Cognition and Second Language Instruction

Computer Applications in Second Language Acquisition

This an excellent introduction to psycholinguistics for applied linguists and language teachers.

This book explores computer applications in second language acquisition and research.

Contrastive Rhetoric

Corpora in Applied Linguistics

Shows how a person's first language and culture influence writing in a second language.

This book explores corpus linguistics in language learning and research.

Criterion-Referenced Language Testing

Critical Pedagogies and Language Learning

Criterion-referenced Language Testing looks at the practical applications of this new area of language testing.

This important volume on the critical pedagogical approach addresses such topics as critical multiculturalism, gender and language learning, and popular culture.

Culture in Second Language Teaching and Learning

Evaluating Second Language Education

This book identifies the many facets of culture that influence second language learners and teachers.

This book is a valuable resource both for those already engaged in evaluation and for those in training.

Exploring the Dynamics of Second Language Writing

Exploring the Second Language Mental Lexicon

The book addresses issues in the field of teaching academic writing to non-native speakers.

This volume provides a review of L1 and L2 lexical research issues, as well as new research.

Feedback in Second Language Writing

Focus on Form in Classroom Second Language Acquisition

This collection of scholarly articles by leading researchers offers empirical data and analysis of complex issues related to providing feedback during the writing process.

This volume examines theoretical foundations, empirical research, and pedagogical implementations of focus on form.

Genre Analysis

Immersion Education

The author looks at varieties of language and considers these in relation to communication and task-based language learning..

The wide range of languages and purposes now served by immersion worldwide is illustrated by case studies of thirteen programs.

Insights into Second Language Reading

Interactive Approaches to Second Language Reading

This critical volume provides an in-depth analysis of the multiple dimensions of second language reading.

This text presents up-to-date theory, research, and classroom applications in second language reading from an interactive perspective.

Interfaces Between Second Language Acquisition and Language Testing Research

Language Learning and Deafness

The volume includes original papers dealing with different aspects of the interface between SLA and LT research.

A collection of original papers dealing with essential issues and research in the learning of language by deaf people.

Language Program Evaluation

Language Transfer

Combines qualitative and quantitative approaches to second language program evaluation.

The author shows how similarities and differences between languages can influence grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation acquisition.

Learning Strategies in Second Language Acquisition

Learning Vocabulary in Another Language

A review of the literature on learning strategies, describing and classifying learning strategies in second language learning.

This book provides pedagogical suggestions for both teachers and learners.

Linguistic Perspectives on Second Language Acquisition

Modelling and Assessing Vocabulary Knowledge

The author shows how similarities and differences between languages can influence grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation acquisition.

Brings together contributions from internationally-renowned researchers on new approaches and developments in the field of vocabulary research and testing.

Network-Based Language Teaching: Concepts and Practice

Perspectives on Pedagogical Grammar

This text provides a critical collection of recent research in on-line communication for second language learning.

The author brings together authorities from worldwide to update current theory and research in pedagogical grammar.

Practice in a Second Language

Pragmatics in Language Teaching

This volume focuses on 'practice' from a theoretical perspective and includes implications for the classroom.

This book examines the acquisition of pragmatics ? language used in social contexts ? in language classrooms.

Research Genres

Research Perspectives on English for Academic Purposes

Research Genres discusses the role of English within different genres of research today. Theoretical and methodological issues are explored, with a special emphasis on various metaphors of genre.

This volume of specially commissioned articles examines theory and practice in EAP.

Researching and Applying Metaphor

Second Language Needs Analysis

This book demonstrates how metaphor needs to be researched using multiple methods of investigation.

This book contains a series of studies of needs analysis applied in different contexts and using different methodological approaches.

Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition

Second Language Writing (Cambridge Applied Linguistics)

A collection of articles on direct and indirect second language vocabulary acquisition.

This text is a highly accessible and authoritative approach to the theory and practice of teaching writing to students of English.

Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching

Task-Based Language Education

This text provides an introduction to the field of sociolinguistics for second and foreign language teachers.

This book bridges the gap between the theory and practice of task-based language teaching through accounts of classroom-based research.

Text, Role and Context

The Development of Second Language Proficiency

This text explores fundamental issues relating to student literacies and instructor roles and practices within academic contexts.

This text presents the findings of a major investigation of second language proficiency in various groups of school-aged learners.

The Learner-Centred Curriculum

Understanding Expertise in Teaching

This book looks at the curriculum from a teacher's perspective and reports on what instructors focus on in planning, implementing, and evaluating language courses.

The author clarifies the nature of expertise in language teaching, its development, and how teachers employ it.