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Pawlak, Miroslaw; Waniek-Klimczak, Ewa; Majer, Jan – Multilingual Matters, 2011
Developing the ability to speak in a foreign language is an arduous task. This is because it involves the mastery of different language subsystems, simultaneous focus on comprehension and production, and the impact of a range of social factors. This challenge is further compounded in situations in which learners have limited access to the target…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Second Languages, Testing, Language Tests
Burns, Anne, Ed.; Burton, Jill, Ed. – TESOL International Association, 2008
Over the last 30 years, inquiry-based teaching has become a highly valued component of professional development and practitioner research in Australia and New Zealand. This volume of the Language Teacher Research Series focuses on teaching and learning experiences in those two countries, which encompass a large geographical area with diverse…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Phillips, June K., Ed. – 1977
This volume consists of the following articles: (1) "Introduction: Language Is the Link," by June K. Phillips; (2) "Foreign Language Study for a World in Transition," by Harold G. Shane and David L. Silvernail; (3) "Our Language Heritage: A Historical Perspective," by Shirley Brice Heath; (4) "Communication and Beyond," by Diane W. Birckbichler;…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communicative Competence (Languages), Creativity
Oller, John W., Jr., Ed.; Richards, Jack C., Ed. – 1973
This book of readings includes: "Language Didactics and Applied Linguistics" (William Mackey); "Psycholinguistics and Second Language Teaching" (H. H. Stern); "Linguistic Theory" (Noam Chomsky); "Some Psycholinguistic Controversies" (John Oller, Jr.); "The Cognitive Strategies of Language Learning" (John Macnamara); "Conditions for Language…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language)
Farrell, Thomas S. C., Ed. – TESOL International Association, 2006
The Language Teacher Research Series aims to connect research and practice by highlighting the insights that teachers themselves describe after examining their own practices. This first volume of the five-volume series presents research conducted by language teachers at all levels, from high school English teachers to English language teacher…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Researchers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning