Many teachers of less commonly taught languages, or LCTLs, find themselves in the position of needing access to quality language teaching and learning materials where none exist, or where those that do are extremely outdated. Designing Effective Language Learning Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages is a concise guide for language instructors or anyone with an interest in developing language learning materials. While leading instructors through the development process using the ADDIE model of instructional design (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation), Özçelik and Kent present examples from many different languages, provide reflection questions for readers to consider at the end of each chapter, and give concrete strategies and tips throughout the process. Readers will come away from the book with a more comprehensive understanding of how to develop materials for world language learning in general, and LCTL learning in particular, and a clear roadmap for doing so.Simply written and free of overly complicated jargon or rhetoric, Designing Effective Language Learning Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages will be an invaluable reference for novice and experienced instructors alike, as well as directors of language programs

Natural language occurs in time. Events happen earlier, later, or simultaneously with other events; however, this temporal dimension is often downplayed or overlooked. This Element introduces readers with a background in structural linguistics to dynamic approaches to phonological processing. It covers models of serial order, speech production and speech perception, with special attention to how they can enhance one another. The work then asks whether dynamic approaches have the potential to change how we think of phonological structure. Key ideas discussed include phonemes and auditory targets, control mechanisms creating structure, and the shape of phonological representations in a dynamic context. The work should function as a bridge for those with linguistic questions who want to learn answers derived from the study of speech as a dynamic system

English for Law 2022 – A toolkit for discourse and genre-based approaches to ESP language is the revised edition of the earlier textbook English for Law 2021. This book provides a useful tool for the study of the theoretical and practical topic areas of law that constitute the traditional core of Anglo-American Law studies. It also provides a practical tool for the study of texts of legal language as they originate from theory-informed perspectives on discourse and genre analysis. Handy, bulleted, templated text and flow charts with fully integrated references provide students with a readable exposition of the theoretical and practical topics through the medium of English. Theory-informed perspectives on discourse and genre analysis, although written about in greater detail elsewhere, are explained in straightforward, easy-to-read language in an attempt to help law students find the best ways to use them for their own academic and professional development and skills. The book is an intermediate (B1/2) to advanced (C1/2) level English legal language source reference for non-native under/postgraduate students of Law, International Relations, Economics and Political Science as well as legal practitioners who need to be able to use English in academic or professional legal contexts.

Le manuel s’adresse à un vaste public, c’est-à-dire à tous ceux qui souhaitent mieux connaître les rudiments de la traduction professionnelle, qu’il s’agisse d’étudiants en traduction, en langues étrangères, de critiques de traduction, voire des étudiants, des enseignants ou des professionnels appelés à traduire ou qui traduisent déjà, ou encore des lecteurs et utilisateurs avertis de documents traduits. Il propose une initiation à une profession qui a connu beaucoup de changements et un essor remarquable depuis l’arrivée des technologies et des mégadonnées numériques. L’auteur situe l’objet d’étude de la traduction professionnelle, explique comment consulter deux grandes banques terminologiques accessibles en ligne, définit les grands champs de spécialisation en traduction et décrit les compétences que doivent maîtriser les traducteurs professionnels. Il présente les concepts clés de la signification et du sens, qu’il aborde dans un cadre sémiotique, ainsi que les éléments fondamentaux de structuration des textes, comme la phrase, le syntagme et les unités lexicales, lesquels sont au cœur des opérations de traduction. Il propose une classification et une vue d’ensemble des principales erreurs de traduction qu’il répartit entre les fautes de langue et les interférences. Les personnes intéressées par la traduction comme travail ou objet d’étude trouveront dans le manuel une foule de renseignements utiles qui leur permettront de mieux saisir les enjeux et les exigences de la profession.