This textbook offers an introductory overview of eight hotly-debated topics in second language acquisition research. It offers a glimpse of how SLA researchers have tried to answer common questions about second language acquisition rather than being a comprehensive introduction to SLA research.
The poems reflect a journey of maturity, capturing the poet's experiences over a year across diverse locations, from Arctic Norway to the Hebrides. Through various forms and meters, the verses explore encounters with people, contemplative thoughts, and emotions ranging from wry amusement to anger. Each piece conveys a deep gratitude for life, offering readers occasional yet stimulating companionship, best enjoyed in small doses.
This volume approaches current multilingualism as a new linguistic dispensation, in urgent need of research-led, reflective scrutiny. The book addresses the emergent global and local patterns of multingual use and acquisition across the world and explores the major trends that characterize today's multilingualism. Its fifteen chapters discuss a range of issues relating to the quintessential and unique properties of multilingual situations.
A collection of poems and essays of the author's observations during the year of 2016
These poems and extended essay were written during the two years after the author was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Many, though not all, deal with the author's treatment and his reaction to it. They embody his belief that the human condition, though often tragic, is more often ludicrous.
This book opens readers' eyes to something they see all the time but take for granted: street signs. It is a portrait of the signs on modern English streets: what they look like, who and what they are for, how they link to English history and how they form part of life in multilingual England today.