Routledge Studies in Applied Linguistics
Lesser-Taught Languages in Multilingual Contexts: Focus on Language Variation, Pedagogy, and Policy
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By Gilles Forlot, Seraphin Kamdem
May 03, 2026
This collection offers a comprehensive look at lesser-taught languages (LTLs) in multilingual education, seeking to broaden existing notions of minority languages and elucidate key issues and challenges specific to them in educational settings. The volume is organized around different sections, ...
Disfluencies We Live with in Japanese: An Interdisciplinary Approach
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By Toshiyuki Sadanobu
March 10, 2026
Sadanobu's research on fluency and disfluency in Japanese reveals that disfluency among healthy native speakers follows predictable patterns and may actually enhance their everyday communication. The book challenges the conventional view that disfluency should simply be eliminated by demonstrating ...
Mapping Writing Revisions through Keystroke Logging: A Methods-based Approach
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By Tanzeela Anbreen
December 28, 2025
This book presents Keystroke Logging as a powerful methodological tool for investigating writers’ revision processes in writing. The volume demonstrates the ways in which Keystroke Logging can be used to observe, record, and analyse writing revisions in real time, especially useful given the ...
The Post-Truth Era and English Language Education: Conceptual, Theoretical and Empirical Issues
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 ...
Decolonizing Academic Writing through Translingualism: Walking the Talk
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By M. Sidury Christiansen, Zhongfeng Tian (田中锋), Suresh Canagarajah
September 29, 2025
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, ...