Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning / 
edited by Michael Byram and Adelheid Hu. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - New York :  Routledge,  2013. 
 - xxxvi, 817 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/> Available in print and electronic formats. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>''The Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning is an authoritative reference dealing with all aspects of this increasingly important field of study. Offering a comprehensive range of articles on contemporary language teaching and its history, it has been produced specifically for language teaching professionals and as a reference work for academic studies at post graduate level.  In this new edition, every single entry has been reviewed and updated with reference to new developments and publications. Coverage has been expanded to reflect new technological, global, and academic developments, with particular attention to areas such as online and distance learning, teacher and learner cognition, testing, assessment and evaluation, global English and teacher education. Themes and disciplines covered include:  Methods and materials, including new technologies and material developments  Contexts and concepts, such as mediation, risk-taking in language learning and comprehension  Influential figures from the early days of language teaching to the contemporary  Related disciplines, such as psychology, anthropology and corpus linguistic. It covers the teaching of specific languages, including Japanese, Chinese, Arabic and African languages, as well as English, French, German, and Spanish.  There are 35 overview articles dealing with issues such as communicative language teaching, early language learning, teacher education and syllabus and curriculum design. A further 160 entries focus on topics such as bilingualism, language laboratories and study abroad.  Numerous shorter items examine language and cultural institutions, professional associations and acronyms. Multiple cross-references enable the user to browse from one entry to another, and there are suggestions for further reading.  Written by an international team of specialists, the Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning is an invaluable resource and reference manual for anyone with a professional or academic interest in the subject.'' (Book Cover) CONTENTS: List of illustrations Editorial board List of contributors List of entries Thematic list of entries Introduction to the 2 edition Introduction to the 1 edition Acknowledgements Entries A-Z Acculturation Achievement tests Acquisition and teaching Action research  Adult language learning Adult learners African languages Age factors AILA  ALA - Association for Language Awareness Alliance française Alternation hypothesis American Army Method Anthropology Applied linguistics Aptitude for language learning Aptitude tests Arabic Area studies Assessment and testing Attitudes and language learning Audiolingual method Audio-visual language teaching Authenticity Autonomy and autonomous learners Beginner language learners Behaviourism Beliefs about other countries BICS and CALP Bilingual education Bilingual method Bilingualism Bloomfiel, Leonhard Braille British Council CAL- Center for Applied Linguistics CALL - Computer Assisted Language Learning Camoes Institute Cercle S - Confédération Européenne des Centres de Langues dans l'Enseignement Supérieur Cervantes Institute Chinese Chomsky, Noam CIEP - Centre International d'Études Pédagogiques CILT - Centre for Information of Language Teaching Research Civilisation  Classroom language Classroom observation schemes Classroom research  Cloze test Cognitive code theory Cognitive linguistics Comenius, Johannes Amos Common European Framework of Reference Communication strategies Communicative language teaching Community language learning Competence and performance Confucius Institute Content and language integrated learning Content-based instruction Contrastive analysis Conversation analysis Corpus linguistics and language teaching Coste, Daniel Council of European Modern Language Projects Council of European Platform for Plurilingual and Intercultural Education CRAPEL - Centre de Recherches et d'Applications Pédagogiques en Langues CRÉDIF - Centre de Recherche et d'Étude pour la Diffusion du Français Créoles Créoles Cross-cultural psychology Cross-linguistic analyses Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses C-test Cultural awareness Cultural studies Cultural shock DADD - Deutscher Akademischer Austanschdienst Developmental sequence Diagnostic tests DIALANG Dictation  Dictionaries Didactique des langues Direct method Direct/ Indirect testing Discourse analysis Discrete point tests Disorders of language Distance learning Drama Early language learning in formal