Routledge Applied Linguistics Reader

The Routledge Applied Linguistics Reader is an essential collection of readings for students of Applied Linguistics. Divided into five sections: Language Teaching and Learning, Second Language Acquisition, Applied Linguistics, Identity and Power and Language Use in Professional Contexts, the Reader takes a broad interpretation of the subject from its traditional foundations in language teaching and learning to cover the newer subdisciplines from corpus linguistics to forensic linguistics. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the Reader focuses on the topics and issues to which Applied Linguistics research has made a significant contribution, in particular: our understanding of key concepts and notions in the study of real-world problems in which language and communication play a central rolethe theoretical debates of broader social science issues that impact on language teaching, learning and usethe main methodological advances.Featuring twenty-seven carefully selected readings, the Reader focuses on both the major contributions of Applied Linguistics, and the conceptual and theoretical issues of the subject in a variety of contexts and methods. The selection comprises seminal articles from leading researchers, as well as fresh perspectives from new voices in the subject. These readings are amplified by a general introduction as well as detailed, critical summaries of each section, discussion questions and recommended further reading for each article.

'"The Routledge Applied Linguistics Reader" is a valuable resource for students, teachers, and scholars, and is significant contribution to the field of Applied Linguistics, demonstrating important developments within the field.' - LINGUIST List, 'Li Wei has succeeded in presenting a clearly articulated introduction to the field of Applied Linguistics while simultaneously assembling a collection of exemplary articles by many of the leading scholars in the field. This collection demonstrates the relevance of Applied Linguistics for the analysis contemporary social issues while candidly addressing how longstanding constructs in the field are being rethought through the lens of critical applied linguistics. By so doing, The Routledge Applied Linguistics Reader will capture both the interest of those new to the field as well as the attention of established scholars.' -- Terrence G. Wiley, President, Center for Applied Linguistics, USA'This Reader edited by Li Wei brings Applied Linguistics up-to-date. The volume will make clear to the new student and the established scholar alike the sensitivity of Applied Linguistics to current social concerns, and is to be commended as a major contribution to the field.' -- Bernard Spolsky, Bar-Ilan University, Israel"It has been a delight to use Li Wei's outstanding collection, "The Routledge Applied Linguistics Reader", as a course text in my applied linguistics classes. The articles have been thoughtfully chosen to introduce readers to key issues and leading scholars in the field, and have promoted much rigorous discussion and debate amongst my students. An indispensable resource for the future." -- Bonny Norton, Professor and Distinguished University Scholar, University of British Columbia.

Li Wei is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Birkbeck, University of London, UK, and the Director of Birkbeck Graduate Research School. He is editor of The Bilingualism Reader, second edition (Routledge, 2007) and Bilingualism and Multilingualism: Critical Concepts in Linguistics, four volumes (Routledge, 2009).