When discussing vocabulary, a distinction is often made between size of vocabulary
(number of known words) and depth of knowledge (how well those words are known) …

I still remember the first time I approached learning strategies in the mid-nineties as a PhD
candidate. I discovered a new universe and I became aware of how much specialized …

Task-based language teaching is an approach which differs from traditional approaches by
emphasising the importance of engaging learners' natural abilities for acquiring language …

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 …

Winner of the 2011 Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize Exploring fluency from multiple vantage
points that together constitute a cognitive science perspective, this book examines research …

Vocabulary is now well recognised as an important focus in language teaching and
learning. Now in its third edition, this book provides an engaging, authoritative guide to the …

It is quite commonplace for bilingual speakers to use two or more languages, dialects or
varieties in the same conversation, without any apparent effort. The phenomenon, known as …

This paper argues the need for an updated and explicit description of language teaching
areas generated with reference to a detailed model of communicative competence. We …

This book focuses on the psycholinguistic dynamics of multilingualism and the processes of
change in time affecting two or more language systems. It develops a novel approach to this …

This extremely up-to-date book, Speech Production and Second Language Acquisition, is
the first volume in the exciting new series, Cognitive Science and Second Language …