This collection gathers contributions from scholars from Poland and abroad addressing different facets of research into the processes of foreign-language and second-language learning and teaching as they transpire in a typical language classroom.
This collection gathers contributions from scholars from Poland and abroad addressing different facets of research into the processes of foreign-langu...
This book investigates the three pivotal points of text for foreign language acquisition: reception, construction and deconstruction. In Part One, the focus is on various aspects of text reception, such as developing literacy, text interest, and perceptions of the academic register or the assessment of spoken language in educational contexts. Part Two deals with various aspects of composing text, such as author identity, lexical constructs or collaborative web-based writing. Lastly, Part Three presents the various segmental items that constitute text, like lexical clustering, L1/L2...
This book investigates the three pivotal points of text for foreign language acquisition: reception, construction and deconstruction. In Part One, ...
This book introduces readers to the principles of a fairlynew branch of psychology - positive psychology - and demonstrates how they canbe applied in the context of second language acquisition in a naturalenvironment and in instructed foreign language (FL) learning.
This book introduces readers to the principles of a fairlynew branch of psychology - positive psychology - and demonstrates how they canbe applied in ...
PartTwo brings together papers related to teacher awareness of second language instruction that focus on conversational styles, fostering interculturalpragmatics, teacher job satisfaction, the development of instructionalmaterials and challenges of teacher training in different contexts.
PartTwo brings together papers related to teacher awareness of second language instruction that focus on conversational styles, fostering intercultura...
This volume approaches teaching, learning and testing speaking from a variety of theoretical perspectives. It provides an account of original studies investigating different aspects of the development and use of speaking skills.
This volume approaches teaching, learning and testing speaking from a variety of theoretical perspectives. It provides an account of original studies ...
This book presents evaluation cases from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) context, investigating the various facets of evaluation in different parts of the MENA region and beyond. In 19 chapters, it explores cases from Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, the UAE, Turkey, Iran and Morocco.
The book highlights the impact of evaluation on a range of stakeholders, arguing that it has repercussions at the individual, societal, economic, cultural and political levels, that it also has an ethical dimension, and that it is tailored to people s needs, helping them to remain...
This book presents evaluation cases from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) context, investigating the various facets of evaluation in differe...
This volume brings together papers on a wide spectrum of topics within the broad area of language acquisition, stressing the interconnections between applied and theoretical linguistics, as well as language research methodology.
This volume brings together papers on a wide spectrum of topics within the broad area of language acquisition, stressing the interconnections between ...
This book looks at how language awareness affects the outcomes of foreign and second language acquisition in advanced learners. It examines how language awareness can be enhanced in the classroom and what effects language awareness has on attained proficiency.
This book looks at how language awareness affects the outcomes of foreign and second language acquisition in advanced learners. It examines how langua...
