Applied Linguistics at the Interface - British Association for Applied Linguistics
Applied linguistics at the interface
Applied Linguistics at the Interface - British Association for Applied Linguistics
Mike Baynham [+]
University of Leeds
Mike Baynham is Professor of TESOL at the University of Leeds. He is the author of Literacy Practices (Longman, 1995) and a contributor to numerous recent edited volumes on literacy practices and academic writing
Alice Deignan [+]
University of Leeds
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Alice Deignan is Senior Lecturer in TESOL at the University of Leeds. She is the author of Cobuild Guides to English 7: Metaphor (HarperCollins, 1995) and a contributor to numerous recent edited volumes on metaphor.
Goodith White [+]
University College Dublin
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Goodith White is a Lecturer in TESOL at the University of Leeds. She is the author of Listening (Oxford University Press, 1997) which was the winner of the Frank Bell prize in 1999.
Description
This chapter introduces the theme of the book and focuses on the interaction between applied linguistics and the concerns of professional communities of practice. It also introduces the main emphasis of the remaining chapters.