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In a refreshingly honest investigation of the true nature of love, don Miguel Ruiz brings to light the commonly held fallacies and misplaced expectations about love that permeate most relationships. In the tradition of Carlos Castaneda, he uses inspirational stories to impart the wisdom of three fundamental Toltec masteries (Awareness, Transformation, and Love). The themes explored include the Toltec wisdom of the heart, the track of love, and the war of control.

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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 English, Corpus Linguistics and Language Teaching, Critical Discourse Analysis, Second Language Acquisition and The Nature of Apllied Linguistics.

This book goes back to basics by investigating fundamental assumptions about the way English should be defined and taught as a school subject. It looks at different attitudes to English, and developments in its description, and it critically examines current proposals for the specification of course content and classroom methodology, with particular reference to ideas about authenticity and task-based learning.

As the English language continues to spread globally resource for English teachers and applied linguists wishing to understand the ideological challenges behind teaching English in the periphery.

Winner MLA Mina P Shaugnessy Prize

Shortlisted for the BAAL Book prize

This study explores the contemporary phenomenon of English as an international language has become so dominant. It examines the historical spread of the language it transmits.

Shortlisted for the BAAL Book Prize

This text advocates a new approach to pronunciation teaching goal is mutual intelligibility among non-native speakers imitating native speakers. It should be of interest to all teachers of English as an international language

Shortlisted for the BAAL Book Prize

Highly Commended English-Speaking Union's Duke of Edinburgh Book Competition

Shortlisted for the British Council Innovation Awards

Starting from the premise that each person develops a unique and personal code for communication, Christopher Brumfit examines the roles of teachers and learners and the approaches that education professionals should develop in support of learners.The book draws upon linguistic, psychological, philosophical, and sociolinguistic principles and uses practical examples from second, foreign, and mother tongue teaching. It attempts to integrate theoretical and empirical work with the practical needs of institutions and of teachers without losing sight of learners' needs for free personal choice combined with effective communication.

Drawing upon the author's extensive experience in the field, it considers the roles of literature and culture, as well as language policy in relation to

This book is about the worlds and conflicts of TESOL teachers and researchers whose professional lives are both enriched and problematized by the cultural and political interfaces created by working with an international language. Central to this discussion is the balance of power in classroom and curriculum settings, the relationship between language, culture, and discourse, and the change in the ownership of English.

A clear and authoritative discussion of the basic concerns which underline the development and use of language tests, anda synthesis of research on testing.

Winner MLA Kenneth W Mildenberger Prize

This study relates language testing practice to current views on communicative language teaching and testing. The text is divided into sections on the conceptual bases of language language tests language tests.

Winner MLA Kenneth W Mildenberger Prize

Examines how formulaic language ('lexical chunks') is used in a variety of real-life situations.

Presents a framework for examining the existence and function of formulaic language and tests it extensively against language data within a wide variety of language samples. Formulaic language is a fast-growing area of applied linguistic research, and the author is a key figure in this field.