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Bringing together current research, analysis, and discussion of the role of corrective feedback in second language classroom teaching and learning, this volume bridges the gap between research and pedagogy by identifying principles of effective feedback strategies and how to use them successfully in classroom instruction.

This book brings together top scholars on different sides of the scholarly debate between the translingual movement and the field of second language writing. Drawing on a range of perspectives, it examines differences with the hope of promoting reconciliation between the two schools of thought.

Covers the characteristics of the context in which teachers work, how English works and how it is learned, and the teacher's role in the larger professional sphere of English language education. This title also covers the three main facets of teaching: planning, instructing, and assessing.

This book brings together top scholars on different sides of the scholarly debate between the translingual movement and the field of second language writing. Drawing on a range of perspectives, it examines differences with the hope of promoting reconciliation between the two schools of thought.

Practical and research-based, this introduction to current and effective English grammar instruction gives pre-service and in-service English language educatorsa strong foundation for teaching second language grammar and helps them develop their professional knowledge and skills. It provides a thorough and rounded overview of the principles, strategies, techniques, and applications currently dominant in teaching L2 grammar in a range of instructional settings around the world.

Combining research/theory with practice, this describes the steps involved in the language curriculum design process, elaborates and justifies these steps, and provides opportunities for practicing and applying them.

This bk provides resources&information teachers can use to examine their own classrooms in order to become more effective teachers.A general introduction introduces readers to major research purposes&types as it relates to classroom research.The book is

Intends to familiarize readers with the varieties of world Englishes used across cultures and to create awareness of some of the linguistic and socially relevant contexts and functions that have given rise to them. This volume emphasizes that effective communication among users of different Englishes requires awareness of the varieties in use.

Brings together a multiplicity of voices on the complex politics, challenges, and strategies of educating students - in North America and worldwide - who are speakers of diverse or nonstandard varieties of English, and hybrid varieties of English, such as African American Vernacular English, Caribbean Creole English, Tex Mex, among others.

In a market dominated by English journals and books publications, multilingual scholars are increasingly inclined and encouraged to publish in English in order to contribute to the global dissemination of academic knowledge.

In a market dominated by English journals and books publications, multilingual scholars are increasingly inclined and encouraged to publish in English in order to contribute to the global dissemination of academic knowledge.

Offering much-needed context on locally-produced tests across Asia, contributors examine emerging models for English language assessment and the impact these large-scale tests have on the teaching and learning of English in the region.

Offering much-needed context on locally-produced tests across Asia, contributors examine emerging models for English language assessment and the impact these large-scale tests have on the teaching and learning of English in the region.

A guide to going through an action research process. It addresses: action research and how it differs from other forms of research; the steps involved in developing an action research project; ways of developing a research focus; methods of data collection; approaches to data analysis; and, making sense of action research for classroom action.

This volume uniquely looks at both adolescent L2 writing and the preparation of secondary teachers to work with this population of students. It takes a theoretically eclectic approach that can support a variety of pedagogies.

This volume uniquely looks at both adolescent L2 writing and the preparation of secondary teachers to work with this population of students. It takes a theoretically eclectic approach that can support a variety of pedagogies.

This work creates a foundation for the study and practice of computer-assisted language learning and provides an overview of ways to conceptualize and to conduct research in Call. It posits that all approaches to research have a place, and that researchers, teachers, and students have a role in the study of computer-enhanced language learning.

This practical handbook is designed to help language teachers, teacher trainers and students learn more about their options for using computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and develop an understanding of the theory and research supporting these options.

This analysis of second language writers' text identifies where their text differs from that of native speakers of English. The book is based on the results of a large-scale study of university-level native-speaker and non-native-speaker essays written in response to six prompts.

Talks about native English speakers teaching English as a global language in non-English speaking countries. Through analysis of naturally occurring dialogic encounters, this book examines the multifaceted ways in which teachers and students utilize diverse communicative resources to construct, display, and negotiate their identities.

Providing theoretical and practical information about heritage-language instruction in terms of curriculum design, learner needs, materials development, and assessment procedures, this book aims to promote research about heritage students in East Asian languages and improve the teaching of these students in various educational settings.