This article will first give an overview of multicultural, multilingual Britain and place it within the context of community literacy. It will then discuss education reforms and policies that have aimed to place multicultural and multiple literacy at their centre…

The topic of pacing at the level of the individual class hour has received relatively little coverage in research literature.  In order to provide a research-based take on the issue, the current work surveys the existing literature, develops terminology and…

This article provides a summary of some of the key ideas of Seedhouse (2004). The study applies Conversation Analysis (CA) methodology to an extensive and varied database of language lessons from around the world and attempts to answer the question…

AbstractThis article is based on a subset of data gathered in a bi-national PhD study regarding measures of parental encouragement when comparing immigrant background and native students (n=233) in Catalonia (Spain) and California. The ANOVA means comparisons of parental encouragement…

This volume stems from the assumption that metalinguistic awareness, a skill developed during first language acquisition, is also fundamental to the development of second language competence in children. (...)Este volumen se deriva de la hipótesis de que la conciencia metalingüística,…

En grande partie, ce volume 5.3 aborde des questions de multiculturalisme et de mondialisation en éducation. (...)In a large part, volume 5.3 is about international and intercultural aspects of education. (...)En gran parte, el volumen 5,3 trata de educación internacional…

Evidence-based practice has become a cornerstone to the development of many professions over the last twenty years, ranging from health and social sciences to education. Research based on reflective practice provides the impulse...En els últims vint anys, pràctiques basades en…

This volume has an interesting variety of articles, which at first glance, may not seem to have much in common. However, taking a deeper look at the contents of the texts, several common nexus emerge, above all the feeling that…

Simon Borg is Professor of TESOL at the School of Education of the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. He teaches MA TESOL modules on Teacher Education and Grammar Teaching. He is on the editorial boards of Language Teaching…

This special issue compiles a number of articles which take a serious look at grammar teaching and learning at Primary and Secondary School. Grammar has always had a central role in educational considerations and still remains one of the most…