Investigations in Teaching and Learning Languages

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Approaches to Language, Language Teaching and Learning

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The ‘Imperial’ Life of Natural Languages

      • Stanisław Puppel

      Pages 3-8

   3. Research Traditions in Applied Linguistics

      • Anna Ewert

      Pages 9-18

   4. Foreign Language Didactics as a Human Science

      • Maria Dakowska

      Pages 19-33

   5. Basic Dichotomies in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning: A Case of Formulaic Language

      • Romuald Gozdawa-Gołębiowski

      Pages 35-50

   6. The Post-Process Era in Composition Studies and the Linguistic Turn of the 20th Century

      • Jan Zalewski

      Pages 51-61

3. Dimensions of Awareness in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63

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   2. A Double Life of Texts: English as a Lingua Franca in a Polish–Ukrainian Intercultural Project

      • Anna Niżegorodcew

      Pages 65-78

   3. Reading as a Purpose-Driven Process: Taking an L2 Reader Perspective

      • Halina Chodkiewicz

      Pages 79-95

   4. Awareness of Derivational Morphology and its Influence on Vocabulary Retention

      • Anna Michońska-Stadnik

      Pages 97-108

   5. Comparing Learners’ and Teachers’ Beliefs About Form-Focused Instruction

      • Mirosław Pawlak

      Pages 109-131

   6. Forms of Social Support and Foreign Language Attainment: The Mediating Effect of Gender

      • Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel

      Pages 133-148

   7. Perceptions of Space in the Multilingual Mind

      • Danuta Gabryś-Barker

      Pages 149-168

4. Aspects of Foreign Language Instruction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169

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   2. On Standards and Advancedness in Foreign Language Education

      • Zbigniew P. Możejko

      Pages 171-180

   3. Language Achievements of Polish Young Learners: Evidence from the ELLiE Study

      • Magdalena Szpotowicz

      Pages 181-199

   4. Multisensory Structured Learning Approach in Teaching Foreign Languages to Dyslexic Learners

      • Joanna Nijakowska

      Pages 201-215

   5. Blending Literature and Foreign Language Learning: Current Approaches

      • Liliana Piasecka

      Pages 217-232

   6. The Significance of Interrogatives in Developing Interactive Skills

      • Jerzy Zybert

      Pages 233-244

The book presents most recent investigations into foreign language teaching and learning discussed by prominent scholars in the field. A wide variety of topics ranges from theoretical approaches to foreign language instruction to a discussion of findings of empirical research in language learning and pedagogy.
The theoretical part of the volume tackles issues which constitute the backbone to the understanding of the processes involved in language development, learning and teaching and thus contribute to applied research. The empirical articles in Parts Two and Three of the volume report on studies focusing on such important issues as various dimensions of awareness (language, cross-cultural competence or affectivity) and specific methodologies implemented in different educational settings (such as, for instance, dyslexic learners) or in teacher training programmes.

• Approach
• Awareness
• Foreign Language Learning
• Foreign Language Teaching
• Language Skills

• , Institute of English, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland

  Danuta Gabryś-Barker

• , Institute of English, Opole University, Opole, Poland

  Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel

• , Institute of English, University of Social Sciences, Warszawa, Poland

  Jerzy Zybert

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