A comprehensive manual for pre-and in-service ESL, EFL, and EIL educators who work with
multilingual students at the secondary and postsecondary levels, this text balances insights …

This new strand in the journal provides a space for contributors to present a personal stance
either on future research needs or on the perceived current applications of research in the …

The Second Language Learning Processes of Students with Specific Learning Difficulties is
the only recent book available to offer a detailed and in-depth discussion of the second …

In this study we compared the effects of two types of form-focused instruction (FFI) on second
language (L2) learning and their potential contributions to the development of different types …

Throughout the history of applied linguistics,“practice” and “automatization” have frequently
elicited negative connotations with mechanical, mindless drills of structural patterns and …

Words are the building blocks of human communication and provide a strong foundation for
the development of skilled language production and comprehension. Learning words in a …

Practice is a recurring and popular theme in language education. However, the concepts of
practice and automatization have recently received renewed theoretical and practical …

This study examined the effect of pre‐reading vocabulary instruction on learners' attention
and vocabulary learning. We randomly assigned participants (L1= 92; L2= 88) to one of four …

The study investigated the effect of meaning-and form-focused instruction on the acquisition
of collocations by L1 Polish learners of English as a foreign language. Forty-three …

The present critical literature review explored the previous research articles to find out the
washback effect of task-based assessment (TBA) of vocabulary on EFL learners. While the …