This volume underlines the relevance of an empirical, data-based and scientifically informed approach to the teaching of a second or foreign language, even thou

Current, comprehensive, and authoritative, this text gives language teachers and researchers, both a set of conceptual tools with which to think and talk about

Examines and responds to the tension educators face while trying to nurture creativity within the curricular constraints of the classroom.

Creativity and the Common Core State Standards are both important to today’s teachers. Yet, for many educators, nurturing students’ creativity seems to conf

This accessible yet authoritative book considers and encourages flexible, playful and innovative practices in the teaching of writing, and shows how certain pra