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Critical Theory and Classroom Talk by Robert Young 9781853591259
RRP: €29.69Booksplease Price: €28.42The theory of critique, or 'critical theory', as developed by Habermas and applied to education by Young, is far from being merely negative. It is quite explicitly an optimistic educational theory,... -
Linguistic and Cultural Acquisition in a Migrant Community by David Singleton 9781847699893
RRP: €122.51Booksplease Price: €109.37This book provides a linguistic and cultural profile of the Polish diasporic communities in three different European countries: Ireland, France and Austria. The eight contributing chapters present... -
Interpretation: Techniques and Exercises by James Nolan 9781847698100
RRP: €122.51Booksplease Price: €108.78In recent decades the explosive growth of globalization and regional integration has fuelled parallel growth in multilingual conferences. Although conference interpreting has come of age as a... -
Sociocultural Theory and L2 Instructional Pragmatics by Remi A. van Compernolle 9781783093267
RRP: €40.40Booksplease Price: €37.64Winner of the AAAL First Book Award 2017! This book outlines a framework for teaching second language pragmatics grounded in Vygotskian sociocultural psychology. The framework focuses on the... -
The Sociolinguistic Competence of Immersion Students by Raymond Mougeon
RRP: €34.45Booksplease Price: €32.51This book reports the findings of an extensive research project on the acquisition of the native norms of spoken French variation by French immersion students who have learnt their second language... -
Intercultural Learning in Modern Language Education: Expanding Meaning-Making Potentials by Erin Kearney 9781783094660
RRP: €40.40Booksplease Price: €37.64Winner of the 2015-16 Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize awarded by the Modern Language Association Many educators aim to engage students in deeply meaningful learning in the language classroom, often... -
Profiles of Dual Language Education in the 21st Century by M. Beatriz Arias 9781788921664
RRP: €122.51Booksplease Price: €108.42In the last 20 years dual language education programs have increased in number and expanded in range. Whereas once they were predominantly focused at the elementary level, they now span from pre-K... -
Gender, Neoliberalism and Distinction through Linguistic Capital: Taiwanese Narratives of Struggle and Strategy by Mark Fifer Seilhamer 9781788923019
RRP: €142.74Booksplease Price: €128.06This book presents the narratives of four Taiwanese young women, all proficient in English, set against the background of the dynamics of multilingualism in Taiwan. It chronicles their strategies and... -
Reflections on Translation by Susan Bassnett
RRP: €34.45Booksplease Price: €32.51This collection of essays brings together a decade of writings on translation by leading international translation studies expert, Susan Bassnett. The essays cover a range of topics and will be... -
L2 Selves and Motivations in Asian Contexts Matthew T. Apple 9781783096732
RRP: €47.54Booksplease Price: €43.82This book fills an existing gap in language learning motivation research by examining the applications of current motivational theories and models from WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich,... -
The Legal Recognition of Sign Languages: Advocacy and Outcomes Around the World by Maartje De Meulder 9781788924009
RRP: €142.74Booksplease Price: €128.41This book presents the first ever comprehensive overview of national laws recognising sign languages, the impacts they have and the advocacy campaigns which led to their creation. It comprises 18... -
In and Out of English: For Better, For Worse by Professor Gunilla M. Anderman
RRP: €142.74Booksplease Price: €128.41In and out of English: For Better, For Worse? is concerned with the impact of English as the lingua franca of today's world, in particular its relationship with the languages of Europe. Within this... -
Restrictive Language Policy in Practice: English Learners in Arizona by Amy J. Heineke
RRP: €40.40Booksplease Price: €37.64As the most restrictive language policy context in the United States, Arizona's monolingual and prescriptive approach to teaching English learners continues to capture international attention. More... -
Sociocultural Theory and L2 Instructional Pragmatics by Remi A. van Compernolle 9781783091393
RRP: €142.74Booksplease Price: €128.06Winner of the AAAL First Book Award 2017! This book outlines a framework for teaching second language pragmatics grounded in Vygotskian sociocultural psychology. The framework focuses on the... -
The Role of Discourse Analysis for Translation and Translator Training by Christina Schaffner 9781853595936
RRP: €112.99Booksplease Price: €100.22It has been widely recognised that an in-depth textual analysis of a source text is relevant for translation. This book discusses the role of Discourse Analysis for translation and translator... -
Profiles of Dual Language Education in the 21st Century by M. Beatriz Arias
RRP: €34.45Booksplease Price: €32.51In the last 20 years dual language education programs have increased in number and expanded in range. Whereas once they were predominantly focused at the elementary level, they now span from pre-K... -
New Insights into Arabic Translation and Interpreting by Mustapha Taibi
RRP: €122.51Booksplease Price: €96.70This book addresses translation and interpreting with Arabic either as a source or target language. It focuses on new fields of study and professional practice, such as community translation and... -
Interpretation: Techniques and Exercises by James Nolan, Jr.
