Multilingual Matters imprint: 455 books

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Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2019

This edited volume has been compiled in honour of Professor Merrill Swain, one of the most prominent scholars in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) and second language (L2) education. For over four decades, her work has contributed substantially to the knowledge base of the field of applied...
by Prof. Andrew D. Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2018

This book deals with intercultural pragmatics and how both nonnative teachers (NNTs) and native teachers (NTs) may enhance their classroom instruction regarding target language (TL) pragmatics. It focuses primarily on the experiences of instructors as they teach their learners about the pragmatics...
by Rebecca Lurie Starr
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016

This book investigates the acquisition of sociolinguistic knowledge in the early elementary school years of a Mandarin-English two-way immersion program in the United States. Using ethnographic observation and quantitative analysis of data, the author explores how input from teachers and classmates...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016

This book investigates the cultural and intercultural aspects of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). Authors discuss how ‘culture’ and the ‘intercultural’ can be understood, theorised and operationalised in ELF, and how the concepts can be integrated into formats of ELF-oriented learning and...

Language Teaching and the Older Adult

The Significance of Experience

by Danya Ramírez Gómez
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016

The aging of the population and the increasing number of older adults pursuing foreign language courses call for a greater understanding of the ways in which these individuals learn foreign languages. This book offers a pioneering contribution to the literature on foreign language education for older...
by Britta Schneider
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2014

What happens in globalised social contexts if people identify with a language that is not traditionally considered to be ‘their’ language? This unique contribution to the field of sociolinguistics scrutinises language ideologies of German and Australian Communities of Practice constituted by Salsa...

The Linguistic Landscape of Chinatown

A Sociolinguistic Ethnography

by Jackie Jia Lou
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016

This book presents a sociolinguistic ethnography of the linguistic landscape of Chinatown in Washington, DC. The book sheds a unique light on the impact of urban development on traditionally ethnic neighbourhoods and discusses the various historical, social and cultural factors that contribute to...

Taking Chinese to the World

Language, Culture and Identity in Confucius Institute Teachers

by Wei Ye
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017

In this book the author explores the work and living experiences of Confucius Institute Chinese teachers (CICTs) in the UK, how they interpret and make sense of their sojourning experience, and how this context and the wider globalised social environment have impacted on their understandings and their...

Young Children as Intercultural Mediators

Mandarin-speaking Chinese Families in Britain

by Zhiyan Guo
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2014

This multidisciplinary approach to cultural mediation brings together insights from anthropology, sociology, linguistics and intercultural communication to offer a detailed depiction of family life in immigrant Chinese communities. Utilising a strongly contextualised and evidence-based narrative approach...
by Dr. Tammy Gregersen, Dr. Peter D. MacIntyre
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017

This book highlights the pivotal role that nonverbal behavior plays in target language communication, affect and cognition. It integrates research tenets and video demonstrations of nonverbal behavior with structured activities that will guide teachers and learners of any language to capitalize on...

Language Teacher Identities

Co-constructing Discourse and Community

by Dr. Matthew Clarke
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2008

Set in the rapidly changing world of the contemporary United Arab Emirates and bringing together detailed linguistic analysis with cutting edge social theory, this book explores the development of the first cohort of students to complete a new Bachelor of Education in English language teaching, theorizing...

Refugee Resettlement in the United States

Language, Policy, Pedagogy

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Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015

This edited volume brings together scholars from various disciplines to discuss how language is used by, for, and about refugees in the United States in order to deepen our understanding of what ‘refugee’ and ‘resettlement’ mean. The main themes of the chapters highlight: the intersections...
by MILTON, James
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011

Measuring Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition describes the effect that word frequency and lexical coverage have on learning and communication in a foreign language. It examines the tools we have for assessing the various facets of vocabulary knowledge, the scores these produce, and the way these are tied to exam and communicative performance.
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Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017

This book presents research on the learning of foreign languages by children aged 6-12 years old in primary school settings. The collection provides a significant and important contribution to this often overlooked domain and aims to provide research-based evidence that might help to inform and develop...
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