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'An Introduction to Applied Linguistics' is one of the first books to provide a complete and authoritative overview of the current state of the field. Each of the 15 chapters offers and extended survey of a central element of Applied Linguistics and is co-authored by two leading international specialists, thus ensuring a full and balanced treatment of every topic covered.
The book's wide coverage of applied linguistics is divided into three sections: a description of language and language use, essential areas of enquiry in applied linguistics, and the four skills and testing. An introductory chapter familiarises readers with the key issues in the field and alerts them to recurrent themes running throughout the volume.
Following this initial orientation, chapters begin with a short summary describing the essence of their areas, then move to a substantial overview of that area's key concepts, issues, insights, and pedagogical implications.
'Hands-on' practical analysis is promoted through the provision of data sets for readers to investigate using the concepts and research methodologies described in each chapter.
Authors suggested solutions are included at the end of the book. With its accessible style, broad coverage and practical focus, this new textbook is an ideal introduction to the field of applied linguistics and second language learning for both postgraduate and undergraduate students as well as practising teachers and researchers.
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..each chapter is coherent, well-organised, up-to-date, and very informative. I am also impressed by the genuinely useful hands-on activities at the end of each chapter. ...any student or scholar who reads the entire book will undoubtably gain a greater awareness of and appreciation for the field.
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An introduction to applied linguistics is one of the first books to provide a complete and authoritative overview of the current state of field. Written for students on MA programs, it also offers a resource for teachers and researchers who wish to broaden and update their understanding of various disciplines within applied linguistics. Each of the 15 chapters offers and extened survey of a central element in applied linguistics and is co-authored by two leading international specialists. the collaboration ensures that each chapter contains a full, balanced, and authoritation treatment of its subject. each chapter contains a full, balanced, and authoritatvive treatment of its subject. Each chapter begins with short summary describing the essence of its area, before moving on to a substantial overview of that area's key concept, issues, insights and pedagogical. A special feature of the book is that each chapter includes a data set for readers to analyse for themselves, complete with authors suggested solutions. This 'hands-on' feature gives readers first-hand experience of the research paradigms apprropriate to each area of applied linguistics.
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