The essays and research papers in this collection explore current issues in Language Education, English for Academic Purposes, Contrastive Discourse Analysis, and Language Policy and Planning, and outline promising directions for theory and practice in applied linguistics. The collection also honours the life-long contribution of Robert B. Kaplan to the field.
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Part 1: Perspectives on Applied Linguistics
Introduction – Paul Bruthiaux
1. Applied Linguistics, Interdisciplinarity, and Disparate Realities – Henry G. Widdowson
2. Is Language Policy Applied Linguistics? – Bernard Spolsky
Part 2: Language Education
Introduction – Vaidehi Ramanathan
3. Sharing Community Languages: Utopian Dream or Realistic Vision? – Michael Clyne
4. Documenting Curricular Reform: Innovative Foreign Language Education in Elementary School - Rocío Domínguez, G. Richard Tucker and Richard Donato
5. Research Perspectives on Non-native English-speaking Educators - Lía D. Kamhi-Stein
Part 3: English for Academic Purposes
Introduction – Dwight Atkinson
6. Reflections of a ‘Blue Collar Linguist:’ Analysis of Written Discourse, Classroom Research, and EAP Pedagogy - Dana R. Ferris
7. English for Academic Purposes: Issues in Undergraduate Writing and Reading - Ann M. Johns
8. ‘Ear’ Learners and Error in US College Writing - Joy Reid
9. Teachers’ Perceptions of Lexical Anomalies: A Pilot Study - Cheryl Boyd Zimmerman
Part 4: Contrastive Discourse Analysis
Introduction – William Grabe
10. Tertium Comparationis: A Vital Component in Contrastive Rhetoric Research - Ulla M. Connor and Ana I. Moreno
11. Structure and Style in the Narrative Writings of Mexican-American and African-American Adolescents - Ann Daubney-Davis and Genevieve Patthey-Chavez
12. Functions of Personal Examples and Narratives in L1 and L2 Academic Prose - Eli Hinkel
13. Cross-cultural Variation in Classroom Turn-taking Practices - Deborah Poole
Part 5: Language Policy and Planning
Introduction – William G. Eggington
14. Micro Language Planning - Richard B. Baldauf Jr
15. The Englishization of Spanish in Mexico - Robert J. Baumgardner
16. Including Discourse in Language Planning Theory - Joseph Lo Bianco
17. World-Language: Foreign Language Policy in Hungary - Péter Medgyes
References
Robert B. Kaplan: Biography and Publications
Index
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Vaidehi Ramanathan is Professor of Applied Sociolinguistics at University of California, Davis, USA. Her previous publications include Language Policies and (Dis)Citizenship: Rights, Access, Pedagogies (Multilingual Matters, 2013) and Bodies and Language: Health, Ailments, Disabilities (Multilingual Matters, 2009).Lebih banyak ebook daripada pengarang yang sama / Penyunting
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