An Introduction to Applied Linguistics Second Edition

This textbook series provides advanced introductions to the main areas of study in contemporary Applied Linguistics. With a principal focus on the theory and practice of language teaching and language learning and on the processes and problems of language in use

Key features

. surveys current issues in applied linguistics, including the concept of the Native Speaker and the development of World Englishes

. examines the influence of linguistics, cognitive science and philosophy on applied linguistics and makes a contrast with educational linguistics

. proposes that a key issue for the profession will increasingly be the tension between advice and action

. suggests that applied linguistics is a theorizing rather than a theoretical discipline