Articles

"Assessing Chinese Learners of English gathers research from around the world to better understand a number of perennial issues in English language assessment... 
English language | China Languages | Methodology | Chinese speakers | Study and teaching | Chinese | Ability testing | Acquisition | Second language acquisition | Language Teaching & Learning | Language Acquisition | Linguistics | Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning | Chinese learner; English as a foreign language; EFL; language testing; language assessment; construct; consequence; impact; washback; language assessment literacy; learning-oriented assessment; school-based assessment (SBA); Hong Kong; Taiwan; China; group speaking; interactional competence; communication strategy; communicative competence; paired discussion; College English Test; CET; CET-SET; CET-4; vocabulary; incidental vocabulary acquisition; College Learners' Spoken English Corpus in China; COLSEC; British National Corpus; BNC; story retelling; formulaic language; formulaic sequence; Involvement Load Hypothesis; English Language teaching; ELT; Automated scoring; SpeechRater; TOEFL; project-based group assessment; second language classroom; assessment innovation; formative assessment; motivation; Standard English; Chinese English; General English Proficiency Test; GEPT; power of test; curriculum; validity; validation; Cambridge English | Language learning: specific skills | Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) | Language Testing/Assessment | Sociolinguistics | Language Teaching | Applied Linguistics

"Foreign language teaching in America today falls into three distinct fields of influence and interest: public and private schools, college and other... 
Language and languages | Study and teaching | Language acquisition | Education, Bilingual | Adult students | English language

Public Service Interpreting is a hugely complex activity, encompassing human, ethical, commercial and political dimensions. It is unseen and unrecognized by... 
Public service interpreting | Sociolinguistics | Multilingualism | Applied Linguistics | Language Policy and Planning | Practice and Hospital Management | Linguistics | Sign Language | Municipal services | Translating and interpreting

Presents a sociolinguistics of academic publishing from an historical and contemporary perspective. Using Swedish academia as a case study, it focuses on... 
Academic language | Social aspects | Academic writing | Sociolinguistics | Linguistics | English | Scandinavian | Language Policy and Planning | Applied Linguistics | History of Science, Technology and Environment | Social Sciences | Historiska studier av teknik, vetenskap och miljö | Sociologi | Humanities and the Arts | Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology) | Languages and Literature | Jämförande språkvetenskap och allmän lingvistik | Historia | Språk och litteratur | History | Humaniora och konst | Samhällsvetenskap | Sociology | General Language Studies and Linguistics | History and Archaeology | Sociologi (exklusive socialt arbete, socialpsykologi och socialantropologi) | Historia och arkeologi

Mexican Americans | English language | Hispanic Americans | Americanisms | Spanish language | Foreign words and phrases | Language in contact | Language | Influence on English | United States Languages | Bilingualism | Spanish | Foreign elements | Variation

In this second, fully revised edition, the 10 volume Encyclopedia of Language and Education offers the newest developments in the field. It includes two new... 
Case studies | Minorities | Education | Education, Bilingual | Psycholinguistics | Sociolinguistics | Language Education | Applied Linguistics | Education (general)

'Native speakers' and 'native users' are terms traditionally used to differentiate between speakers who have acquired a language from birth and speakers who... 
Study and teaching | English language | Native language and education | Foreign speakers | Applied linguistics | Fluency (Language learning) | Language & Linguistics

Portuguese language | Periodicals | Spanish language | Study and teaching | Civilization, Hispanic

This book provides one perspective on how Applied Linguistics has been defined and how the field of Applied Linguistics has developed over the last 30 years.... 
Language and languages | Study and teaching | Applied linguistics | History | Applied Linguistics | Language Teaching & Learning | Bilingualism / ESL | English Language Teaching

Word formation | Consonants | Mutation (Phonetics) | Linguistic change | Phonology | Vowels | Romance languages | Accents and accentuation

In Latin Alive, Joseph Solodow tells the story of how Latin developed into modern French, Spanish, and Italian, and deeply affected English as well. Offering a... 
Latin language | Romance languages

"Exploring Literacies: Theory, Research and Practice is a guide to research and debate in the field of literacies education. The book traces three possible... 
Applied linguistics | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES | Study & Teaching | Teaching Methods & Materials | EDUCATION | Research | Reading & Phonics | Literacy | Language Teaching | Language Education | Applied Linguistics | Teaching and Teacher Education | Education | Linguistics, general

The contributions of this book deal with the issue of language variation. They all share the assumption that within the language faculty the variation space is... 
Sociolinguistics | Germanic languages | Linguistic change | Language and languages | Bilingualism | Research | Romance languages | Variation | Social aspects | Code switching | Languages in contact

Sociolinguistics | Iberian Peninsula Languages | Spanish language | Grammar | Portuguese language | Social aspects | Latin America Languages | Languages in contact | Intercultural communication

Languages, Modern | Adverb | Word order | Variation | Pronoun | Clauses

"Languages show variations according to the social class of speakers, and Latin was no exception, as readers of Petronius are aware. The Romance languages have... 
Latin philology | Influence on Romance | Romance | Grammar | Latin language | Latin language, Vulgar | Social aspects | History | Grammar, Comparative | Orthography and spelling | Latin | LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient, Classical & Medieval | Romance languages | Variation

Inflection | Word formation | Romance languages | Morphology | Grammar, Comparative

This book presents a radical turn in Second Language Acquisition research by introducing a conceptual paradigm that challenges rationalist, instrumental and... 
Second language acquisition | Philosophy | Language & Linguistics | Language acquisition | Language Teaching | Linguistics | English | Applied Linguistics | Language Education

Romanian language | Verb | Romanian | Romance | Grammar, Generative | Romance languages | Syntax | Grammar, Comparative

Sociolinguistics | Germanic languages | Europe | Romance languages | Social aspects | Historical linguistics | Languages in contact | Historical sociolinguistics | Germanic Languages | Language contact