Contemporary Applied Linguistics Volume 1 (eBook, PDF)

Volume One Language Teaching and Learning
Redaktion: Cook, Vivian; Wei, Li

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781441167170
• Artikelnr.: 38454932

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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