This monograph provides educational researchers, policymakers, and practitioners with an
overview of existing knowledge regarding factors that influence success among racial and …

This accessible book offers a fresh perspective on engagement, with an emphasis on how
teachers can create the conditions for active engagement and the role learners can play in …

Innovations and Challenges in Language Learning Motivation provides a cutting-edge
perspective on the latest challenges and innovations in language learning motivation …

This book closes the gap between theory and practice for teachers and researchers wishing
to capitalize on learners' individuality in second or foreign language learning. Issues of …

If you were asked to coach a high school baseball team of novices, what is the first thing you
would do? Would you give a lecture on the history and rules of the game, or would you take …

Group Dynamics in the Language Classroom Page 1 Group Dynamics in the Language
Classroom Š Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press …

This article reports on a study involving first‐year modern foreign languages students
enrolled in German degree courses at two major universities in the United Kingdom. It …

The medical literature almost uniformly addresses the positive aspects of role modeling. Still,
some authors have questioned its educational value, a disagreement that is probably due to …

This longitudinal mixed-methods study compared the oral fluency of well-educated adult
immigrants from Mandarin and Slavic language backgrounds (16 per group) enrolled in …

Writing is the principal means by which doctoral candidature is monitored and measured;
this, combined with the growing tendency to use publications as proxy measures of …