Contemporary Applied Linguistics Volume 1: Volume One Language Teaching and Learning

by Vivian Cook (Editor), Li Wei (Editor)

Overview

Written by internationally renowned academics, this volume provides a snapshot of the field of applied linguistics, and illustrates how linguistics is informing and engaging with neighbouring disciplines. The contributors present new research in the 'traditional' areas of applied linguistics, including multilingualism, language education, teacher-learner relationships, and assessment. It represents the best of current practice in applied linguistics, and will be invaluable to students and researchers looking for an overview of the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441150219
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/19/2011
Series:	Contemporary Studies in Linguistics , #1
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Vivian Cook is Professor Applied Linguistics at the University of Newcastle, UK.

Li Wei is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Birbeck, University of London, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction: language learning and teaching (editors) \ 1. Politics, Policies and Political Action in Foreign Language Education, Mike Byram \ 2. Identity in Applied Linguistics: the need for conceptual exploration, David Block \ 3. Language User Groups and Language Teaching, Vivian Cook \ 4. Language Learning as Discursive Practice, Joan Kelly Hall \ 5. Motivation, Attitude and Perception, Jean Marc Dewaele \ 6. Interlanguage and Fossilisation: towards an analytic model \ 7. Developments in Language Learner Strategies, Ernesto Macaro \ 8. We Do Need Methods, Michael Swan \ 9. Integrating Content-Based and Task-Based Approaches for Teaching, Learning, and Research, Teresa Pica \ 10. The Decline and Fall of the Native Speaker Teacher, Enric Llurda \ 11. Third Culture and Language Education, Claire Kramsch \ 12. New roles for L2 vocabulary?, Paul Nation
Bibliography \ Index