Taking a discursive constructionist approach, it weaves together critical discussion and close analysis and offers new insights into emotion, narrative, identity, sociocultural belonging, and reflexive practice.

This book examines the applications of language learning motivation research theories and models from WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, developed) contexts to the EFL situation in Asian countries. Themes include the use of L2 selves as a theoretical model of motivation, teacher motivation and demotivation in Asian educational systems.

This book examines the applications of language learning motivation research theories and models from WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, developed) contexts to the EFL situation in Asian countries. Themes include the use of L2 selves as a theoretical model of motivation, teacher motivation and demotivation in Asian educational systems.

This volume brings together a selection of Richard Ruiz' writings on language planning orientations, bilingual and language minority education, language threat and endangerment, voice and empowerment, and even language fun, accompanied by contributions from colleagues and former students reflecting and expanding on Ruiz' ground-breaking work.

This volume brings together a selection of Richard Ruiz' writings on language planning orientations, bilingual and language minority education, language threat and endangerment, voice and empowerment, and even language fun, accompanied by contributions from colleagues and former students reflecting and expanding on Ruiz' ground-breaking work.

This book examines translanguaging in higher education and provides clear examples of what translanguaging looks like in practice in particular contexts around the world. Chapters show how the use of translanguaging practices allows students and professors to build on their linguistic repertoires to more effectively learn content.