Modern & Classical Languages  

This well-documented text examines the unique needs of English Language Learners and describes strategies for implementing instructional assessment of language and content.(1/13)

Within linguistics the term prescriptivism is used to refer to the judgements that people make about language based on the idea that some forms and uses of language are correct and others incorrect. This book argues that prescriptivism is unfounded at its very core, and explores why it is, nevertheless, such a popular position. In doing so it addresses the politics of language: what prescriptivist positions about language use reveal about power, authority, and various social prejudices. (11/7/12)

The 'Language Instinct' Debate examines the various arguments for instinctive knowledge, and finds that each one rests on false premisses or embodies logical fallacies. The structures of language are shown to be purely cultural creations. (3/26/13)

The Handbook covers a wide range of topics related to Second Language Acquisition: language in context, linguistic, psycholinguistic, and neurolinguistic theories and perspectives, skill learning, individual differences, L2 learning settings, and language assessment. (1/13)

This is an updated third edition of our popular introduction to language teaching methodology, which describes different methods and approaches in language teaching. It provides practical step-by-step guidance for new teachers, and introduces more experienced teachers to new approaches and teaching ideas. (1/13)

Most of our assumptions about language are wrong. Language is not pure. Language is not about words. Language is not divided into real languages and "dialects." Language is not what we write on a page. So what, then, is language? In this bold and bright book, John McWhorter asks us to do a simple thing: to look at language the way a linguist does. And once we make that leap, we see a whole new world of human communication, celebrating everything from ancient Persian to the Navajo language to the term "baby mama." (3/26/13)