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Yates, Lynda – Language Teaching, 2017
That learners who want to develop good pragmatically-appropriate speaking skills in a language also need to develop good pronunciation is beyond dispute, and yet research continues to report that both areas still have low visibility in the curriculum and are often treated as poor relations in the classroom. Many teachers are still wary of what…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pragmatics, Pronunciation
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Knoch, Ute – Language Teaching, 2017
Since its inception in 1990, the Language Testing Research Centre (LTRC) at the University of Melbourne has earned an international reputation for its work in the areas of language assessment and testing as well as program evaluation. The mission of the centre is: (1) to carry out and promote research and development in language testing; (2) to…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Reputation, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Oliver, Rhonda; Chen, Honglin; Moore, Stephen – Language Teaching, 2016
This article reviews the significant and diverse range of research in applied linguistics published in Australia in the period 2008-2014. Whilst acknowledging that a great deal of research by Australian scholars has been published internationally during these seven years, this review is based on books, journal articles, and conference proceedings…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Research, Periodicals, English (Second Language)
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Fenton-Smith, Ben; Walkinshaw, Ian – Language Teaching, 2014
Griffith University is set across five campuses in south-east Queensland, Australia, and has a student population of 43,000. The School of Languages and Linguistics (LAL) offers programs in linguistics, international English, Chinese, Italian, Japanese and Spanish, as well as English language enhancement courses. Research strands reflect the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Linguistics, Departments
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Paltridge, Brian – Language Teaching, 2014
The term "genre" first came into the field of second-language (L2) writing and, in turn, the field of English for specific purposes (ESP) in the 1980s, with the research of John Swales, first carried out in the UK, into the introduction section of research articles. Other important figures in this area are Tony Dudley-Evans, Ann Johns…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Literary Genres, Language Styles, Grammar