Languageinacademic settings also referred to academiclanguage has gained at...Language in academic settings also referred to academic language has gained attention in the field of second language learning owing to new understandings of the complexities of language inherent in learning academic content and new efforts to...more
Sociolinguistics and SecondLanguage Acquisition is a comprehensive textbook t...Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition is a comprehensive textbook that bridges the gap between the fields of sociolinguistics and second language acquisition exploring the variety of ways in which social context influences the acquisition...more
Sociolinguistics and SecondLanguage Acquisition is a comprehensive textbook t...Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition is a comprehensive textbook that bridges the gap between the fields of sociolinguistics and second language acquisition exploring the variety of ways in which social context influences the acquisition...more
Peer Interaction and SecondLanguageLearning synthesizes the existing body of...Peer Interaction and Second Language Learning synthesizes the existing body of research on the role of peer interaction in second language learning in one comprehensive volume. In spite of the many hours that language learners spend interacting with...more
Multiliteracies Multimodality and Learning by Design inSecondLanguage Learni...Multiliteracies Multimodality and Learning by Design in Second Language Learning and Teacher Education offers valuable insights and practical strategies for addressing the language and literacy needs of students in diverse multilingual classrooms....more
In Foreign and SecondLanguageLearning William Littlewood surveys recent rese...In Foreign and Second Language Learning William Littlewood surveys recent research into how people acquire languages and considers its relevance for language teaching. He describes the most important studies and ideas about first language...more
Peer Interaction and SecondLanguageLearning synthesizes the existing body of...Peer Interaction and Second Language Learning synthesizes the existing body of research on the role of peer interaction in second language learning in one comprehensive volume. In spite of the many hours that language learners spend interacting with...more
Longitudinal Studies of SecondLanguageLearning: Quantitative Methods and Out...Longitudinal Studies of Second Language Learning: Quantitative Methods and Outcomes provides a how-to guide to choosing using and understanding quantitative longitudinal research and sampling methods in second and foreign language learning. This...more
The relevance of language acquisition to the day-to-day concerns of teaching a...The relevance of language acquisition to the day-to-day concerns of teaching and learning languages. Contributors: William Littlewood and Michael Swanmore
LearningLanguage: First Language Bilingual and SecondLanguage Acquisition is...Learning Language: First Language Bilingual and Second Language Acquisition is the first textbook to offer a holistic introduction to language acquisition combining from three key fields: child first language acquisition bi- and mulitilingual...more
One of the key issues insecondlanguagelearning and teaching concerns the ro...One of the key issues in second language learning and teaching concerns the role and practice of grammar instruction. Does it make a difference? How do we teach grammar in the language classroom? Is there an effective technique to teach grammar that...more
Challenges of Second and Foreign Language Education in a Globalized World: Stu...Challenges of Second and Foreign Language Education in a Globalized World: Studies in Honor of Krystyna Droździal-Szelestmore
Task Sequencing and Instructed SecondLanguageLearning provides theoretical r...Task Sequencing and Instructed Second Language Learning provides theoretical rationales for and empirical studies of the effects of sequencing language learning tasks to maximize second language learning. Examples of task sequences and both...more