Referencing classroom-based research and classroom vignettes, Focus on Assessment helps you to understand research evidence in language assessment for students aged 6-16. It develops your ability to design, implement, and critically evaluate language assessment.

Extracts from classroom data provide real-life examples of teachers and students interacting with each other in different approaches to content-based language teaching A focus on key classroom-based research studies highlights ways of overcoming the challenges of content-based language teaching Activities help you to relate research and theory on content-based language...

Focus on Grammar and Meaning explores how to teach grammar effectively to second or foreign language learners aged 5-18.

Focus on Literacy explores research on second language literacy development and how such research can inform instructional decision-making for teachers of students aged 5-18.

Referencing classroom-based research and classroom vignettes,Focus on Oral Interaction explores the role of oral interaction for second language learning with a special focus on school-age English language learners.

Focus on Reading aims to help teachers develop a deep understanding of the multiple skills and factors involved in second language reading development and to equip them with practical skills for the effective teaching and assessment of second language reading.

These research-led instructional guides link the theories of secondlanguage acquisition and pedagogy with classroom practice, enablingteachers to reflect on what happens in the language classroom. The series editors, Patsy M. Lightbown and Nina Spada, are highlyrespected worldwide for making theory and research about languagelearning accessible and relevant to classroom teaching.

Focus on Vocabulary Learning explores teaching vocabulary to second and foreign language learners aged 5-18.