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Mynard, Jo, Ed.; Shelton-Strong, Scott J., Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2022
Through the application of self-determination theory (SDT) to research and practice, this book deepens our understanding of how autonomous language learning can be supported and understood within environments outside of the classroom. Theoretical, empirical and practice-focused chapters examine autonomy support in a range of contexts and settings,…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Independent Study, Academic Advising, Second Language Learning
De Costa, Peter I., Ed.; Li, Wendy, Ed.; Lee, Jongbong, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2022
This book presents the results of research that focused on international students receiving writing instruction on a US university campus. It explores how the students developed their foreign-student identities and their own ways of grappling with the unique issues they encountered as they worked to improve their academic literacy skills. The book…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Multilingualism, Writing Instruction, Academic Language
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Crawford, Jenifer, Ed.; Filback, Robert A., Ed. – IGI Global, 2022
The field of TESOL encompasses English teachers who teach English as an additional language in English-dominant countries and those teachers who teach English as a foreign language in countries where a language other than English is the official language. This range of educators teaches English to children, adolescents, and adults in primary,…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Goldstein, Brian A., Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2012
Because dual language learners are the fastest--growing segment of the U.S. student population--and the majority speak Spanish as a first language--the new generation of SLPs must have comprehensive knowledge of how to work effectively with bilingual speakers. That's what they'll get in the second edition of this book, an ideal graduate-level text…
Descriptors: Language Skill Attrition, Socialization, Intervention, Phonology
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Li, Shuai, Ed.; Swanson, Peter, Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
Web 2.0 technologies, open source software platforms, and mobile applications have transformed teaching and learning of second and foreign languages. Language teaching has transitioned from a teacher-centered approach to a student-centered approach through the use of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) and new teaching approaches.…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Technology Integration, Second Language Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction
Wei, Li, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"The Routledge Applied Linguistics Reader" is an essential collection of readings for students of Applied Linguistics. Divided into five sections: Language Teaching and Learning, Second Language Acquisition, Applied Linguistics, Identity and Power and Language Use in Professional Contexts, the "Reader" takes a broad…
Descriptors: World Problems, Discourse Communities, Creativity, Applied Linguistics
DuFon, Margaret A., Ed.; Churchill, Eton, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2006
Examining the overseas experience of language learners in diverse contexts through a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches, studies in this volume look at the acquisition of language use, socialization processes, learner motivation, identity and learning strategies. In this way, the volume offers a privileged window into learner…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Motivation, Study Abroad, Socialization
Doughty, Catherine J., Ed.; Long, Michael H., Ed. – 2003
This handbook provides an integrated discussion of key issues in second language acquisition (SLA). The 24 chapters include the following: (1) "The Scope of Inquiry and the Goals of SLA" (Catherine J. Doughty and Michael H. Long); (2) "On the Nature of Interlanguage Representation: Universal Grammar in the Second Language"…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Grammar
Liddicoat, Anthony J., Ed.; Crozet, Chantal, Ed. – 2000
This collection of papers examines what it means to teach culture as an integrated part of language from both the language learner's and the language teacher's perspectives. The 11 papers include the following: "Teaching Cultures as an Integrated Part of Language: Implications for the Aims, Approaches and Pedagogies of Language Teaching"…
Descriptors: Chinese, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
Bayley, Robert, Ed.; Schecter, Sandra R., Ed. – 2003
This collection of papers explores language socialization from very early childhood through adulthood. After "Introduction: Toward a Dynamic Model of Language Socialization" (Robert Bayley and Sandra R. Schecter), there are 16 papers in 4 parts. Part 1, "Language Socialization at Home," includes: (1) "Transforming…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bilingualism, Cultural Differences, Early Childhood Education
Genesee, Fred, Ed. – 1994
This collection of 13 papers addresses the education of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) children at the preschool and elementary school level, focusing on the role of the school, curriculum, and community in second language acquisition. The papers are: (1) "Language, Culture, and Schooling" (Denise McKeon); (2) "Knowledge, Power, and Identity…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Coleman, Hywel, Ed. – 1996
The collection of essays on sociocultural factors in the second language classroom includes: "Autonomy and Ideology in the English Language Classroom" (Hywel Coleman); "Safe-Talk: Collusion in Apartheid Education" (J. Keith Chick); "English Language Education in Japan" (Virginia LoCastro); "Shadow Puppets and…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, College Environment