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M. Dolores Ramírez-Verdugo Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024
This innovative collection explores transnational approaches to bilingual teacher education from different angles, unpacking the challenges and opportunities in contemporary global bilingual programs. The book offers a thorough account of transnational pedagogical research and best practice in bilingual and second language education to advance…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Bilingual Education, Foreign Countries, Content and Language Integrated Learning
Susan Ballinger, Editor; Ruth Fielding, Editor; Diane J. Tedick, Editor – Multilingual Matters, 2024
This book fills a large gap in our understanding of how to prepare teachers for the challenging but increasingly popular task of integrating content and language instruction. It brings together findings on content-based teacher education from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and North America in order to inform researchers and teacher educators and…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
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Karpava, Sviatlana, Ed. – IGI Global, 2023
In today's educational world, it is crucial for language teachers to continuously evolve in order to best serve language learners. Further study on the best practices and challenges in the language classroom is crucial to ensure instructors continue to grow as educators. The "Handbook of Research on Language Teacher Identity" addresses…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Professional Identity, Faculty Development, Second Language Instruction
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Silvia Kunitz, Editor; Numa Markee, Editor; Olcay Sert, Editor – Educational Linguistics, 2021
This book presents an international range of conversation analytic (CA) studies of classroom interaction which all discuss their empirical findings in terms of their theoretical and methodological contribution to the field of second language studies and their potential pedagogical relevance. The volume is thus unique in its focus on the…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Classroom Communication, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction
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Reinders, Hayo, Ed.; Ryan, Stephen, Ed.; Nakamura, Sachiko, Ed. – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2019
This book examines a wide range of innovations in language learning and teaching in Japan. Each of the chapters describes the impetus for a change or new development in a particular context, from early childhood to adult learning, details its implementation and provides an evaluation of its success. In doing so, they provide a comprehensive…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Manchón, Rosa M., Ed. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2020
The current volume aspires to add to previous research on the connection between writing and language learning from a dual perspective: It seeks to reflect current progress in the domain as well as to foster future developments in theory and research. The theoretical postulations contained in Part I identify and expand in novel ways the diverse…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Baran-Lucarz, Malgorzata, Ed.; Czura, Anna, Ed.; Jedynak, Malgorzata, Ed.; Klimas, Anna, Ed.; Slowik-Krogulec, Agata, Ed. – English Language Education, 2023
This edited volume offers an insightful theoretical conceptualization of issues central to 21st century foreign language learning and teaching. Drawing on research results obtained in the fields of pedagogy, social psychology and sociology of education, this book provides a comprehensive practical exploration of issues experienced by researchers…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods
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Kirkgöz, Yasemin, Ed.; Dikilitas, Kenan, Ed. – English Language Education, 2018
This volume offers research-based studies on English for Specific Purposes in higher education from across the world. By drawing on international studies, the book brings together diverse ESP practices and aspects of relevant issues in the development of ESP programs, teachers and learners in a coherent fashion. There is a growing need for…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Higher Education, Educational Practices, Second Language Instruction
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Llinares, Ana, Ed.; Morton, Tom, Ed. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2017
This book represents the first collection of studies on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) which brings together a range of perspectives through which CLIL has been investigated within Applied Linguistics. The book aims to show how the four perspectives of Second Language Acquisition (SLA), Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL),…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Reinders, Hayo, Ed.; Nunan, David, Ed.; Zou, Bin, Ed. – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2017
This book evaluates the origins of processes of change in language teaching in China, and the factors influencing their success. Examining diverse experiences and drawing on the perspectives of academics from the top institutions in the country, the authors analyse the complex interplay between global and local influences on language policies.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
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Lasagabaster, David, Ed.; Doiz, Aintzane, Ed.; Sierra, Juan Manuel, Ed. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2014
Motivation is a key aspect of second language learning. There is no doubt that abstract models are basic to gain theoretical insights into motivation; however, teachers and researchers demand comprehensible explanations for motivation that can help them to improve their everyday teaching and research. The aim of this book is to provide both…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Content and Language Integrated Learning
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Sato, Masatoshi, Ed.; Ballinger, Susan, Ed. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2016
This volume represents the first collection of empirical studies focusing on peer interaction for L2 learning. These studies aim to unveil the impact of mediating variables such as task type, mode of interaction, and social relationships on learners' interactional behaviors and language development in this unique and pedagogically powerful…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods