This edited volume provides an overview of current thinking and directions for further research in applied linguistics by bringing together in a single volume a range of perspectives regarding original research agendas and innovative methodological approaches. It focuses not only on the challenges that applied linguistics researchers have been facing in recent years but also on producing workable and productive research designs and on identifying ways of how alternatives to conventional research methodologies can be used. Discussions featured in the volume include the so-called 'Bilingual Advantage' in psycho- and neurolinguistics; the optimal starting age debate in foreign language learning; the growing interest among applied linguists in more nuanced and more complex (statistical) data analysis and the priority given to more descriptive and social approaches to linguistics rather than to theorising. The collection will be a useful reference and stimulus for students, researchers and professionals working in the areas of applied linguistics, psycholinguistics, second language acquisition and second language education.

Weaving It Together helps learners build reading and writing skills through relevant readings and carefully structured writing exercises. By balancing these two necessary competencies, learners seamlessly develop both language and academic skills.

A l'encontre d'autres manuels de francais, Lire et ecrire est fonde sur l'exploration des techniques et strategies d'ecriture par l'analyse structurale et textuelle, et reunit processus et pratique en proposant les outils necessaires au perfectionnement des capacites de lecture, de comprehension et d'ecriture. Tous les chapitres commencent par l'exploration de modeles litteraires francais et francophones suivis de nombreuses activites stimulant une reflexion critique sur les textes et auteurs presentes afin de mieux comprendre le lien entre style et structure. La pratique systematique d'exercices syntaxiques et semantiques, les activites d'ecriture imitant divers modeles stylistiques, l'etude d'expressions idiomatiques et dictons, la reconnaissance des faux amis pour eviter les pieges de la traduction, les activites de recherche guidee, et les questions de discussions ne sont que quelques exemples de la richesse pedagogique de Lire et ecrire.

L'immersion francaise est nee dans les annees 1960 dans une ecole primaire en banlieue de Montreal afin de repondre aux besoins des enfants anglophones appeles a vivre dans le nouveau contexte francophone du Quebec. Si elle s'est rapidement repandue dans les etablissements primaires et secondaires du Canada, elle demeure, aujourd'hui encore, pratiquement inexistante au niveau universitaire. Pourtant, Graham Fraser, le Commissaire aux langues officielles, porte-parole federal en matiere de promotion et de protection des droits linguistiques, a maintes fois recommande que l'offre d'immersion se poursuive au niveau postsecondaire. Le present ouvrage fait echo a cette recommandation; en effet, le titre de cet ouvrage fait allusion au caractere eminemment politique de tout amenagement linguistique, en particulier dans un contexte bilingue ou plurilingue. La preface de Graham Fraser situe le concept d'immersion dans une perspective historique des debats linguistiques au Canada. L'ouvrage fait etat des politiques linguistiques et des programmes d'immersion francaise dans les etablissements universitaires en recensant les dispositifs des universites canadiennes et, plus specifiquement, ceux de l'Universite d'Ottawa. Un cadre de reference pour les etablissements universitaires canadiens et etrangers. Ce livre est publie en anglais. - French immersion came to life in a primary school in the suburbs of Montreal in the 1960s. This was done to meet the needs of anglophone children who had to live in the new francophone context in Quebec. While immersion spread rapidly in primary and secondary institutions in Canada, it remains, to this day, almost inexistant at the university level. However, Graham Fraser, the Commissioner of Official Languages - the federal spokesperson with regards to the promotion and protection of linguistic rights - recommended on multiple occasions that immersion continue at the post-secondary level. This volume revisits this recommendation; indeed, the title of this book alludes to the highly political nature of any linguistic accommodation, especially in a bilingual or plurilingual context. The preface by Graham Fraser places the concept of immersion in a historical perspective within the linguistic debates in Canada. The book presents linguistic policies and French immersion programs in higher education institutions through identification of the arrangements in Canadian universities, and more specifically those at the University of Ottawa. This is a frame of reference for higher education institutions in Canada and abroad. This book is published in English.

Rich analysis of 2,300 characters according to traditional systems into primitives. Also reference lexicon of 7,000 characters.

Die Erfassung bildungssprachlicher Kompetenzen und akademischer Sprachkompetenzen in der Fremd- oder Zweitsprache gewinnt in schulischen und universitaren Kontexten zunehmend an Bedeutung. Dabei stehen die jeweiligen Akteure vor ahnlichen Fragestellungen und Herausforderungen: Was versteht man unter bildungssprachlicher Kompetenz und welche Aspekte davon sollen getestet werden? Welche Moeglichkeiten der Operationalisierung gibt es? Welche Instrumente und Aufgabenformate eignen sich, um erforderliche Sprachkompetenzen abzubilden? Der vorliegende Sammelband vereint elf Ansatze von deutschen und oesterreichischen WissenschaftlerInnen fur unterschiedliche Bildungskontexte und Sprachen, wie z.B. English for Academic Purposes, Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache, CLIL, Russisch und Polnisch als Herkunftssprache. Die Beitrage prasentieren aktuelle Zugange in Hinblick auf das Testen von Bildungssprache und akademischen Sprachkompetenzen und systematisieren bisherige UEberlegungen aus den einzelnen Disziplinen.

This fully revised edition provides a comprehensive discussion of how insights and concepts from new materialism and posthumanism might be used in investigating second language learning and teaching in classrooms. Alongside the sociocultural and poststructural perspectives discussed in the first edition, this new book presents insights from new materialism on identity, second language learning and pedagogical practices. This application of new theory deepens our understanding of how minority language background children learn English in the context of their classrooms. The author comprehensively explains the new materiality perspectives and suggests how research from this perspective might provide new insights on second language learning and teaching in classrooms. The book is unique in analysing empirical classroom data from a sociocultural, but also a new materiality perspective, and has the potential to change our understandings of research and pedagogical practices.

How to improve your reading, listening and communication skills in ArabicDo you want to build on your Arabic reading, writing and listening skills? Improve your ability to communicate in this language? This is the book for you. Offering practical sessions and exercises, each module contains a wide range of authentic, contemporary texts so that you can practice your skills as they develop. Moving you from the intermediate to the advanced level of Arabic you will work through sessions on culture and society, the environment, education in the Arab world, global issues, media and communication, the economy, sports, and arts and literature. Each module follows the same structure, covering the essential skills of reading, grammar, vocabulary, listening, translation, writing and speaking.The book includes:A wide variety of drills to help you refine your reading, writing, speaking and listening skillsA key to exercises so you can check your progressA glossary of key Arabic termsAccess to online audio material to accompany the listening drills

Der Autor prasentiert einen theoretischen UEberblick zu wichtigen inhaltsbezogenen Themengebieten beim Einsatz von Liedern und Musik im interkulturell orientierten DaF-Unterricht. Im Zusammenhang mit der theoretischen Auseinandersetzung werden unterrichtsbezogene Beispiele aus der Praxis und fur die Praxis vorgestellt. Das Buch hebt den Stellenwert von Liedern und Musik und ihren Beitrag zur Foerderung der interkulturellen Kompetenz in der DaF-Didaktik hervor. Es untersucht das deutschsprachige Liedgut im Hinblick darauf, dass auch DaF-Lernende fur neue musikalische Ausdrucksmoeglichkeiten und neue Hoereindrucke sensibilisiert werden. "Die (...) Publikation ist die erste Bearbeitung in der gegenwartigen polnischen Fremdsprachendidaktik (und eine der ersten der gegenwartigen europaischen DaF-Didaktik), die sich umfassend und systematisch mit den Implikationen der Verwendung von Liedern und Musik im Sprachunterricht auseinandersetzt." Dieses Buch "kann (...) als Lehrerhandbuch und als Wegweiser fur reflexive Fremdsprachenlehrer fungieren, die in ihrem Unterricht das asthetische, sprachliche und kulturelle Potenzial von Liedern und Musik im Lichte interkulturellen Lernens nutzen moechten." Prof. Przemyslaw E. Gebal, Universitat Warschau

This book discusses literacy development in heritage language speakers and presents the results of four different quantitative studies that investigate the transfer of literacy skills in bi- and multilingual language development. The empirical studies focus on different populations of pupils, most of them located in various parts of Switzerland, and emphasise the potential residing in shared or transferred resources between their heritage languages and the languages spoken in the region to which their family has immigrated. The goal of all studies was to gain an understanding of the factors, both linguistic and non-linguistic in nature, that contribute to the development of language skills in both the heritage and school languages. Theoretical assumptions are put to the test via hypothesis testing and the generally shared assumptions on bilingual education are questioned based on the data. Furthermore, methodological problems in the investigation of linguistic interdependence are discussed. This book contributes to the scholarly investigation of potential beneficial effects in academic proficiency across languages in migrant children.

Exam Board: SQA Level: National 5 Subject: French Two books in one! Combining a revision guide and a full set of practice test papers, this fantastic resource is all you need to revise for the exam. The revision guide • Covers all of the topics in the CfE National 5 French curriculum, broken down into manageable chunks for easy revision • Clearly explains key concepts, research evidence and real-life applications • Contains Quick Tests to let students check their knowledge and understanding as they go along The practice test papers • Are in the format and the style of the SQA exam, giving students an opportunity to practice taking the National 5 French exam • Marking instructions and sample answers are provided online, so students can check their progress

This monograph investigates 15 L2 creative writers' social constructive power in identity constructions. Through interviews and think-aloud story writing sessions, the central study considers how L2 writer voices are mediated by the writers' autobiographical identities, namely, their sense of selves formulated by their previous language learning and literacy experiences. The inquiry takes the epistemological stance that L2 creative writing is simultaneously a cognitive construct and a social phenomenon and that these two are mutually inclusive. The study contributes to L2 creative writing research and L2 learner identity research and will be of benefit to researchers, language teachers and writing instructors who wish to understand creative writing processes in order to help develop their students' positive self-esteem, confidence, motivation and engagement with the L2.

How to improve your reading, listening and communication skills in ArabicDo you want to build on your Arabic reading, writing and listening skills? Improve your ability to communicate in this language? This is the book for you. Offering practical sessions and exercises, each module contains a wide range of authentic, contemporary texts so that you can practice your skills as they develop. Moving you from the intermediate to the advanced level of Arabic you will work through sessions on culture and society, the environment, education in the Arab world, global issues, media and communication, the economy, sports, and arts and literature. Each module follows the same structure, covering the essential skills of reading, grammar, vocabulary, listening, translation, writing and speaking.The book includes:A wide variety of drills to help you refine your reading, writing, speaking and listening skillsA key to exercises so you can check your progressA glossary of key Arabic termsAccess to online audio material to accompany the listening drills

Measuring Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition provides an examination of the background to testing vocabulary knowledge in a second language and in particular considers 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 such as aural and written word recognition, the link with word meaning, and vocabulary depth. These are illustrated and the scores they produce are demonstrated to provide normative data. Vocabulary acquisition from course books and in the classroom in examined, as is vocabulary uptake from informal tasks. This book ties scores on tests of vocabulary breadth to performance on standard foreign language examinations and on hierarchies of communicative performance such as the CEFR.

Communication is no longer considered an optional soft" skill for climbing the corporate ladder. More and more businesses are placing emphasis on being able to communicate effectively. Communicating Effectively For Dummies gives you the tools and insight you need to manage conflict, build teams and communicate persuasively at work."

Designed for those who have already developed a basic competence in Arabic, this comprehensive synonyms guide aims to broaden and improve the learner's vocabulary by helping them find the right word for the right context. Presenting words of related meaning together, it provides a range of options which will help avoid repetition and improve style, enabling students to develop a deeper awareness of the subtle differences in meaning and usage of different words. Each entry is illustrated with authentic examples of the synonyms in use, showing their unique meanings and grammatical properties, and enabling students to quickly recognize them in real-life contexts. The book is complete with two clear indexes, in English and Arabic, enabling the reader to instantly and easily locate any word. An essential reference for college and undergraduate students, their teachers, and other language professionals seeking a clear, user-friendly guide to Arabic vocabulary and its usage.

Korean Reader for Chinese Characters will help students of Korean master basic Chinese characters that are frequently encountered in everyday situations. More than five hundred characters are targeted in exercises that aid in the efficient study of the forms, meanings, and sounds of individual characters and their compounds. Although the primary goal of the Reader is recognition of basic Chinese characters, students are encouraged to learn to write them properly by inclusion of a section on stroke order. The Reader is also designed to reinforce skills in reading and writing in Korean while studying Chinese characters. Forty lessons are preceded by an introductory chapter on the principles of Chinese character formation and reading and writing characters and followed by appendices on stroke order, English translations of the main reading text of each lesson, and an index of characters. The lessons are organized into seven parts: new characters, reading text, glossary, notes, new words in characters, more words in characters, and exercises. After every fifth lesson, there is a section reviewing all the characters introduced in the preceding five lessons.

This book addresses fundamental questions regarding the relationships between successful language learning and strategy use and development, according to learner, situational or target variables. It considers strategy effectiveness from an individual point of view and discusses pedagogical issues, especially relating to teacher perceptions and training, classroom and learner factors, methodology and content. This new edition has been reworked and revised to include an extensive review, analysis and re-interpretation of the existing literature and an update on the theoretical debate surrounding language learning strategies. The research methodology section has been considerably extended and detailed explanations are now given for how to analyse data from research studies. Rather than focusing on strategies divorced from the 'real world' of the classroom, this book explores the issues from the teaching/learning point of view and will be of interest to students, teachers, trainee teachers, teacher educators and researchers alike.

The Sixth Edition of the best-selling Grammar in Context series, inspires learners through compelling stories, National Geographic images, and content, relevant to students' lives. Students learn more, remember more, and use language more effectively when they learn grammar in context.

Pronouncing Arabic, I provides the student of Arabic with an acceptable model for reading a written text aloud. Acceptance is not, however, thereby implied of the widespread Arab view that written Arabic alone should be studied, and reference is made wherever necessary to other Arabic `accents'. Professor Mitchell's book is the first comprehensive and accurate account of a prestigious Arabic `accent'; the categories of phonetics supplied offer both the means of practical instruction on pronunciation and a framework for the wider study of the spoken language. Eight chapters cover the definition of the style of Arabic with which the book is concerned; the essentials of phonetics, the phonetic classification of the consonants of the Arabic alphabet, practical instructions on the pronunciation of Arabic consonants and vowels, accentuation, features of juncture and pause, quantity, rhythm, and intonation. Abundant illustrative and practice material is also provided. How to write the accepted Arabic script is dealt with in a companion volume, Writing Arabic, also published by the Oxford University Press.

This invaluable dictionary of characters for modern readers includes an introduction to the standard written orthography of the Korean language, hangeul alphabet, and the 1,800 Chinese characters tought in Korean schools. Background on the characters themselves is included, as well as a guide on how to write and look up by radicals in any Chinese dictionary. This handbook functions as a character dictionary: its entries are arranged in stroke-count order and it contains both a radical and a phonetic index.

Very rich modern course, with strong phrase material and a wealth of pictorial and amusement aids. 330 illus.

Are you looking to brush up on your English idioms? English for Everyone: English Idioms can help you to understand the context and use of hundreds of native English expressions. Take your practical English usage to the next level and build your confidence in spoken and written English by visually connecting the literal and idiomatic meaning of common English phrases such as, "on cloud nine", "snowed under" and many more. With supporting audio available online, sample sentences throughout the book, collocations and common mistakes to watch out for, English for Everyone: English Idioms can help you confidently progress your English language from advanced to fluent in both social and business environments. About English For Everyone English for Everyone is a series of guides and practice books that support English learning for teenagers and adults from a beginner level, to intermediate, and advanced practical English. Offering a fun and easy-to-follow format that offers guidance for both teaching English as a foreign language, and a self-study approach with resources available to improve English speaking, reading and writing. Whether you are looking for ESL teaching resources, or a structured programme for adults to learn English as a second language, the English for Everyone Series provides: - Sample language examples: New language topics are introduced in context using clear, illustrated, and colour-coded explanations - Supporting audio: Extensive English-speaking audio materials integrated into every unit, giving vital oral and listening practice. (All supplementary audio is available on the DK English for Everyone website and IOS/Android App). - Quick referencing: Easy-to-follow units for easy referencing and teaching - Sentence formation guides: Visual break downs of essential English grammar for beginners, showing learners how to recreate even complex English sentences - Visual English vocabulary cues: Lists of useful English words and common phrases with visual aids are available throughout the book The English for Everyone Series covers the skills and topics required for all major global English-language exams and reference frameworks including: - CEFR - TOEFL - IELTS - TOEIC