This book explores the relevance that second language research has for the secondary foreign language classroom. It analyses the concept of teaching and learnin

This volume offers fresh perspectives on a controversial issue in applied linguistics and language teaching by focusing on the use of the first language in comm

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This book combines detailed accounts of classroom practice with empirical and case-study research and a wide-ranging engagement with applied linguistic and peda