This book explores the role of translation and the use of students' own language in second and foreign language teaching. It provides practical ideas, activities, and theoretical background for incorporating translation as a language learning tool in the classroom. Part of the Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers series, edited by Scott Thornbury.
Practical English Language Teaching by David Nunan offers comprehensive insights into effective methods and strategies for teaching English as a second or foreign language. The book covers a range of topics including curriculum design, classroom activities, assessment, and the role of the teacher. It aims to equip educators with practical tools and theoretical understanding to improve their tea…
Pidgin & Creole Linguistics offers a comprehensive overview of the linguistic features, development, and structure of pidgin and creole languages. The book explores the historical and social contexts of language contact, examines the grammatical and phonological properties of various pidgins and creoles, and discusses theories of language formation and change. It serves as both a scholarly reso…
A comprehensive overview of research and theory in second language acquisition, covering linguistic, cognitive, and social perspectives, with chapters by leading scholars on various topics such as input, interaction, individual differences, and instructed SLA.
This second edition of Meyerhoff’s widely used introductory text offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of sociolinguistics. It integrates expanded coverage of politeness theory, multilingualism and code-switching, social class, dialect contact, and language change over time. It also links to the Routledge Sociolinguistics Reader and includes online resources such as interactive exerc…
A student-friendly, accessible introduction to psycholinguistics that explores how language relates to the mind, brain, learning, and culture. Topics include child language development, deaf language education, wild-reared children, reading and literacy, animal language capacity, grammar theories (including “natural grammar”), thought and culture, origins of language, brain–language relat…
"This book applies Vygotsky's sociocultural theory to second language (L2) education, emphasizing the 'pedagogical imperative'—the inseparable connection between theory and practice. Through empirical studies and classroom applications, the authors present a praxis-oriented model for language teaching, featuring concepts such as the Zone of Proximal Development, Dynamic Assessment, and System…
An accessible undergraduate textbook in the Routledge English Language Introductions series. It presents psycholinguistic theory through a “two-dimensional” structure—Introduction, Development, Exploration, and Extension—that combines explanations, real-world data, study questions, exercises, commentaries, and key readings in one volume. It covers topics such as language and cognition, …