Unity and diversity in language use : selected papers from the Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics held at the University of Reading, September, 2001 / edited by Kristyan Spelman Miller & Paul Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

British Association for Applied Linguistics. Meeting (34th : 2001 : University of Reading)

Contributor:

Spelman Miller, Kristyan.

Thompson, Paul, 1958-

Series:

British studies in applied linguistics ; 17.

British studies in applied linguistics ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Applied linguistics--Congresses.

Applied linguistics.

Discourse analysis--Congresses.

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : British Association for Applied Linguistics, in association with Continuum, 2002.

Summary:

The papers in this collection, drawn from the 34th Annual Conference of the British Association for Applied Linguistics, reflect a number of different perspectives within the field of applied linguistics at the start of the twenty-first century. While addressing the theme of unity and diversity, each paper prompts critical reflection on tensions within the discipline between stability and change, consensus and controversy, similarity and variation. The interpretation of language use is broad and varied, taking both macro- and micro-perspectives. Topics addressed range from issues of global com

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1 Beyond the second vs. foreign language dichotomy: The subjective dimensions of language learning; 2 Genre teaching: the struggle for diversity in unity; 3 Organisation in school and university students' persuasive texts; 4 Discourse and synchronous computer-mediated communication: uniting speaking and writing?; 5 Methodological issues involved in studying children's interactions with ICT; 6 Students' interpretations of teachers' gestures in the language classroom - what do teachers mean and what do students see?

7 Mapping and assessing medical students' interactional involvement styles with patients8 Distinguishing the voices of researchers and the people they research in writing qualitative research Adrian Holliday; 9 Is it a wood, or are they trees?; 10 Children mediating their immigrant parents' learning of L2 English: a focus on verb learning in homework interactions; 11 Random association networks: A baseline measure of lexical complexity; 12 Imposed unity, denied diversity: changing attitudes to artifice in language and learning

13 Habeas corpus and divide et impera: 'Global English' and applied linguisticsContributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611784126

9781281784124

1281784125

9781847141323

1847141323

OCLC:

276292662