Education: Bilingualism / ESL

Edited by Shibao Guo

As the globalisation of migration intensifies, many countries have joined the international competition for the most talented, skilful, and resourceful workers. More recently, migration has shifted from international to transnational, characterised by its multiple and circular flows across…

Paperback – 2018-09-18
Routledge

Edited by Maria Dasli, Adriana Raquel Díaz

This edited research volume explores the development of what can be described as the ‘critical turn’ in intercultural communication pedagogy, with a particular focus on modern/foreign language education. The main aim is to trace the realisations of this critical turn against a background of unequal…

Paperback – 2018-08-23
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Language and Intercultural Communication

By Dominique Estival, Candace Farris, Brett Molesworth

Aviation English investigates the key issues related to the use of English for the purpose of communication in aviation and analyses the current research on language training, testing and assessment in the area of Aviation English. Based on a series of recent empirical studies in aviation…

Paperback – 2018-08-14
Routledge
Routledge Research in English for Specific Purposes

Edited by Eun Sung Park, Bernard Spolsky

This is the third volume of a trilogy on English Language education in Asia within the Routledge Critical Studies in Asian Education. Put together by editors and contributors selected by Asia TEFL, this book provides a timely and critical review of the current trends in tertiary level English…

Paperback – 2018-08-14
Routledge

Edited by Jing Zhao, L. Quentin Dixon

This edited book is about the rationale, practice and classroom implementation of English-medium instruction courses in Chinese universities. It specifically focuses on classroom discourse analysis across different disciplines and settings. The main themes of this book are: describing the state…

Paperback – 2018-08-14
Routledge

Edited by Patrick C. L. Ng, Esther F. Boucher-Yip

The role of English in the global arena has prompted official language-in-education policy makers to adopt language education policies to enable its citizens to be proficient in English and to access knowledge. Local educational contexts in different countries have implemented English education in…

Paperback – 2018-05-11
Routledge

Edited by Sue Nichols, Collette Snowden

Languages and Literacies as Mobile and Placed Resources explores how languages and literacies are implicated in the complex relationship between place and mobility. It is a book that represents the next wave in literacy studies in which theories of mobility, networking and globalisation have…

Paperback – 2018-05-11
Routledge

Edited by Suseela Malakolunthu, Nagappan C. Rengasamy

Since independence in 1957, Malaysia has become a globally-recognised industrial trading partner. With a 60% Muslim population, it also enjoys the reputation of being a moderate and peaceful nation. However, with just a short time left to realising its Vision 2020 of developed nationhood, the…

Paperback – 2018-05-11
Routledge

By Melina Porto, Michael Byram

Illustrated by an empirical study of English as a Foreign Language reading in Argentina, this book argues for a different approach to the theoretical rationales and methodological designs typically used to investigate cultural understanding in reading, in particular foreign language reading. It…

Paperback – 2018-04-27
Routledge
Routledge Research in Education

By Le-Ha Phan

In this book, Phan Le-Ha identifies and discusses four growing self-sustained/sustaining fundamental phenomena in transnational education (TNE), namely (1) the planned, evolving and transformative mediocrity behind the endorsement of English-medium education legitimized by the interactive Asia-the…

Paperback – 2018-04-25
Routledge

Edited by Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen, Csilla Weninger

This book examines the role textbooks play in the teaching of dominant and non-dominant (first and foreign) languages in a range of cultural contexts worldwide. Each chapter addresses important issues related to what constitutes "legitimate knowledge", the politics of learning materials, global…

Paperback – 2018-03-14
Routledge

By Marky Jean-Pierre

This book explores the social, political, and historical forces that mediate language ideology and practices in post-colonial education and how such ideology and practices influence students’ academic achievement. Jean-Pierre provides empirical evidence that a relationship exists between language…

Paperback – 2018-02-12
Routledge
Routledge Critical Studies in Multilingualism