Edited by
B. Spolsky, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Description
The volume comprises 232 thematically organised articles based on the highly successful
Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics
and the
International Encyclopedia of Education (2nd edition) revised and, where necessary, updated and supplemented throughout.
Dealing with all topics at the intersection between education and language, the work will prove an invaluable reference for all researchers
in the field. Never has there been more intense debate over different attitudes and approaches to teaching and language. This volume
will provide a state of the art description of all the topics of interest to language educators and all those concerned with making and
implementing policy in language education. Fundamental topics include: the social context, society, national, school and curricular policy,
literacy and oracy, language acquisition, bi- and plurilingualism, testing, TEFL, TESOL, SLA.
Audience:
For schools and colleges of education, linguistics departments, researchers, teachers and students of applied linguistics, TESOL and TEFL.
