This book is the first longitudinal study that addresses language policy and planning in the context of a major international sporting event and examines the ideological, political, social, cultural, and economic effects of such context-specific policy initiatives on contemporary China. The book has important reference value for future research on language management at the supernational level and language services for linguistically complex events. At the same time, it presents some broader implications for current and future language policy makers, language educators and learners,...

Informed by theory, research, and classroom practice, the volume provides a systematic overview of critical L2 writing issues. Additionally, with the aim to support instruction across all levels of education for Chinese speakers, this book introduces pre-service and in-service teachers to new teaching ideas, techniques, and practice.

The influence of language, metaphonology, RAN, and short-term memory on literacy is widely acknowledged. The existence of a bilingual advantage in these skills is highly debated. Nevertheless, longitudinal studies about the effects of these skills on reading and writing are sparse, notably in shallow-orthography languages and bilingual populations. The book addresses this gap by longitudinally describing the typical and atypical development of preliteracy and literacy in Italian monolinguals and bilinguals. Children’s preliteracy skills and their effects on literacy are monitored from...