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Language Teaching & Learning
Developing Materials for Language Teaching
Edited by Brian Tomlinson, Anaheim University, USA Viewing current developments in materials development through the eyes of developers, users and researchers from all over the world, this book applies principles to practice It provides comprehensive coverage of the main aspects and issues in the field as well as critical overviews of recent developments in materials development, and acts as a stimulus for innovation Now revised and updated to take account of advancements over the last decade, Developing Materials for Language Teaching is an essential text for any student or practitioner of language education
UK March 2023 • US March 2023 • 480 pages • 64 bw illus PB 9781350199675 • £3199 / $4295 • HB 9781350199682 • £10000 / $13500 ePub 9781350199699 • £2879 / $3983 ePdf 9781350199705 • £2879 / $3983 Bloomsbury Academic
Language Narratives and Shifting Multilingual Pedagogies
English Teaching from the South
Belinda Mendelowitz, University of the Witswatersrand, South Africa, Ana Ferreira, University of the Witswatersrand, South Africa & Kerryn Dixon, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Challenges monoglossic ideologies, traditional language pedagogies and dominant forms of knowledge construction by foregrounding multilingual and multicultural students’ language narratives, repertoires, and identities The research is based on a 16-year longitudinal study of a sociolinguistics course at an English language university and the language narratives produced by the first-year education students The study was borne out of a need to create a critically inclusive course that would engage a cohort of students from socially and linguistically diverse backgrounds
UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 256 pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350165915 • £9000 / $12000 ePub 9781350165939 • £8100 / $11265 ePdf 9781350165922 • £8100 / $11265 Series: Multilingualisms and Diversities in Education • Bloomsbury Academic
Teaching English to Young Arabic Speakers
Assessing the Influence of Instructional Materials, Narratives and Cultural Norms
Irma-Kaarina Ghosn, Lebanese American University, Lebanon The book explores young Arabic-speaking children’s English language learning. Through classroom-based research and learner work samples, the book analyses the interplay between cultural norms and the critical role that teachers play in orchestrating classroom discourse through skillful use of available instructional materials, questioning strategies and feedback to learners The author reviews the spread of the practice of teaching English to young and very young children and the increasing demand for English-medium instruction in the Arabic-speaking region, with a particular focus on the young learner's negative transfer from Arabic to English spelling and grammar
UK December 2022 • US December 2022 • 240 pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350260474 • £9000 / $12000 ePub 9781350260511 • £8100 / $11265 ePdf 9781350260504 • £8100 / $11265 Bloomsbury Academic
Compelling Stories for English Language Learners
Janice Bland, Nord University, Norway This book demonstrates the remarkable significance of engaging with compelling stories in primary and secondary English language education Exploring a range of genres and formats, including verse novels, picturebooks, plays, biographies, graphic novels and young adult fiction such as the popular The Hunger Games series, Janice Bland illustrates the complexity of children’s literature and how it can empower children and adolescents (as well as teachers) to practice interculturality, creativity and critical literacy The educational opportunities of story for culturally and linguistically diverse students – through deep reading and in-depth learning – are revisited from fresh angles in each chapter
UK November 2022 • US November 2022 • 384 pages • 45 bw illus PB 9781350202856 • £2899 / $3995 • HB 9781350189980 • £9000 / $12000 ePub 9781350190009 • £2609 / $3708 ePdf 9781350189997 • £2609 / $3708 Bloomsbury Academic
Pedagogies in English for Academic Purposes
Teaching and Learning in International Contexts
Edited by Carole MacDiarmid, University of Glasgow, UK & Jennifer J. MacDonald, Dalhousie University, Canada This volume provides insights into EAP pedagogies employed in a range of contexts and is based on a firm commitment to draw on practitioners and practitioner-researchers to illustrate this complex field. The chapters explore a range of geographical contexts (including Brazil, Canada, China, Jamaica, South Africa, UAE, the UK and the USA), showcasing the research-informed work of the EAP practitioner, responding to the repeated calls for a firmer link between theory, research and practice in language teaching, and providing a much-needed focus on pedagogy
UK March 2023 • US March 2023 • 240 pages • 4 bw illus PB 9781350254398 • £2899 / $3995 Previously published in HB 9781350164802 ePub 9781350164826 • £8100 / $11265 ePdf 9781350164819 • £8100 / $11265 Series: New Perspectives for English for Academic Purposes • Bloomsbury Academic
Transformation, Embodiment, and Wellbeing in Foreign Language Pedagogy
Enacting Deep Learning
Edited by Joseph Shaules, Keio University, Japan & Troy McConachy, University of Warwick, UK This volume presents pedagogical approaches and empirical studies that emphasize deeper, embodied engagement with language, the transformative potential of the language learning experience, and the importance of learner and teacher well-being A deep learning orientation sees foreign language not as a psychologically neutral process of internalising linguistic rules but as an embodied process that is intimately tied to learners’ experience of self, including emotion, body states, metaphoric understanding, aesthetic sensibilities, and moral intuitions
UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 240 pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350254480 • £9000 / $12000 ePub 9781350254503 • £8100 / $11265 ePdf 9781350254497 • £8100 / $11265 Bloomsbury Academic
