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Zusatztext 'This is an expertly put-together collection of articles that represent some of the most important and exciting work in applied linguistics. It offers the reader a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the key areas of the field today. It is an excellent resource for students and instructors alike.' - Li Wei! University of London! Birkbeck College'This is an excellent volume...a must for anybody who is pursuing a higher degree in the field.' - Amy B M Tsui! The University of Hong Kong Informationen zum Autor Guy Cook, Sarah North Zusammenfassung Presents students with an applied linguistics framework for the analysis of real-world problems in which language is a central issue. The reader allows students to develop both the theoretical and empirical skills crucial to the practicalities of language teaching and other language-related professional practices. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Introduction Part One: Applied linguistics in theory Introduction to Part One The theory of practice H.G. Widdowson Language, linguistics, and education Christopher Brumfit Continuity and change in views of society in applied linguistics Ben Rampton Making connections: Some key issues in social theory and applied linguistics Alison Sealey and Bob Carter Part Two: English in the world Introduction to Part Two Why a Global Language? David Crystal The ownership of English H.G. Widdowson 7. English in the world/The world in English Alastair Pennycook 8. The (Re-) framing process as a collaborative locus for change Branca F. Fabrício and Denise Santos 9. A sociolinguistically based, empirically researched pronunciation syllabus for English as an international language Jennifer Jenkins Part Three: Applied linguistics in action Introduction to Part Three Interpreting inexplicit language during courtroom examination Jieun Lee One word or two? Psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic interpretations of meaning in a civil court case Alison Wray and John J. Staczek My recaller is on vacation: Discourse analysis of nursing-home residents with dementia Katinka Dijkstra, Michelle Bourgeois, Geoffrey Petrie, Lou Burgio and Rebecca Allen-Burge Transforming research on morphology into teacher practice Jane Hurry, Terezinha Nunes, Peter Bryant, Ursula Pretzlik, Mary Parker, Tamsin Curno and Lucinda Midgley Sources, methods and triangulation in needs analysis: A critical perspective in a case study of Waikiki hotel maids Rebeca Jasso-Aguilar The Grammar of conversation S. Thornbury and D. Slade Idioms in everyday use and in language teaching A. O'Keefe, M. McCarthy and R. Carter Bumping into creative idiomaticity Luke Prodromou Time, tense and perception in the narrative voice of Bret Easton Ellis’s Lunar Park Philip Seargeant Applied linguists and institutions of opinion Greg Myers ...
