Applied Linguistics

First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This book provides an accessible introduction to current theory and research in innovation and change in ELT and shows how these understandings have been applied to the practical concerns of the curriculum and the classroom...

This book provides an accessible introduction to current theory and research in innovation and change in ELT and shows how these understandings have been applied to the practical concerns of the curriculum and the classroom...

This module provides teachers with an overview of the nature of communication and explores the ways in which interactive tasks can promote communicative exchanges among students and teachers. The module provides guidelines for developing tasks, along with examples and options for their use in variou..

Equipping teachers and researchers with the fundamental tools to analyze classroom discourse, this book facilitates a move towards more effective instruction in a range of educational settings...

This module provides the novice and experienced teacher alike with a broad and accessible picture of language as a formal system. It covers topics such as the nature of words, sounds and syntax, particularly emphasizing the abstract, complex nature of language and how it does not resemble typical pe..

Language and Neoliberalism examines the ways in which neoliberalism, or economic liberalism, finds expression in language. In this groundbreaking original study, Holborow shows at once the misleading character of ideological meaning and the underlying social reality from which that meaning emerges._..

Language and Neoliberalism examines the ways in which neoliberalism, or economic liberalism, finds expression in language. In this groundbreaking original study, Holborow shows at once the misleading character of ideological meaning and the underlying social reality from which that meaning emerges._..

This book provides a framework for understanding the communicative repertoire, which students, teachers and teacher educators can use to explore plurilingual learning and use and the life experiences of plurilinguals in and outside classrooms...

This book provides a framework for understanding the communicative repertoire, which students, teachers and teacher educators can use to explore plurilingual learning and use and the life experiences of plurilinguals in and outside classrooms...

This book examines how neoliberalism finds expression in foreign language textbooks. Moving beyond the usual focus on English, Pau Bori explores the impact of neoliberal ideology on Catalan textbooks. By comparing Catalan textbooks to English textbooks, this book interrogates the similarities and di..

Literacy is a perennial ‘hot topic’ in Britain and other English-speaking countries. Concerns about falling standards and a ‘literacy crisis’ are frequently raised. In response, governments initiate new policies and teaching guidelines. This book addresses the current policies, practices and media d..