The importance of materials in language teaching and learning has been extensively
acknowledged (McGrath, 2013). Teaching materials are a key instrument in most language …

This paper reviews contemporary developments in motivation theory and research, and
discusses how they are relevant to our understanding of language learner autonomy. Within …

This study aims to determine and set the effective integration of the Cambridge Curriculum
as an adaptive or supporting curriculum to the National Curriculum (K13) during the …

Task-based language teaching is now a well-established pedagogic approach but
problematic issues remain, such as whether it is appropriate for all learners and in all …

Speaking is the active use of language to express meaning, andfor young learners, the
spoken language is the medium through which a new language is encountered, understood …

Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics is a series of introductory level textbooks
covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, primarily designed for those beginning …

The book overviews a wide range of vocabulary research methodologies, and offers
practical advice on how to carry out valid and reliable research on first and second language …

The advocacy of task-based language teaching (TBLT) has met with resistance. The
critiques of TBLT and the misconceptions that underlie them have already been addressed …

Second Language Learning and Language Teaching provides an introduction to the
application of second language acquisition research to language teaching. Assuming no …

In the past 20 years or so the phenomenon of globalization has had a profound effect on the
profusion of English in the world. Recent technological and demographic developments …