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

Title 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 and Paul Thompson.

Publication Info. New York ; London : Continuum, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (221 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series British studies in applied linguistics
British studies in applied linguistics.
Note "In association with British Association for Applied Linguistcs."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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 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.
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Subject Applied linguistics -- Congresses.
Applied linguistics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Spelman Miller, Kristyan.
Thompson, Paul, 1958-
Other Form: Print version: British Association for Applied Linguistics. Meeting (34th : 2001 : University of Reading). Unity and diversity in language use. New York ; London : Continuum, 2002 0826478743 9780826478740 (OCoLC)58554769
ISBN 9781847141323 (electronic book)
1847141323 (electronic book)