The last decade has witnessed a rapid increase in interest in multilingualism. Whereas a
number of scholars in language acquisition research still base their work on the monolingual …

With many countries now implementing multilingual educational initiatives in schools, there
is a need to reconfigure training programs and encourage teachers to develop a multilingual …

Is acquiring a third language the same as acquiring a second? Are all instances of non-
native language acquisition simply one and the same? In this first book-length study of the …

Just about everyone seems to have views about language. Language attitudes and
language ideologies permeate our daily lives. Our competence, intelligence, friendliness …

Anglophone students abroad: Identity, social relationships and language learning presents
the findings of a major study of British students of French and Spanish undertaking …

Motivation is a complex psychological construct regarded as one of the determinant factors
in successful foreign language learning, which is why it regularly comes to the fore when …

The present study was developed to assess teachers' beliefs on (1) the role of prior
language knowledge in language learning;(2) the perceived usefulness of language …

This study is part of longitudinal research undertaken in 11 secondary schools across two
countries, based in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) classrooms with 12 …

This book contributes to the study of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), an
approach to second/foreign language learning that teaches content using the target …

Describir la variación lingüística y explicar la razón de su existencia son dos de los
principales objetivos de la sociolingüística, para cuyo logro propone analizar las creencias y …