Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Series Editors’ Preface vii
4. Preface ix
5. Acknowledgements x
6. Abbreviations xii
7. 1 History and ‘definitions’ 1
8. 2 Doing being applied linguists: the importance of experience 13
9. 3 Language and language practices 41
10. 4 Applied linguistics and language learning/teaching 63
11. 5 Applied linguistics and language use 92
12. 6 The professionalising of applied linguists 115
13. 7 Applied linguistics: no ‘bookish theoric’ 133
14. 8 The applied linguistics challenge 149
15. Glossary 160
16. Exercises 169
17. References 180
18. Index 194