Dictionary Use in Foreign Language Writing Exams contributes to ongoing debates around using or not using dictionaries in writing. The book alerts those who have a stake in language learning, teaching, and assessment to both the benefits and drawbacks of bilingual dictionaries and to means of improving their use. The book will help language students, at whatever level, and whatever language they are studying, to get the best out of bilingual dictionaries when writing, and it will also help language teachers help their students to use this resource to full effect.
A modern, speaking-centred general English course that helps students use language naturally. Students at Elementary level and above have gaps in their language knowledge and performance which inhibit their progress. The natural English syllabus is based on research into these language gaps and the course brings together current ideas in a stylish, principled, and easy-to-teach set of materials.
Architectures and Mechanisms for Language ProcessingThe architectures and mechanisms underlying language processing form one important part of the general structure of cognition. This boo brings together linguistic, psychological and computational perspectives on some of the fundamental issues. Introductory chapters offer overviews on important psycholinguistic research frameworks and highlight both shared assumptions and controversial issues. Subsequent chapters explore syntactic and lexical mechanisms;
The Primacy of GrammarThe contemporary discipline of biolinguistics is beginning to have the feel of scientific inquiry. Biolinguistics—especially the work of Noam Chomsky—suggests that the design of language may be "perfect": language is an optimal solution to conditions of sound and meaning. What is the scope of this inquiry?
Extensive in scope yet easy to follow, the six-level Active English Grammar series provides a thorough and practical understanding of the mechanics of the English language. Over the course of the six books, students will advance from beginner to high-intermediate material.