This book introduces research-based pedagogical practices for supporting and enhancing
language development and use in school-based immersion and dual language programs in …

Language testing and assessment have moved center stage in recent years, whether for
educational, employment, or sociopolitical reasons. More and more people are involved in …

Taguchi and Roever present the latest developments in second language pragmatics
research, combining acquisitional and sociolinguistic perspectives. They cover theories of …

Grammatical Complexity in Academic English uses corpus-based analyses to challenge a
number of dominant stereotypes and assumptions within linguistics. Biber and Gray tackle …

In this first book-length treatment of collaborative writing in second language (L2)
classrooms, Neomy Storch provides a theoretical, pedagogical and empirical rationale for …

The present meta‐analysis examined the overall average correlation (weighted for sample
size and corrected for measurement error) between passage‐level second language (L2) …

Studies of L2 writing development usually measure T‐units and clausal subordination to
assess grammatical complexity, assuming that increased subordination is typical of …

The final chapter in Part 4 of the book develops the theoretical motivation for the RF
framework as applied to the field of second language writing. The paper is addressed in …

Practical Language Testing equips you with the skills, knowledge and principles necessary
to understand and construct language tests. This intensely practical book gives guidelines …

Speaking is a central yet complex area of language acquisition. The assessment of this
crucial skill is equally complex. This book takes teachers and language testers through the …