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Channel View Publications Ltd Directions in Applied Linguistics Essays in Honor of Robert B. Kaplan 2005 Edition by Paul Bruthiaux, Dwight Atkinson, William Eggington
The essays and research papers in this collection explore current issues in Language Education, English for Academic Purposes, Contrastive Discourse Analysis, and Language Policy and Planning, and outline promising directions for theory and practice in applied linguistics. The collection also honours the life-long contribution of Robert B. Kaplan to the field. Table of contents :- I PERSPECTIVES ON APPLIED LINGUISTICS1. Introduction P. Bruthiaux2. Applied linguistics, interdisciplinarity, and disparate realities H. G. Widdowson (University of Vienna)3. Is language policy applied linguistics? B. Spolsky (Bar-Ilan University)II LANGUAGE EDUCATION4. Introduction V. Ramanathan5. Sharing community languages M. Clyne (University of Melbourne)6. Documenting curricular reform R. Dominguez, (Carnegie Mellon University) R. Donato (University of Delaware) & G. R. Tucker (Carnegie Mellon University)7. Research perspectives on nonnative English-speaking educators L. D. Kamhi-Stein (California State University)III ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES8. Introduction D. Atkinson9. Reflections of a "blue collar linguist" D. R. Ferris (California State University)10. English for academic purposes A. M. Johns (San Diego State University)11. "Ear learners" and error in US college writing J. Reid (University of Wyoming)12. Teachers' perceptions of lexical anomalies C. B. Zimmerman (California State University)IV CONTRASTIVE DISCOURSE ANALYSIS13. Introduction W. Grabe14. Tertium comparationis: A vital component in contrastive research methodology U. M. Connor (University of Indiana) & A. I. Moreno (University of Leon)15. Structure and style in the narrative writings of Mexican-American and African-American adolescents A. Daubney-Davis (University of Southern California) & G. Patthey-Chavez (Los Angeles City College) ;16. Functions of personal examples and narratives in L1 and L2 academic prose E. Hinkel (Seattle University)17. Cross-cultural variation in classroom turn-taking practices D. Poole (San Diego State University)V LANGUAGE POLICY AND PLANNING18. Introduction W. G. Eggington19. Micro language planning R. B. Baldauf, Jr.(University of Queensland)20. The Englishization of Spanish in Mexico R. J. Baumgardner (Texas A&M University-Commerce)21. Including discourse in language planning theory J. Lo Bianco (University of Melbourne)22. "World - Language:" Foreign language policy in Hungary P. Medgyes (Hungarian Ministry of Education)23. Robert B. Kaplan: Biography / Robert B. Kaplan: Publications