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D'Angelo, Francesca – Multilingual Matters, 2023
This book contributes to emerging research on third language acquisition (TLA) and pinpoints the main factors characterising TLA as a different process and area of study from second language acquisition. Moving beyond the dichotomous conception of monolingualism and bilingualism, it proposes a holistic and interdisciplinary approach to studying…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Bilingualism
Milica Savic; Anders Myrset; Maria Economidou-Kogetsidis – Multilingual Matters, 2024
This book introduces the main concepts of pragmatics as they relate to the young English language learner classroom and research with young second language learners (YLLs). It considers the speech acts which are particularly relevant to YLLs and presents research findings on learners' development of speech act perception and production. It…
Descriptors: Speech Acts, Pragmatics, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers
Elvira Swender – American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2023
The "ACTFL Performance Descriptors for Language Learners" are designed to describe language performance that is the result of explicit instruction in an instructional setting. A companion to the "ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines," a document that describes broad, general language proficiency regardless of when, where or how…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Rating Scales, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Dongbo Zhang, Editor; Ryan T. Miller, Editor – Educational Linguistics, 2023
This volume brings together original papers from language education scholars from around the world to explore, exemplify, and discuss the multiplicity of boundary crossing in language education. It emphasizes the potential of boundary crossing for expansive learning, and aims to generate new insights, through boundary crossing, into the complexity…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Innovation, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Hayo Reinders Ed. – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2023
This edited book brings together an international cast of contributors and chapters which recognise the complexity of teacher leadership and its situated and dynamic nature. Chapters in this book are research-driven, and each reports on findings from (teacher-led and otherwise) research, synthesising the current state-of-the-art in each area. Each…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Leadership, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Tim Stewart – TESOL Press, 2023
In the first edition of this book, Tim Stewart provided an easy-to-follow guide to conducting classroom research, from getting started to publishing your findings. The second edition of "Classroom Research for Language Teachers" further explores different approaches to conducting classroom research in the English language classroom,…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Marianne Nikolov, Editor; Stela Letica Krevelj, Editor – Multilingual Matters, 2024
Over the past six decades, the field of teaching modern foreign languages to young learners has come a long way, from the early surmises about the advantages of a young start to today's widespread integration of foreign languages into curricula in public and private schools. The chapters in this book bring together internationally renowned…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, FLES
Jocelyn Amevuvor – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2024
As a home literacy researcher, I firmly believe that richer literacy classroom communities are built and that students are more motivated to learn when the literacies in the classroom connect with the literacies valued within students' homes and communities. For these reasons, my case study was situated within the context of a family literacy…
Descriptors: Photography, Females, Multilingualism, Immigrants
Tour, Ekaterina; Creely, Edwin; Waterhouse, Peter – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022
Offering a new perspective on adult English language education, this book provides theoretical and practical insights into how digital literacies can be included in the learning programmes for newly arrived adults from migrant and refugee backgrounds. "Enhancing Digital Literacies with Adult English Language Learners" takes readers…
Descriptors: Adult Education, English Language Learners, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Helman, Lori; Bear, Donald R.; Invernizzi, Marcia; Templeton, Shane; Johnston, Francine R. – Pearson, 2023
"Word Study: Emergent Sorts for Spanish-Speaking Multilingual Learners" is the ideal stage-specific companion to Word Study with Multilingual Learners. Beginning with picture concept sorts, it provides strategies to help teachers make sorting more meaningful. The text develops a routine for introducing English vocabulary, helping…
Descriptors: Phonics, Spanish Speaking, Spelling, Vocabulary Development
Noriko Iwashita; Phung Dao; Mai Xuan Nhat Chi Nguyen – Multilingual Matters, 2025
This book provides an overview and analysis of the role that classroom interaction plays in instructed second language acquisition. The authors synthesise current state-of-the-art research on how classroom interaction benefits L2 learning through the lens of three theoretical perspectives: cognitive-interactionist (with a focus on how…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Socialization, Language Usage
Ritz, Catherine; Toro, Christina – American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2022
"Proficiency-Based Instruction: Input & Interaction in World Language Education" will equip teachers of any language and of any level with specific, practical, and straightforward tools to bring input and interaction to life in the classroom. Teaching for proficiency is fun and engaging for both students and their teachers, and the…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Bérénice Darnault – Multilingual Matters, 2025
This book traces the motivational dynamics embedded within lifelong foreign language learning trajectories, examining the factors which generate and sustain motivation throughout a learner's life. Embracing a complexity approach, it views motivation as a long-term individual process that evolves along a narrative continuum, developing over the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Lifelong Learning, Learning Motivation
Anne Feryok, Editor – Multilingual Matters, 2024
This is the first edited volume to bring together research on the interaction between language teacher identity and wellbeing. It addresses the need for further research on the experience of language teachers and the vulnerability and resilience they demonstrate in the face of threats to their wellbeing. Naming, describing and analyzing issues…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Well Being
Daniel Roy Pearce – Multilingual Matters, 2024
This book explores alternative approaches to foreign language education in a context which is traditionally dominated by English-only approaches, and widely viewed as highly monolingual. It examines the grassroots classroom practices of teachers and their assistants involved in plurilingual education in the first longitudinal research of its type…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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