Book Reviews
International Legal English
Amy Krois-Lindner and TransLegal. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. 320. Reviewed by Ruth Breeze Institute of Modern Languages, Edificio Biblioteca de Ciencias, University of Navarra, Spain Navarra, Spain The need for textbooks that equip students with the language skills needed to cope with legal English has been growing considerably over recent years. In a […]
World Englishes: Implications for International Communication and English Language Teaching
Kirkpatrick, Andy. World Englishes: Implications for International Communication and English Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. x + 257. Reviewed by Deepti Gupta Panjab University Chandigarh, India As stated in the introduction of World Englishes, this book differs [from other texts] . . . in that it aims to describe selected varieties of […]
Vocabulary in a Second Language
Bogaards, P., Laufer, B. (Eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2004. Pp. xiv + 233. Reviewed by Majid Fattahipour Islamic Azad University Parand, Iran Containing eleven chapters which fit into three categories (vocabulary selection, acquisition, and testing), Vocabulary in a Second Language, is a creative collection of papers that provides an overview of the research in the […]
