Intercultural Language Use and Language Learning

This volume attempts to address an issue that deserves further attention on the part of language acquisition researchers: that of intercultural learners in instructed language contexts. Given the fact that most speech communities where such learning takes place are at least bilingual, and the idea that English is studied for the purposes of communication among people from different cultures, the book focuses on English learners as intercultural speakers. In so doing, the volume brings together three main research areas: those of the study of English as a lingua franca, the development of communicative competence and the use and acquisition of a language beyond a second one in instructed contexts. This book is for researchers with an interest in the field of second/foreign language acquisition and use, scholars examining learner variables in instructional contexts, and scholars adopting a sociolinguistic perspective in the study of oral discourse and languages in contact.

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Key Concepts in Language and Linguistics

This book is neither a dictionary nor an encyclopedia, but something in between. As its title suggests, it provides fairly detailed coverage of nearly 300 key concepts in the study of language. The named concepts selected for inclusion are all among the most important in the field, and among those which every beginning student is likely to encounter.

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Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching & Applied Linguistics

Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching & Applied Linguistics is intended for

- Students taking undergraduate or graduate course in language teaching or applied linguistics, particulary those planning to take up a career in the teaching of English as a Second or Foreign Language or in foreign language teaching.
- Language teachers doing in-service or pre-service courses, such as the UCLES Diploma in Teaching English to Adults.
- Students doing introductory courses in linguistics and related areas.
- Teachers and others interested in the practical applications of language study.

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The Linguistics Student's Handbook

This handbook is intended as the kind of reference work which can be valuable at any stage in the career of a tertiary linguistics student, and which can fill in the gaps that are often left in lectures and the like. Its main focus is not the nitty gritty of syntactic theory or the ethics of doing sociolinguistic research. Rather, its focus is the kind of general material that may be of interest to any linguistics student, whatever the kind of linguistics they are doing.

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The New Fowler's Modern English

The New Fowler's Modern English is a world famous guide that is a required reading for writers of all kinds looking for definitive judgements on matters of English usage. This massive 899 paged Robert Burchfield's third edition gives a clear and authoritative picture of English. The book is consisted of

Comprehensive practical advice on grammr, syntax, style ...

Clear guidance on all usage points

In-depth coverage of both British and American English

Lively and wide ranging examples of usage

And many more .......

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The Cambridge Guide to Australian English Usage

An excellent reference material on Australian English words categorized in alphabetical order.

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Webster's New World Essential Vocabulary

How's your vocabulary? Is it okay, pretty good, or exceptional? Whatever your
answer to these questions, this is the book for you. For those whose vocabulary
ranges from okay to pretty good, here is the opportunity to improve it. The main
content is grouped into sets of words that have been taken from the SAT and GRE
examinations over the past 10 years. These approximately 1,500 words are expected
by the examiners to be familiar in one form or another to college and graduate
school applicants. They need to become familiar to you, too.

Each word comes complete with a label indicating its part of speech, at least one
definition (often more), and usually at least two sentences using the word. Most
entries also include synonyms and other forms of the word, such as past tense and
gerund forms (for verbs) and adverbial and noun forms (for adjectives). Following
each group of vocabulary words is a matching test so that you can check what
you've just studied.

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