Applied linguistics

By: Cook, GuyMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Oxford introductions to language studyPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003Description: x, 134 pagesISBN: 9780194375986Subject(s): Applied linguistics | English language -- Study and teachingDDC classification: 418
Contents:
Applied linguistics -- Prescribing and describing: popular and academic views of 'correctness' -- Languages in the contemporary world -- English language teaching (ELT) -- Language and communication -- Context and culture -- Persuasion and poetics: rhetoric and resistance -- Past, present, and future directions.
Summary: This work investigates real-world problems involving language. As such it has the difficult task of mediating between academic expertise and lived experience, attempting to reconcile opposed interests and perspectives. It provides a comprehensive overview of pressing issues in the field.Summary: Provides a comprehensive overview of the controversial issues surrounding contemporary language use, including intercultural communication, political persuasion, new technologies, the growth of English, language in education, and foreign language teaching and learning
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Applied linguistics --
Prescribing and describing: popular and academic views of 'correctness' --
Languages in the contemporary world --
English language teaching (ELT) --
Language and communication --
Context and culture --
Persuasion and poetics: rhetoric and resistance --
Past, present, and future directions.

This work investigates real-world problems involving language. As such it has the difficult task of mediating between academic expertise and lived experience, attempting to reconcile opposed interests and perspectives. It provides a comprehensive overview of pressing issues in the field.

Provides a comprehensive overview of the controversial issues surrounding contemporary language use, including intercultural communication, political persuasion, new technologies, the growth of English, language in education, and foreign language teaching and learning

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