Selected Papers from Constructionist Approaches to Language Pedagogy 4
Edited by Thorsten Piske and Thomas Herbst
Special issue of Pedagogical Linguistics 7:1 (2026) v, 219 pp.
Thorsten Piske
Formerly known as Thosten Piske
List of John Benjamins publications in which Thorsten Piske is involved.
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2026 Pedagogical construction grammar — the fashion of the day? Selected Papers from Constructionist Approaches to Language Pedagogy 4, Piske, Thorsten and Thomas Herbst (eds.), pp. 1–16 | Article
This paper provides a short introduction to Construction Grammar (CxG). It first very briefly outlines how linguistic theory has developed over time. Then it describes similarities and differences between the usage-based approach of CxG and Chomsky’s generative approach to the study of language.… read more
2025 Majority and minority language elementary school children with and without reading difficulties in a regular foreign language and an immersion program: An exploratory study Emerging Issues in Content-Based Minority Language Immersion Education Contexts, Cammarata, Laurent and Pádraig Ó Duibhir (eds.), pp. 31–54 | Article
In Germany, the number of bilingual elementary schools, in which subjects are taught in a foreign language (FL), is on the rise. While previous research highlights advantages for typically developing students in such programs, little is known about at-risk learners, including those with reading… read more
2007 Implications of James E. Flege’s research for the foreign language classroom Language Experience in Second Language Speech Learning: In honor of James Emil Flege, Bohn, Ocke-Schwen and Murray J. Munro (eds.), pp. 301–314 | Article
In a very large number of studies, James E. Flege and his colleagues have examined the influence of different subject variables on immigrants’ success in learning an L2. In this chapter, possible implications of Flege’s research for the foreign language classroom are discussed. The results obtained… read more