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Second Language Acquisition eBook Series

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  • Language Learner Autonomy

    Theory, Practice and Research

    by Prof. David Little, Leni Dam, Lienhard Legenhausen ...
    Series Book 117 - Second Language Acquisition
    This is the first book on language learner autonomy to combine comprehensive accounts of classroom practice with empirical and case-study research and a wide-ranging engagement with applied linguistic and pedagogical theory. It provides a detailed description of an autonomy classroom in action, focusing on Danish mixed-ability learners of English at lower secondary level, and reports the findings ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

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  • Fundamentals of Translation

    by Sonia Colina ...
    Clear and concise, this textbook provides a non-technical introduction to the basic and central concepts of translation theory and practice, including translation briefs, parallel texts and textual functions, cohesion and coherence, and old and new information. Colina focuses on the key concepts that beginning students of translation, practising translators, language students and language ... Read more

    $33.69 USD

  • The Acquisition of L2 Phonology

    by Arabski, Janusz and Wojtaszek, Adam (eds) ...
    The Acquisition of L2 Phonology is a wide-ranging new collection which explores various aspects of the acquisition of an L2 phonological system. It covers L2 speech production and perception, theoretical conceptualisations of L2 phonology acquisition, and the importance of the mastery of highly intelligible pronunciation as an important component of L2 education. ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • For the Love of Language

    An Introduction to Linguistics

    by Kate Burridge, Tonya N. Stebbins ...
    For the Love of Language: An Introduction to Linguistics is an engaging introduction to human language and the role of linguistics in understanding its fundamental design, acquisition and functions. Replete with case studies and examples from Australia, New Zealand and around the world, this text offers a thorough introduction to core topics, including the structure and meaning of words, the ... Read more

    $85.29 USD

  • Measuring L2 Proficiency

    Perspectives from SLA

    Edited by Pascale Leclercq, Amanda Edmonds, Heather Hilton ...
    Series Book 78 - Second Language Acquisition
    The creation of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) has given rise to interest and debate among policy makers, testers, teachers and researchers alike in the reliability and feasibility of the assessment of second language (L2) proficiency. This volume brings together concrete ideas on identifying and measuring L2 proficiency from different branches of SLA research ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Plurilingual Code-Switching between Standard and Local Varieties

    A Socio-Psycholinguistic Approach

    by Dino Selvaggi, Maurizio Gotti ...
    Series Book 229 - Linguistic Insights
    This book presents a comparative study on plurilingual code-switching (CS) in Italy, Croatia and Scotland-UK, based on Italian in contact with four standard varieties (Spanish, English, Philipino and Croatian) and five non-standard varieties (Arbereshe, Occitan, Calabrese, Istrovenetian and Chakavski).It intends to fill a gap in the literature by proposing an interdisciplinary perspective, as most ... Read more

    $68.09 USD

  • Handbook of Arabic Literacy

    Insights and Perspectives

    Edited by Elinor Saiegh-Haddad, R. Malatesha Joshi ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book provides a synopsis of recently published empirical research into the acquisition of reading and writing in Arabic. Its particular focus is on the interplay between the linguistic and orthographic structure of Arabic and the development of reading and writing/spelling. In addition, the book addresses the socio-cultural, political and educational milieu in which Arabic literacy is ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • NABE Review of Research and Practice

    Volume 3

    Edited by Virginia Gonzalez, Josefina Tinajero ...
    The National Association of Bilingual Education (NABE) published electronic issues of Volumes 1 and 2 of the NABE Journal of Research and Practice to offer archival records of 2002 and 2003 NABE conferences presentations. Beginning with Volume 3, the title of the publication is changed to NABE Review of Research and Practice and is published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. for NABE.NABE ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Heritage and School Language Literacy Development in Migrant Children

    Interdependence or Independence?

    Edited by Raphael Berthele, Amelia Lambelet ...
    Series Book 119 - Second Language Acquisition
    This book discusses literacy development in heritage language speakers and presents the results of four different quantitative studies that investigate the transfer of literacy skills in bi- and multilingual language development. The empirical studies focus on different populations of pupils, most of them located in various parts of Switzerland, and emphasise the potential residing in shared or ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Reconsidering Early Bilingualism

    A Corpus-Based Study of Polish Migrant Children in the United Kingdom

    by Marcin Opacki ...
    Series Book 9 - Gdansk Studies in Language
    This book investigates the language of Polish-English bilingual children raised in the United Kingdom and their Polish monolingual counterparts. It exemplifies the lexico-grammatical knowledge of both groups and uses corpus-based grammatical inference in order to establish the source of the impediment of the minority language of the bilingual group. The author applies the methodology of corpus ... Read more

    $77.09 USD

  • Decolonizing Primary English Language Teaching

    by Mario E. López-Gopar ...
    Series Book 12 - Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights
    This book tells the story of a project in Mexico which aimed to decolonize primary English teaching by building on research that suggests Indigenous students are struggling in educational systems and are discriminated against by the mainstream. Led by their instructor, a group of student teachers aspired to challenge the apparent world phenomenon that associates English with “progress” and make ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Demotivation in Second Language Acquisition

    Insights from Japan

    by Keita Kikuchi ...
    Series Book 90 - Second Language Acquisition
    SLA literature tends to focus predominantly on what motivates language learners, but what demotivates them has not been widely discussed. This book, focusing exclusively on demotivation, will help readers to understand motivational issues from a different perspective. The aims of the work are threefold: to present the current developments of demotivation research in the field of SLA and bridge ... Read more

    $14.29 USD