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Chapter 5. La linguistique appliquée

Innovation in language learning/teaching research in France (1955–85)
  • Shona Whyte
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Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching
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Abstract

At the creation of the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée (AILA) in 1964, the new field of applied linguistics was marked by international collaboration on second and foreign language teaching among linguists in the US, the UK, and France. Over six decades later, while applied linguistics is a well-established discipline around the world, la linguistique appliquée is a much less common term in France. Research on FL teaching is called la didactique des langues [language didactics] and involves language teaching theories drawing more on education theory than applied linguistics. This paper explores the reasons for this French exception, focusing on its theoretical underpinnings, institutional foundations and acceptance by teachers and teacher educators in mid 20th-century France as compared to other founding countries of AILA.

Abstract

At the creation of the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée (AILA) in 1964, the new field of applied linguistics was marked by international collaboration on second and foreign language teaching among linguists in the US, the UK, and France. Over six decades later, while applied linguistics is a well-established discipline around the world, la linguistique appliquée is a much less common term in France. Research on FL teaching is called la didactique des langues [language didactics] and involves language teaching theories drawing more on education theory than applied linguistics. This paper explores the reasons for this French exception, focusing on its theoretical underpinnings, institutional foundations and acceptance by teachers and teacher educators in mid 20th-century France as compared to other founding countries of AILA.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Information about the authors vii
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1. How can perspectives from Applied Linguistic Historiography improve our understanding of innovation? 2
  6. Part I. Product innovation
  7. Chapter 2. Tart–scriblita–torta–torte–torta–tortilha: A piece of cake! 24
  8. Chapter 3. Teaching phraseology in the 19th century 43
  9. Chapter 4. Innovation in monolingual English learner’s dictionaries 59
  10. Part II. Innovation through scientific discovery
  11. Chapter 5. La linguistique appliquée 82
  12. Chapter 6. Classroom-oriented teacher research in modern languages 104
  13. Part III. Oscillations along a continuum
  14. Chapter 7. Change without innovation? 122
  15. Chapter 8. “Reflection on language” 137
  16. Part IV. Adaptation in specific contexts
  17. Chapter 9. Describing and learning the Chinese languages 164
  18. Chapter 10. Curriculum innovation through concept borrowing 180
  19. Chapter 11. Beyond written texts 199
  20. Index 217
https://doi.org/10.1075/aals.20.05why

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Information about the authors vii
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1. How can perspectives from Applied Linguistic Historiography improve our understanding of innovation? 2
  6. Part I. Product innovation
  7. Chapter 2. Tart–scriblita–torta–torte–torta–tortilha: A piece of cake! 24
  8. Chapter 3. Teaching phraseology in the 19th century 43
  9. Chapter 4. Innovation in monolingual English learner’s dictionaries 59
  10. Part II. Innovation through scientific discovery
  11. Chapter 5. La linguistique appliquée 82
  12. Chapter 6. Classroom-oriented teacher research in modern languages 104
  13. Part III. Oscillations along a continuum
  14. Chapter 7. Change without innovation? 122
  15. Chapter 8. “Reflection on language” 137
  16. Part IV. Adaptation in specific contexts
  17. Chapter 9. Describing and learning the Chinese languages 164
  18. Chapter 10. Curriculum innovation through concept borrowing 180
  19. Chapter 11. Beyond written texts 199
  20. Index 217
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