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Featured Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

The series includes uses of applied linguistics research in teaching a variety of second language skills, such as:

  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Speaking and listening
  • Materials and curriculum design
  • Literacy
  • English for academic purposes
  • Research methods

This series provides essential texts on teaching English as a second language and applied linguistics. It includes authored and edited volumes to use as primary or supplementary texts in graduate-level and teacher training courses. Each text promotes the current and growing body of knowledge in applied linguistics and second language teaching, including advances in teacher education and the study of language. The texts also deal with broad domains of professional preparation related to socio-cultural perspectives and current issues/topics in teaching and learning a second language.

Books in the series benefit students, experienced teachers, curriculum developers, program administrators, and other second and foreign language professionals who want to advance and update their knowledge and expertise.

To see all of the books in the series, click here.

The Editorial Board includes: Marianne Celce-Murcia, University of California, Los Angeles; Rod Ellis, University of Auckland; Linda Harklau, University of Georgia; Robert B. Kaplan, University of Southern California (Emeritus); James P. Lantolf, Pennsylvania State University; Merrill Swain, Ontario Institute of Studies in Education.

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    A Guide for Practitioners

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    Published November 9th 2009 by Routledge

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    Published May 20th 2009 by Routledge

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    A Sociocultural Perspective

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    '… A beautifully written, articulate and compelling argument for a sociocultural perspective on second language teacher education . . . Essential reading for all who wish to understand this perspective.' – David Nunan, University of Hong Kong '…Significant and timely. Johnson is...

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