A History of Applied Linguistics
eBook - ePub

A History of Applied Linguistics

From 1980 to the present

  1. 154 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A History of Applied Linguistics

From 1980 to the present

About this book

This book provides one perspective on how Applied Linguistics has been defined and how the field of Applied Linguistics has developed over the last 30 years. The author addresses themes like why formal linguistic theories lost so much ground and how the interest in more socially oriented approaches grew? He also addresses the impact of Applied Linguistics on language teaching.

Adopting a theme-based approach, the structure of this book is largely defined by the topics covered in interviews with 40 leading international figures selected by the author including Rod Ellis, Diane Larsen-Freeman, Susan Gass, Henry Widdowson, Suresh Canagarajah and Claire Kramsch. These data are supplemented by questionnaires from a further fifty applied linguists, also selected by the author. This will be of interest to anyone studying or researching Applied Linguistics and will also be relevant to those in the related area of English Language Teaching.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of figures
  8. List of tables
  9. Preface
  10. 1. Introduction
  11. 2. The informants
  12. 3. Defining AL
  13. 4. The leaders
  14. 5. Most important articles and books in AL
  15. 6. Main trends I: theoretical and methodological aspects
  16. 7. Trends II: psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic and educational aspects
  17. 8. Trends III: the dynamic turn
  18. 9. The citation game
  19. 10. The impact of applied linguistic research on language learning and teaching
  20. 11. Concluding remarks
  21. Appendix 1: the questionnaire
  22. Appendix 2: definitions of AL from AILA and AAAL
  23. Appendix 3: index and total number of citations
  24. Index