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Controversies in Applied Linguistics presents controversies between prominent scholars over issues where they hold very different postions. Five sections contain 33 key articles (reprinted in their entirety) dealing with 9 topics. Each unit is prefaced by an introduction to the controversy in question. The sections are headed - The Global Spread of...
A comprehensive overview of research methodology in applied linguistics which describes the various stages of qualitative and quantitative investigations, from collecting the data to reporting the results. Key featuresPractical, hands-on focus.Accessible style, even when discussing statistical methods.Integrated coverage of both qualitative and...
This work discusses the design of language tests with a firm theoretical base. It looks at psychological influences on language learning and ways they could be applied in teaching and testing. Winner MLA Kenneth W Mildenberg Prize
This text discusses the need for foreign language programmes to teach literacy. It suggests approaches to curriculum development using a wide range of modern media texts such as newspapers a basis for cultural analysis.
This work represents a major statement of the current research being conducted on the learning of second languages from a sociocultural perspective. Specific topics covered include: L1 mediation in the acquisition of L2 grammar; and gestural mediation in a second language.
This study takes a perspective on the nature of poetry and follows it through to a proposal for teaching poetry. Its principles are then put into practice through a demonstration of classroom procedures using original poems writing.
This work represents a major statement of the research being conducted on the learning of second languages from a sociocultural perspective. The book is divided into a theoretical and an empirical part and specific topics include constructing a self through a second language. Winner MLA Kenneth W Mildenberg Prize Shortlisted for the Ben Warren Prize
This volume provides a wide-ranging overview of the diverse issues in applied linguistics today. The contributors consider the relation of their own areas of enquiry both to professional practice and to the discipline as a whole.
Professor Stern puts applied linguistics research into its historical and interdisciplinary perspective. He gives an authoritative survey of past developments worldwide and establishes a set of guidelines for the future. There are six parts: Clearing the Ground, Historical Perspectives, Concepts of Language, Concepts of Society, Concepts of Language...
This volume critically reviews the most prominent issues in language teaching today and relates them to general perspectives on the nature of language and of language teaching and learning.
This book develops a rational approach to the teaching of language as communication, based on a careful consideration of the nature of language and of the language user's activities. It will stimulate all language teachers to investigate the ideas that inform their own practice.
This is an attempt to redraw the boundaries of foreign language study. It focuses attention on cultural knowledge not just as a necessary aspect of communicative competence right Winner MLA Kenneth W Mildenberegr Prize
This study draws on recent language acquisition research to present a language teaching programme based on the use of "prefabricated" language. The authors demonstrate that the unit of language they term "the lexical phase" can serve as a basis for both second and foreign language learning.First Prize English-Speaking Union's Duke of Edinburgh Book...
A history of English Language Teaching that takes the reader from the Renaissance to the present day. The book covers all the important phases of the history from a global perspective. It has been brought up-to-date with three new chapters, including a final chapter by Henry Widdowson. Key featuresSubstantially revised and updated.New Introduction.New...
Oxford Applied Linguistics features books providing thorough yet accessible coverage of controversial topics related to language use, including learning, teaching, research, and policy. All titles are based on extensive research and include comprehensive bibliographies. The authors are noted authorities in their fields. This volume is a collection of...
A groundbreaking reconsideration of translation in English language teaching, this book is a survey and critical assessment of arguments for and against translation in different teaching contexts. This book proposes translation as one of a number of ways of relating English to students own languages. It surveys the contexts of monolingual and bilingual...