ELT

Psycholinguists have shown that the comprehension and production of even the simplest language is a highly complex, almost miraculous, process. This brief introduction shows how psycholinguistic research can act as a window to the workings of the human mind.

In the age of the global village and the world wide web, understanding the way in which people learn languages is of ever increasing importance. This book makes the essentials of this rapidly expanding area of study accessible to readers encountering it for the first time.

Sociolinguistics is the study of the different ways in which different groups of people use language. This book provides a brief but comprehensive introduction to the field, making links with related disciplines such as history, politics, and gender studies.

A fresh and enjoyable collection of games for children aged 4-11, including card games, board games, physical games, and co-operative and competitive games. The book gives helpful guidance for teachers on integrating games into the English syllabus, useful classroom language, classroom management, adapting traditional games, and on creating games with...

Each book in this series provides the classroom teacher with a guide to the practice of key aspects of language teaching, and considers some of the underlying concepts. Introductions presenting important current issues in key areas of language learning are followed by examples and discussions of actual classroom materials and...

A resource book of activities to prepare students for public examinations. Includes over 70 classroom activities ranging from raising awareness of individual sounds to full-scale listening projects. Emphasizes listening as a social and interactive skill. Helps learners to develop strategies to make sense of what they hear in English.