Bøger udgivet af Multilingual Matters

This is a thoroughly revised, updated and expanded edition of a practical introduction to intercultural education for teachers of English as a second language. This new edition addresses developments in the field since the publication of the 1st edition, including the impact of online resources for English language education.

Over the past 40 years, Jim Cummins has originated theories which have had a profound effect on the education of multilingual learners across the world. In this book he traces the development of these theories, and addresses the critiques they have received and their subsequent impact on his thinking and the application of his theories in schools.

This revised edition of Michael Byram's classic 1997 book updates the text in light of both recent research and critiques and commentaries on the 1st edition. The book is an invaluable guide for teachers and curriculum developers, taking them from a definition of Intercultural Communicative Competence through planning for teaching to assessment.

This book breaks new ground in its representation of the voices of people in a superdiverse city. Poetic and compelling, it places the reader at the heart of the market, surrounded by the voices of people from all over the world. Based on four years of ethnographic research, it is a book that reimagines the conventions of ethnographic writing.

This book explores the social, educational and linguistic acculturation of a group of Saudi wives and mothers sojourning in New Zealand while their husbands undertook full time study. The book explores their background, the challenges they faced and the changes they made during their sojourn, and their preparation for returning home post-sojourn.

This book delves into the captivating experiences of exceptionally motivated older adult language learners, examining the factors which generate and sustain motivation throughout a learner's life. The narrative approach traces the motivational dynamics embedded in lifelong language learning and considers its impact on wellbeing in later years.

This book brings together authors from diverse geographical and professional contexts united by a common goal: to discuss social justice in language teacher education and language classrooms. The chapters take the reader on a journey from conceptual dilemmas, through specific critical issues, to projects with clear pedagogical implications.

This book brings together authors from diverse geographical and professional contexts united by a common goal: to discuss social justice in language teacher education and language classrooms. The chapters take the reader on a journey from conceptual dilemmas, through specific critical issues, to projects with clear pedagogical implications.

This edited collection deepens readers' understanding of raciolinguistics in practice through autoethnography. It empowers both the contributors and readers who may see themselves in the stories to reflect, learn and change their practices, and provides valuable insights into raciolinguistics and autoethnography as a research method.

This edited collection deepens readers' understanding of raciolinguistics in practice through autoethnography. It empowers both the contributors and readers who may see themselves in the stories to reflect, learn and change their practices, and provides valuable insights into raciolinguistics and autoethnography as a research method.

Challenging the boundaries of linguistics as a field, and transgressing the limitations of genre in writing about language, this book explores the possibilities of what the authors call a 'hospitable linguistics'. It represents a crucial intervention in attempts to fashion a more integrative, responsible and respectful linguistics.

Challenging the boundaries of linguistics as a field, and transgressing the limitations of genre in writing about language, this book explores the possibilities of what the authors call a 'hospitable linguistics'. It represents a crucial intervention in attempts to fashion a more integrative, responsible and respectful linguistics.

"This edited volume explores opportunities for integrating technology in the classroom and using digital tools including podcasts, gamification and artificial intelligence. It offers practical advice on planning, personalising and implementing technology-mediated language teaching in online, hybrid and in-person teaching contexts"--

"This edited volume explores opportunities for integrating technology in the classroom and using digital tools including podcasts, gamification and artificial intelligence. It offers practical advice on planning, personalising and implementing technology-mediated language teaching in online, hybrid and in-person teaching contexts"--

"This book offers both a nuanced picture of language ideologies and language policies in post-Arab Spring Tunisia and a detailed critical and interdisciplinary model of Language Policy and Planning. The authors describe how multiple language ideologies interact and play out as language policy against a background of political turmoil"--

This book is devoted to the interdisciplinary investigation of language learner and teacher motivation, competencies, emotions and wellbeing, based on the theories behind mindsets. It includes a range of theoretical and empirical studies and is an invaluable resource for improving the quality of the language learning experience.

This book is devoted to the interdisciplinary investigation of language learner and teacher motivation, competencies, emotions and wellbeing, based on the theories behind mindsets. It includes a range of theoretical and empirical studies and is an invaluable resource for improving the quality of the language learning experience.

This book examines what 'researching multilingually' means in practice and theory. The chapter authors reflect on the process of conducting, analyzing and reporting multilingual research in various settings, and propose new ways of understanding best practices while also addressing challenges and at times 'failures' in the research process.

This book examines what 'researching multilingually' means in practice and theory. The chapter authors reflect on the process of conducting, analyzing and reporting multilingual research in various settings, and propose new ways of understanding best practices while also addressing challenges and at times 'failures' in the research process.

This book explores the benefits and challenges of mother tongue-based multilingual education in numerous settings in the Asia-Pacific region. Centered on the experiences of the language communities concerned, it offers insights into the complex nature of language policy and practice in both more and less accommodating sociopolitical environments.