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Multilingual Matters is an international independent publishing house, with lists in the areas of bilingualism, second/foreign language learning, sociolinguistics, translation, interpreting and books for parents. We also publish a newsletter for parents, The Bilingual Family Newsletter. Our recent innovations include a new textbook series.

Channel View Publications publishes books on tourism and environmental studies. We have three book series: Aspects of Tourism, Tourism and Cultural Change and Aspects of Tourism Texts.

Latest Books

Illegitimate Practices Global English Language Education
	This book lays bare the tensions and powerlines which emerge between participants in the volatile international ELT project market place. The book focuses on two ELT projects and maps the prevailing interests in the field while seeking ways that providers and donors can more equally distribute linguistic, educational and economic resources.

Author: Jacqueline Widin Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781847693068 List Price: £24.95 Our Price: £19.96 US List Price: $39.95 Our Price: $31.96

Language Use in the Two-Way Classroom Lessons from a Spanish-English Bilingual Kindergarten
	Based on an extended ethnographic study of a dual language (Spanish-English) Kindergarten, this book takes a critical look at children's linguistic (and non-linguistic) interactions and the ways that teaching design can help or hinder language development.

Author: Renee DePalma Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781847693006 List Price: £24.95 Our Price: £19.96 US List Price: $39.95 Our Price: $31.96

ELT, Gender and International Development Myths of Progress in a Neocolonial World
	This book draws on the narratives of white women as English language teachers in the neocolonial world of international development. It explores the paradoxes of language as aid, and questions the mythical power of English to deliver on the promises of a brighter future for the developing world.

Author: Roslyn Appleby Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781847693037 List Price: £24.95 Our Price: £19.96 US List Price: $39.95 Our Price: $31.96

Polar Tourism An Environmental Perspective
	Tourism throughout the world raises environmental issues that are often concerned with conflicting rights and responsibilities. This book deals with environmental issues and the management implications arising from polar tourism. It discusses the principles and guidelines that are of interest and practical use in tourism studies generally.

Author: Bernard Stonehouse Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781845411459 List Price: £29.95 Our Price: £23.96 US List Price: $49.95 Our Price: $39.96

Human Resources and Tourism Skills, Culture and Industry
	Combines theoretical and practical aspects of applied human resources management using a critical lens. This book is both a descriptive and analytical journey through the tourism sector which, due to its nature, may be described as a relatively deregulated and eclectic industry.

Author: Darren Lee-Ross Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781845411398 List Price: £24.95 Our Price: £19.96 US List Price: $44.95 Our Price: $35.96

Coffee Culture, Destinations and Tourism
	Explores the various aspects of coffee culture around the globe, relating the rich history of this beverage and the surroundings where it is produced and consumed to coffee destination development and to the visitor experience. This book is suitable for those interested in understanding coffee in relation to hospitality and tourism.

Editor: Lee Jolliffe Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781845411428 List Price: £24.95 Our Price: £19.96 US List Price: $44.95 Our Price: $35.96

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