Routledge Studies in Applied Linguistics
The Post-Truth Era and English Language Education: Conceptual, Theoretical and Empirical Issues
1st Edition
Edited
By Hild Elisabeth Hoff, Aud Solbjørg Skulstad
December 16, 2025
This collection offers perspectives from established scholars on the theoretical and practical dimensions of English language education in a post-truth era. Reflecting on the implications of contemporary sociocultural and cultural realities, the volume begins by outlining the conceptual ...
Legal and Cultural Dimensions in Arbitration Language: A Corpus-Based Study of Arbitral Awards
1st Edition
By Ornella Guarino
December 11, 2025
This book examines the interplay of legal traditions and linguistic practices and its influence on arbitral awards, opening new avenues of research on this underexplored area of legal discourse. The volume analyses data from a corpus of English-language arbitral awards, understood as the final ...
Narratives of English Language Learners in Private Tutoring: An L2 Motivational Self Perspective
1st Edition
By Kevin Wai Ho Yung
December 04, 2025
Yung offers a groundbreaking exploration of the dynamic interplay between motivation, private tutoring, and second language learning. Examining the under-researched topic of “shadow education” in the context of applied linguistics, this book provides a fresh and insightful outlook on the unique ...
Fostering Language Assessment Literacy: Materials, Methods, and Emerging Issues
1st Edition
Edited
By Frank Giraldo, Xun Yan
November 09, 2025
This collection showcases language assessment literacy, understood as the knowledge, skills, and principles necessary to engage in assessment activities, by problematizing different approaches to its development and offering insights for language teachers and other stakeholders. The volume builds ...
The Language of Democratization: Roles, Social Positions, and Discourse
1st Edition
Edited
By Svenja Kranich, Simone Knewitz, Daniela Pirazzini, Hanna Bruns
November 09, 2025
Since the 1960s, liberal values such as nondiscrimination, equal participation of all in social, political, and cultural spheres, and individual freedom have driven processes of democratization in Western societies – a trend that has recently been countered by the resurgence of illiberal forces, ...
Lexical Priming: Evolution, Evaluation and Applications to English and Japanese
1st Edition
By Alan Partington, Eugenia Diegoli
October 26, 2025
This pioneering volume builds on Prof. Michael Hoey’s seminal work on Lexical Priming (LP) theory by applying it to specific varieties of Japanese, alongside English, as a first step in corroborating and expanding the validity of LP theory. The book sets the scene by surveying LP research on ...
Self-Concept in Foreign Language Learning: A Longitudinal Study of Japanese Language Learners
1st Edition
By Reiko Yoshida
October 26, 2025
This book explores self-concept in foreign language (FL) learning, tracing the trajectories of a group of Japanese language learners at an Australian university to illuminate new insights about the factors impacting positive self-concept and implications for language learning more broadly. The ...
Transnational Approaches to Bilingual and Second Language Teacher Education
1st Edition
Edited
By M. Dolores Ramírez-Verdugo
October 26, 2025
This innovative collection explores transnational approaches to bilingual teacher education from different angles, unpacking the challenges and opportunities in contemporary global bilingual programs. The book offers a thorough account of transnational pedagogical research and best practice in ...
Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation in Bilingual and Second Language Teacher Education
1st Edition
Edited
By M. Dolores Ramírez-Verdugo
August 29, 2025
The book provides a comprehensive overview of international pedagogical approaches, research, innovation experiences, and best practices in bilingual and second language education to enhance bilingual teacher education programs. The book clearly outlines the need for an interdisciplinary and ...
Multimodality across Epistemologies in Second Language Research
1st Edition
Edited
By Amanda Brown, Søren W. Eskildsen
August 29, 2025
This collection highlights diverse epistemological perspectives in original research on the important role of multimodality in second language contexts. The volume explores a wide range of theoretical and methodological traditions toward foregrounding the notion that bodily action is not merely an ...
The Structure of Philosophical Discourse: A Genre and Move Analysis
1st Edition
By Kyle Lucas, Sarah Lucas
July 30, 2025
This book builds on existing work in genre analysis and move analysis in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and applies this new framework to academic philosophical discourse, offering new insights into how ESP traditions can elucidate shifts in language conventions across disciplinary contexts. ...
ELF and Applied Linguistics: Reconsidering Applied Linguistics Research from ELF Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Kumiko Murata
May 06, 2025
With help from a global cast of scholars, Kumiko Murata explores the remodelling of the discipline of applied linguistics, which traditionally regarded Anglophone native-speaker English as the standard for English as a lingua franca (ELF). This edited volume probes the dichotomy between the current...