education Emotions and language learning English  English for specific purposes Error analysis Esperanto European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) European Language Council European Language Portfolio  Evaluation Exchanges Exercises types and grading FIPLV - Fédération internationale des Professeurs de Langues Vivantes Foreigner Talk Fossilisation Français fondamental Fremdsprachendidaktik Fremdverstehen<br/> French Gender in language Gender in language learning Generative principle Genre and genre-based teaching German Global education Goethe-Institut Gouin, François Graded objectives Grammar<br/> Grammar-translation method Group work Halliday, Michael Alexander Kirkwood Handlungsorientierter Unterricht (Holistic and action-oriented learning and teaching)<br/> Hawkins, Eric William Higher education<br/> History: the nineteenth century History: from the Reform Movement to 1945 History: after 1945 Hornby, Albert Sidney Human rights Humanistic language teaching Humboldt, Wilhelm von<br/> IATEFL - International Assocation of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language<br/> Idioms IDV - Internationaler Deutschlehrerverband<br/> Integrated tests<br/> Integrative tests<br/> Intensive language courses<br/> Intercomprehension Intercultural communication Intercultural training / Cross-cultural training Interkulturelle Didaktik (Intercultural Didactics) Interlanguage<br/> Internationalisation<br/> Internet and language learning Interpreting IPA - International Phonetic Association IVN - Internationale Vereneging Voor Neerlandistiek Japan Foundation<br/> Japanese Jesperson, Otto Journals Kramsch Claire Krumm, Hans-Jürgen Landeskunde/Kulturkunde Language across the curriculum  Language awareness Language laboratories  Language planning and policy Languages for Specific Purposes<br/> Langue and parole <br/> Large classes  Learner narratives  Learning styles <br/> Learning to Learn Lexicography and lexicology  Lingua franca Linguapax Linguistic imperialism  Linguistics  Linguistique appliquée  Listening Literary texts Literary texts and intercultural understanding  Literary theory and literature teaching  Lozanov, Georgi MAPRYaL Materials development Mediation Medium of instruction Medium-oriented and message-oriented communication Mental lexicon Migrant and heritage languages MLAT - Modem Language Aptitude Test  Monitor model Monolingual principle Mother tongue Mother-tongue teaching<br/> Mother tongue use in the foreign language classroom  Motivation Motivation theories Nationalism  Native speaker  Needs analysis Neuro-linguistic Programming  Neurolinguistics Non-native speaker teacher Non-verbal communication  Notions and functions Objectives in language learning and teaching Palmer, Harold Edward  Pedagogical grammar <br/> Pidgins Placement tests <br/> Planned languages Planning for foreign language teaching  Plurilingualism Poetry  Politeness  Portuguese Pragmatics<br/> Primary Education  Proficiency Movement  Proficiency tests <br/> Progress tests  Pronunciation teaching Psychodramaturgy for language acquisition  Psychology<br/> Pushkin Russian Language Institute<br/> Quality management  Questioning Techniques Reading Reading methods Reference works  Reform Movement  Reliability  Research methods<br/> Risk-taking and foreign language learning  Rivers, Wilga Marie<br/> Russian Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis <br/> Saussure, Ferdinand de  Schema and script theory SEAMEO RELC - The SEAMEO Regional Language Center Second language acquisition theories  Secondary education<br/> Self-access Sign languages <br/> Silent Way Skills and knowledge in language learning  Sociolinguistic competence Sociolinguistics  Spanish  Speaking Speech act theory  Sprachlehrforschung Standard language  Stereotypes Stern, Hans Heinrich (David) <br/> Strategic competence  Strategies of language learning  Structural linguistics Study abroad Successful language learners  Suggestopedia Sweet, Henry Syllabus and curriculum design Tandem learning<br/> Task-based teaching and assessment  Teacher education Teacher talk Teacher thinking Teaching methods Technologies for language learning TESOL - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Text and corpus linguistics Text types and grading  Textbooks Third language learning Threshold Level Total Physical Response  Transfer Translation Translation in language teaching  Translation theory Trim, John Leslie Melville  Turkish Universal grammar (UG)  Untutored language acquisition US Standards for Foreign Language Learning<br/> Validity van Ek, Jan Ate Vantage Level Variation in language <br/> Viëtor, Wilhelm <br/> Vocabulary Vocational education and training Waystage Widdowson, Henry George  Writing Index<br/> 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Language and languages--Study and teaching--Encyclopedias.