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Nina Spada – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2024
This volume presents the second edition of the "Communicative Orientation of Language Teaching (COLT) Observation Scheme." Since the book's original publication, COLT has become well established as a research instrument in L2 teaching and learning. This new edition brings COLT into the 21st century by introducing digital versions of the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Web Based Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Gurzynski-Weiss, Laura, Ed. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2020
This book examines the role of interlocutors and their individual differences (IDs) in second language (L2) development from four theoretical lenses: the cognitive-interactionist approach, sociocultural theory, the variationist approach, and complex dynamic systems theory. A theoretical overview to each approach is written by a preeminent scholar…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Sociocultural Patterns
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Ockey, Gary J.; Wagner, Elvis – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2018
This book is relevant for language testers, listening researchers, and oral proficiency teachers, in that it explores four broad themes related to the assessment of L2 listening ability: the use of authentic, real-world spoken texts; the effects of different speech varieties of listening inputs; the use of audio-visual texts; and assessing…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Listening Comprehension Tests
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van Compernolle, Rémi A. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2015
This volume addresses the role of communicative interaction in driving various dimensions of second language development from the perspective of Vygotskian sociocultural psychology. Emphasizing the dialectical relationship between the external-social world and individual mental functioning, the chapters delve into a wide range of topics…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Sociocultural Patterns, Psychology
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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