Listening comprehension lies at the heart of language learning, but it is the least understood
and least researched skill. This paper brings together recent research and developments in …

Students who are beginning university studies face a bewildering range of obstacles and
adjustments, and many of these difficulties involve learning to use language in new ways …

This book offers a unique view of multilingualism in higher education from a global
perspective. It presents a contextualised case of a multilingual language policy which takes …

International conference presentations represent one of the biggest challenges for
academics using English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). This paper aims to initiate exploration …

In this chapter I will sketch the main principles of an ecological-semiotic approach to
language, learning, and pedagogy. The ecological-semiotic approach (from now on I will …

This book represents the culmination of several years of work focusing on the discourse of
business studies, one of the most dynamic and popular disciplines in institutes of higher …

Lecture discourse has been conventionally known to be of a monological nature. However,
lectures are more highly regarded if they allow for reciprocal discourse, especially for …

This paper reports the findings of a study on spoken English as a lingua franca (ELF) in
Swedish higher education. The aim has been to investigate the role pragmatic strategies …

Pragmatics has grown considerably in its relatively short history, from its original disciplinary
influences in philosophy and linguistics, into a multidisciplinary field that encompasses a …

Teaching and Learning in English Medium Instruction provides an overview of the nature of
English Medium Instruction (EMI) in both secondary and tertiary education. The book …