The book comprises a selection of papers concerning the general theme of cultural conceptualizations in language. The focus of Part 1, which includes four papers, is on Metaphor and Culture, discussing general as well as language-specific metaph...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 27-Sep-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031929373)
The book explores the theoretical and philosophical groundings of various frameworks of language acquisition, pedagogy and practices. The basic questions are: How do different theories look at the nature of language and its acquisition? How do lan...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Aug-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031935824)
This book explores the intersection of writing theory, language simplification, and academic communication, with a specific focus on integrating plain English into doctor...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 27-Aug-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031861574)
The book presents a wide range of research at the interesection of linguistics and literary studies. Its first part focuses on cultural linguistics and cognitive linguistics, in particular metaphor research. In the second part of the book a set of is...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jun-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031888953)
This book investigates the effect of multisensory instruction on self-efficacy among students with developmental dyslexia learning English as a foreign language. The first three chapters of the book delve into theoretical aspects of developmental...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 27-May-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031861536)
The book offers new insights into linguistics by focusing on a range of fast-developing research areas. These include research into language contact, which is represented by some original chapters discussing less-frequently studied language pairs...Loe edasi...
The volume offers a collection of the most recent research coming from scholars and practitioners in the field of multilingualism research in various contexts of natural/immersion environments, school/formal instruction, grounded in multilingual soc...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 27-Apr-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031865657)
This book provides a groundbreaking exploration of how task-based language teaching (TBLT) can effectively develop second language (L2) pragmatic competence in young learners. Bridging the gap between TBLT...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-Apr-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031809231)
The teaching of the grammar of a second/foreign language has always been an issue that different teaching methods have considered. Studies in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) have shown that mere exposure to meaningful second languag...Loe edasi...
The introduction and a theoretical summary of language anxiety research (Chapter 1) are followed by four chapters: Chapter 2 presents a meta-analysis of the widely used Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scales (Horwitz, et al., 1986) factorial str...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Apr-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031756146)
This book offers an in-depth exploration of the causes and consequences of competition among language learners, with a particular focus on understanding the intricate relationships between competitiveness, beliefs about competition, and other psyc...Loe edasi...
This book highlights the importance of individual learner differences in learning English as a foreign language and reports the findings of a study which investigated the impact of two personality traits, which are, openness to experience and ambigui...Loe edasi...
This book comprises 20 chapters that have been divided into two distinct parts: language in educational contexts and language in cultural contexts. The contributions included in this book are the outcome of the conference Contacts and Contrasts that...Loe edasi...
This edited volume presents eleven empirical papers reporting the existing literature and the results of an original study focusing on EMI (English as a medium of instruction) in a particular area (Central and Eastern Europe, Western and Souther...Loe edasi...
Pragmatic instruction has received momentous attention in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) over the last decades. In order to scrutinize the effectiveness of L2 instruction, meta-analyses are warranted; nonetheless, meta-analyses have been largely n...Loe edasi...
The book explores the relationships between the personality traits of Polish university students learning English as a foreign language and their use of language learning strategies (LLS). It provides a solid theoretical background for the investigat...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Apr-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031558436)
The introduction and a theoretical summary of language anxiety research (Chapter 1) are followed by four chapters: Chapter 2 presents a meta-analysis of the widely used Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale’s (Horwitz, et al., 1986) factor...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Apr-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031523700)
The volume offers a collection of the most recent research coming from scholars and practitioners in the field of multilingualism research in various contexts of natural/immersion environments, school/formal instruction, grounded in multilingual...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 10-Jan-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031459399)
This book highlights the importance of individual learner differences in learning English as a foreign language and reports the findings of a study which investigated the impact of two personality traits, which are, openness to experience and ambigui...Loe edasi...
