This is the first book devoted to exploring issues of learning written Japanese, focusing on the challenges the writing system poses for the second language learner. It weaves together previous research on Japanese second language acquisition and kanji learning with original studies on self-regulation and kanji learning strategies. It provides the most comprehensive overview of the Japanese writing system and kanji learning to date; helps further our understandin...

The successful collection of data is a key challenge to obtaining reliable and valid results in applied linguistics research. Data Collection Research Methods in Applied Linguistics investigates how research is conducted in the field, encompassing the challenges and obstacles applied linguists face in collecting good data. The book explores frequently used data collection techniques, including:* interviews and focus groups* observations* stimulated recall and...

This book explores the impact of the spread of English on language teaching and learning. It provides a framework for change in English language teaching to better reflect global realities and current research. The authors examine the pedagogical implications of the global spread of English, drawing on world Englishes, English as a lingua franca, and global Englishes research. The book proposes key innovations for teaching English as an international language, and outlines key areas for fu...

This Element offers a comprehensive account of the unprecedented spread of English as a global language by taking historical, sociolinguistic, and pedagogical perspectives. To realize this mission, it opens with an accessible discussion of the historical trajectory of the English language with qualitative and quantitative connections to its contemporary diversity in terms of forms, roles, functions, uses, users, and contexts of English as a global and multilingual franca. Built upon this s...

The spread of English as a global language has resulted in the emergence of a number of related fields of research within applied linguistics, including English as an International Language, English as a Lingua Franca, and World Englishes. Here, Heath Rose and Nicola Galloway consolidate this work by exploring how the global spread of English has impacted TESOL, uniting similar movements in second language acquisition, such as translanguaging and the multilingual turn. They build on a numb...

Introducing Global Englishes provides comprehensive coverage of relevant research in the fields of World Englishes, English as a Lingua Franca, and English as an International Language. The book introduces students to the current sociolinguistic uses of the English language, using a range of engaging and accessible examples from newspapers (Observer, Independent, Wall Street Journal), advertisements, and television shows. The book:Explains key conc...

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Investigating the occult using deductive reasoning, esoteric knowledge and psychic ability, the Edwardian protagonists of these classic tales tackle haunted houses, diabolic possessions and more earthly deeds of greed, corruption and murder.In Harold Begbie's six tales of Andrew Latter (1904), a psychic uses the power of his dreams to assist Scotland Yard. Allen Upward's 'Ghost Hunters' series, reprinted in its entirety for the first time since its original appearance in the Royal ...

VOICES: a sacred sisterscape, spearheaded by Grammy-nominated poet aja monet (When The Poems Do What They Do), is an audio experience of stories written by, narrated by, and centering Black women across the diaspora. It encourages radical listening for the sake of connection, compassion, and community and celebrates the interior lives Black women embody. “We seek to encourage and establish a culture that fosters radical truth-telling love & solidarity,” —aja monet, Artist...

The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Applied Linguistics provides a critical survey of the methodological concepts, designs, instruments and types of analysis that are used within the broad field of applied linguistics. With more than 40 chapters written by leading and emerging scholars, this book problematizes and theorizes applied linguistics research, incorporating numerous multifaceted methodological considerations and pointing to the future of good practice in resear...

“リトル・ローズ”と呼ばれたあの日、彼女は恋に落ちた。人気作家Ｌ・ヒースが描く、可憐で一途な初恋物語。「求婚者が自分を本当に愛しているのか、持参金目的なのか、どうしたらわかるの？」――社交界にデビューしたばかりの令嬢グレースは、ある日の真夜中、不安を抱えてラヴィングドン公爵を訪ねた。幼いころにいじめっ子から助けられて以来、9歳年上のラヴィングドンはいつも彼女の救いの騎士だ。だが、2年前に最愛の妻子を亡くした彼は世捨て人のように荒んだ生活を送り、最近は会うこともなくなっていた。グレースはすっかり陰りを帯びた彼に驚きつつ、助けを求めた。彼女には、愛のある結婚をしなければならない理由があって……。■USAトゥデイやNYタイムズのベストセラーリスト入りを果たす人気作家がMIRA文庫に初お目見え。華やかなヴィクトリア朝のロンドンを舞台に切ない恋を描きます。ヒロインは19歳のグレース。持参金が多く世慣れていない彼女は、愛のある結婚を夢見て、幼なじみのラヴィングドン公爵に婚活のアドバイスを求めます。愛する妻と娘を亡くして以来、世を疎み孤独に生きてきた公爵は...