The Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguistics [Paperback]

The Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguisticscontains 39 original chapters on a broad range of topics in applied linguistics by a diverse group of contributors. Its goal is to provide a comprehensive survey of the current state of the field, the many connections among its various sub-disciplines, and the likely directions of its future development.The Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguisticsaddresses a broad audience: applied linguists; educators and other scholars working in language acquisition, language learning, language planning, teaching, and testing; and linguists concerned with applications of their work. Systematically encompassing the major areas of applied linguistics-and drawing from a wide range of disciplines such as education, language policy, bi- and multi-lingualism, literacy, language and gender, neurobiology of language, psycholinguistics and cognition, language and computers, discourse analysis, language and concordances, ecology of language, pragmatics, translation, and many other fields, the editors and contributors toThe Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguisticsprovide a panoramic and comprehensive look at this complex and vigorous field.

This second edition includes five new chapters, and the remaining chapters have been thoroughly revised and updated to give a clear picture of the current state of applied linguistics.

Preface to 1st edition
Preface to 2nd edition
Contributors

Part I. Introduction
1. Whence Applied Linguistics: The 20th Century,Robert B. Kaplan
2. Applied Linguistics: An Emerging Discipline for the Twenty-first Century,William Grabe
3. Research Approaches in Applied Linguistics,Patricia A. Duff

Part II. The Four Skills: Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing
4. Speaking,Martin Bygate
5. Listening: Sources, Skills and Strategies,Tony Lynch
6. Reading in a Second Language,WlÃ"