An extensively revised and updated edition of this popular and accessible text.

Approaches to Specialized Genres provides a timely update of the field of genre studies, with contributions focusing on genres in written, spoken and visual modes across contexts.

This book takes teachers and language testers through the research on the assessment of speaking.

This book addresses contemporary issues in the assessment of plurilingual competence and plurilingual learners. It bridges the gap between the fields of language policies and practices, research on plurilingual competence, and assessment in language education.

Australian English is best known for its colourful slang. This collection provides a much richer account by bringing together leading scholars of this English variety. They provide a comprehensive overview of Australian English's distinctive features and outline cutting edge research into variation and change of English in Australia.

Australian English is best known for its colourful slang. This collection provides a much richer account by bringing together leading scholars of this English variety. They provide a comprehensive overview of Australian English's distinctive features and outline cutting edge research into variation and change of English in Australia.

This book studies the use of an automated writing evaluation (AWE) systems in research paper revision for publication purposes by Chinese doctoral students.

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities.