Introducing Applied Linguistics : Concepts and Skills

ISBN-13: 9780415447683 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 272 str.

Susan Hunston;David Oakey

Opis

Designed for postgraduate students of English language and linguistics, this comprehensive textbook will not only introduce students to the field of Applied Linguistics, but also supply them with the skills and tools needed for their studies.

Introducing Applied Linguistics is split into two halves – concepts and skills:

• The first section covers the key concepts of applied linguistics with chapters from a variety of distinguished and new scholars in the field covering topics in the area of Describing English, Teaching and learning a language, Applied Linguistics in a wider context and Doing research in Applied Linguistics. Subjects covered include grammar and discourse, sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, teaching methodology, forensic linguistics and translation. Features chapters from well respected authors in their field such as Adrian Holliday, Aileen Bloomer, Svenja Adolphs, Geoff Thompson, Kieran O’Halloran and Chris Kennedy, Alison Johnson and David Woolls, Kirsten Malmkjaer, Ruby Macksoud and Joan Swann.
• The second section is devoted to the study skills needed for academic writing including how to identify and summarise an argument, the conventions of referencing and how to structure and organise an essay.

Aimed at postgraduate students of Applied Linguistics and TEFL/TESOL, Introducing Applied Linguistics not only presents an overview of the area, but also provides an indispensable reference point for academic reading and writing.

Spis treści

Part I: Describing English  1. Three Reasons Why  2. Vocabulary and Collocation  3. Grammatical Metaphor  4. Conversation Analysis in the Language Classroom  Part II: Teaching and Learning a Language  5. What is Communicative Language Teaching  6. Six Propositions in Search of a Methodology: Applying Linguistics to Task-based Learning  7. Researching Motivation  8. Learning English in a Global Society  Part III: Applied Linguistics in a Wider Context  9. Investigating Metaphor and Ideology in Hard News Stories  10. Who Wrote This? The Linguist as Detective  11. Choices the Translator Makes  12. Interrogating the Concept of Stereotypes in Intercultural Communication  Part IV: Doing Research in Applied Linguistics  13. Designing a Questionnaire  14. Using Interview Data in Case Studies  15. Transcribing Classroom Language  16. Using a Corpus to Study Spoken Language  Part V: Skills of Interpretation  17. Understanding Noun Phrases  18. Understanding Reporting Verbs  Part VI: Skills of Expression  19. Finding your Voice  20. Organising an Essay  Part VII: Editing Skills  21. Referencing  22. Editing your Own Work

O autorze

Susan Hunston, David Oakey