Routledge Studies in Applied Linguistics
AI in Language Education and Communication: Professional and Intercultural Contexts in Language Education
1st Edition
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By Amily Wang Guénier, Henghua Su, Minjie Xing
May 07, 2027
This collection examines the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on language education and intercultural communication across global contexts. Organized into three sections, the book begins with theoretical foundations, addressing educators’ and learners’ perspectives on AI and ...
Exploring Language Teaching and Learning: Insights from Systemic Functional Linguistics
1st Edition
By Marianna V. Ryshina-Pankova
April 19, 2027
This book highlights the potential for Systemic Functional Theory (SFL) to enhance and promote world languages (WL) learning and achieve successful learning outcomes in the humanities. The volume charts how SFL has evolved from Michael Halliday’s early work into an appliable framework that can be ...
Assessing Listening in the Age of Generative AI
1st Edition
By Vahid Aryadoust
April 14, 2027
Bringing together established theory, contemporary research methods, and rapidly developing artificial intelligence technologies, this book examines what listening means as an assessment construct, how real-world listening domains can be represented in tests, and how linguistic, textual, auditory, ...
Multilingual International Students in University Classrooms: Multimodal Approaches to Interaction
1st Edition
By Yumi Matsumoto
March 17, 2027
This book elucidates the communicative practices of multilingual international students in university classrooms, charting how they employ not only speech but also a rich set of nonverbal semiotic resources for successful communication. Matsumoto scrutinizes multilingual multimodal interactional ...
Ecological Agency in Language Education: Learners, Teachers, Tasks, and Technologies in Sociomaterial Classrooms
1st Edition
By Masakazu Mishima
March 10, 2027
This book examines ecological agency in language education, focusing on how learners and teachers navigate complex pedagogical environments shaped by tasks, tools, feedback, classroom histories, institutional conditions, and emerging technologies. Across seven chapters, the book transitions from a ...
Virtual Intercultural Learning in Action: Connected Classrooms
1st Edition
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By Tamas Kiss, Nicholas Lee Boon Kheng
March 05, 2027
This volume moves beyond assumptions that virtual intercultural exchange is inherently transformative to examine what actually happens when students, teachers, technologies, institutions, and communities interact across cultural and geographical boundaries. Drawing on diverse projects in ...
Language and the Body
1st Edition
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By Peter Joseph Torres, Vaidehi Ramanathan
March 02, 2027
Language is produced through and shaped by bodies, and it is through language that bodies are expressed, understood, and recognized. Language and the Body places this relationship at the center of inquiry, bringing together language research and disability studies, two fields rarely in sustained ...
Spanish for Specific Purposes in the U.S.: From Language Needs Analysis to Evidence-Based Curricular Design and Implementation
1st Edition
By Alyssia M. Miller, Shannon K. Zeller, Nyssa Knarvik, Edward Sarasty, Maura Velázquez-Castillo
February 12, 2027
Spanish for Specific Purposes in the U.S: From Language Needs Analysis to Evidence-Based Curricular Design and Implementation presents a comprehensive framework for designing and implementing Spanish for Specific Purposes curricula grounded in authentic workplace communication. The book ...
Social Justice and Well-Being Perspectives on Language Learning and Bilingualism
1st Edition
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By Annick De Houwer, Meagan Driver
January 15, 2027
This collection explores the myriad factors underpinning equitable approaches to bilingualism and second language learning that can support language users’ and learners’ socio-emotional well-being. Building on the pioneering work of Lourdes Ortega in advancing research on socially-just spaces for ...
Decolonizing Academic Writing through Translingualism: Walking the Talk
1st Edition
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By M. Sidury Christiansen, Zhongfeng Tian (田中锋), Suresh Canagarajah
December 28, 2026
This collection explores innovative ways to embody translingual practices in academic writing, showcasing how multilingual authors can effectively leverage their linguistic resources in research and publication. Recognizing that traditional academic writing often suppresses multilingual voices, ...
Current Approaches to Language Ideology and Metalinguistic Discourse
1st Edition
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By Adnan Ajšić, Rachelle Vessey
November 24, 2026
This collection brings together research on cutting-edge developments at the intersection of language ideology and metalinguistic discourse, showcasing the potential of diverse approaches. With interest in language ideology and metalinguistic discourse growing, numerous qualitative and quantitative...
Washback Research in Language Assessment: Fundamentals and Contexts
1st Edition
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By David Allen
November 24, 2026
Washback is understood as the effect tests have on teaching and learning, with positive washback producing intended outcomes and negative washback generating unintended effects. By surveying the latest developments in the field and charting future directions, this collection offers a comprehensive ...