RRP: €34.45Booksplease Price: €32.51In recent decades the explosive growth of globalization and regional integration has fuelled parallel growth in multilingual conferences. Although conference interpreting has come of age as a... -
Discontinuity in Second Language Acquisition: The Switch between Statistical and Grammatical Learning by Stefano Rastelli 9781783092468
RRP: €142.74Booksplease Price: €128.06With a particular focus on the morphosyntactic features of second language, this book discusses the idea that language acquisition is a discontinuous and 'quantized' process and thus that some items... -
Beyond Words: Intersections of Silence in Literature, Semiotics and Cultural Discourse Wolfgang Stadler 9781788927406
RRP: €142.74Booksplease Price: €128.06Explores silence in its philological dimensions: as a vehicle of meaning, a narrative device and a medium for expressing or concealing emotion. This book explores how silence occurs across... -
Dialogic Pedagogy: The Importance of Dialogue in Teaching and Learning David Skidmore 9781783098408
RRP: €47.54Booksplease Price: €43.82This book provides a wide-ranging and in-depth theoretical perspective on dialogue in teaching. It explores the philosophy of dialogism as a social theory of language and explains its importance in... -
Translation and Norms by Christina Schaffner
RRP: €112.99Booksplease Price: €100.22This issue deals with translation and norms. Norms are models of correct or appropriate behaviour and of correct or appropriate behavioural products. Since translational behaviour is contextualised... -
Critical Reflections on Research Methods: Power and Equity in Complex Multilingual Contexts by Doris S. Warriner 9781788922555
RRP: €142.74Booksplease Price: €129.96This book explores the challenges and opportunities involved in conducting research with members of immigrant, refugee and other minoritized communities. Through first-hand reflective accounts,... -
Language and HIV/AIDS by Christina Higgins 9781847692191
RRP: €34.45Booksplease Price: €32.51This volume focuses on the role of language in the construction of knowledge about HIV/AIDS in diverse regions of the world. The collection of studies yields helpful insights about the discursive... -
Socializing Identities through Speech Style: Learners of Japanese as a Foreign Language by Haruko Minegishi Cook 9781847691019
RRP: €142.74Booksplease Price: €111.25Drawing on the perspective of language socialization and a theory of indexicality, this book explores ways in which learners of Japanese as a foreign language and their Japanese host families... -
Creative Composition: Inspiration and Techniques for Writing Instruction Danita Berg 9781783093625
RRP: €40.40Booksplease Price: €37.64For decades theorists have opined that the lines between creative writing and composition need to be lifted, yet little has been written about the pedagogical methods that allow a cohesive approach... -
Japan's Built-in Lexicon of English-based Loanwords by Frank E. Daulton
RRP: €112.99Booksplease Price: €100.22Throughout the world, the mother tongue fundamentally affects second language acquisition. Japanese contains thousands of loanwords, many based on the most useful types of English vocabulary. This... -
The Complexity of Identity and Interaction in Language Education Nathanael Rudolph 9781788927413
RRP: €53.49Booksplease Price: €48.92This book addresses two critical calls pertaining to language education. Firstly, for attention to be paid to the transdisciplinary nature and complexity of learner identity and interaction in the... -
The Multilingual Adolescent Experience: Small Stories of Integration and Socialization by Polish Families in Ireland by Malgorzata Machowska-Kosciak
RRP: €154.64Booksplease Price: €138.40This book contributes to our understanding of how older learners negotiate family internal and family external socialisation processes and thereby how parents' ideologies and practices, peer... -
The Legal Recognition of Sign Languages: Advocacy and Outcomes Around the World Maartje De Meulder 9781788923996
RRP: €40.40Booksplease Price: €35.57This book presents the first ever comprehensive overview of national laws recognising sign languages, the impacts they have and the advocacy campaigns which led to their creation. It comprises 18... -
Representations of the World in Language Textbooks by Karen Risager 9781783099559
RRP: €154.64Booksplease Price: €138.40This book presents a new and comprehensive framework for the analysis of representations of culture, society and the world in textbooks for foreign and second language learning. The framework is... -
Second Language Writing Systems by Vivian Cook 9781853597930
RRP: €47.54Booksplease Price: €44.17Second Language Writing Systems looks at how people learn and use a second language writing system, arguing that they are affected by characteristics of the first and second writing systems, to a... -
Family Language Learning: Learn Another Language, Raise Bilingual Children by Christine Jernigan
RRP: €17.79Booksplease Price: €14.21Family Language Learning is a practical guide designed to support, advise and encourage any parents who are hoping to raise their children bilingually. It is unique in that it focuses on parents who... -
Peacebuilding in Language Education: Innovations in Theory and Practice by Rebecca L. Oxford
RRP: €47.54Booksplease Price: €41.36This innovative, much-needed book shares powerful wisdom and practical strategies to help language teachers, teacher educators and peace educators communicate peace, contribute to peace and weave... -
Teaching Intercultural Competence Across the Age Range: From Theory to Practice Manuela Wagner 9781783098897
RRP: €40.40Booksplease Price: €35.57This ground-breaking book is the first to describe in detail how teachers, supported by university educators and education advisers, might plan and implement innovative ideas based on sound... -
The Pragmatics of Translation by Leo Hickey 9781853594045
RRP: €34.45Booksplease Price: €32.51Pragmatics, often defined as the study of language use and language users, sets out to explain what people wish to achieve and how they go about achieving it in using language. Such a study is... -
Ebonics: The Urban Educational Debate by Enid Lee 9781853597961
RRP: €34.45Booksplease Price: €32.51Controversy erupted in 1996 when the Oakland Unified School District's 'Ebonics Resolution' proposed an approach to teaching Standard English that recognized the variety of English spoken by African... -
Language Policy in Higher Education: The Case of Medium-Sized Languages by F. Xavier Vila 9781783092758
RRP: €142.74Booksplease Price: €128.06In today's increasingly interconnected, knowledge-based world, language policy in higher education is rapidly becoming a crucial area for all societies aiming to play a part in the global economy... -
Teaching Intercultural Competence Across the Age Range: From Theory to Practice by Manuela Wagner 9781783098903
RRP: €142.74Booksplease Price: €128.06This ground-breaking book is the first to describe in detail how teachers, supported by university educators and education advisers, might plan and implement innovative ideas based on sound... -
Strategic Language Learning: The Roles of Agency and Context by Xuesong Gao 9781847692443
RRP: €142.74Booksplease Price: €111.25This monograph reports on a longitudinal inquiry into mainland Chinese undergraduates' language learning experiences in an English medium university in a multilingual setting with a focus on their...