Knowledge About Language and Learner Autonomy

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Third edition. Part of the fully revised and updated third edition of Springer's landmark reference on language and education, this volume on knowledge about language has truly global coverage that now includes a wealth of non-English-speaking and non-Western perspectives. Language awareness and theoretical perspectives. Language awareness and multilingualism : a historical overview / Claudia Finkbeiner and Joanna White -- Language awareness in multilinguals : theoretical trends / Ulrike Jessner -- Knowledge about language in the mother tongue and foreign language curricula / Josep M. Cots -- Identity, language learning, and critical pedagogies in digital times / Ron Darvin and Bonny Norton -- Cognitive linguistics and its applications to second language teaching / Marjolijn H. Verspoor -- Language awareness and emotion / Michele Koven -- Early multilingualism and language awareness / Annick De Houwer -- Language contact, language awareness, and multilingualism / Anna Verschik -- Implicit and explicit knowledge about language / Nick C. Ellis -- Attention and awareness / Peter Robinson -- Language awareness, the curriculum, the classroom, and the teacher. Third language acquisition in multilingual contexts / Maria Pilar Safont Jordà -- Language awareness and CLIL / Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe -- "Awakening to languages" and educational language policy / Michel Candelier -- Knowledge about language and learner autonomy / Terry Lamb -- Classroom discourse : theoretical orientations and research approaches / Amy B.M. Tsui -- Cultural awareness in the foreign language classroom / Anne-Brit Fenner -- Teacher language awareness / Stephen Andrews and Agneta M.-L. Svalberg -- Linguistic landscape and multilingualism / Durk Gorter and Jasone Cenoz -- Awareness raising and multilingualism in primary education / Christine Hélot -- Critical multilingual language awareness and teacher education / Ofelia García --