Offers a comprehensive survey of the ways in which linguistics is being used by researchers in a range of interdisciplinary areas. This title provides a snapshot of the field of applied linguistics, and illustrates how linguistics is informing and engaging with neighbouring disciplines.

Introduction: language learning and teaching (editors); 1. Politics, Policies and Political Action in Foreign Language Education, Mike Byram; 2. Identity in Applied Linguistics: the need for conceptual exploration, David Block; 3. Language User Groups and Language Teaching, Vivian Cook; 4. Language Learning as Discursive Practice, Joan Kelly Hall; 5. Motivation, Attitude and Perception, Jean Marc Dewaele; 6. Interlanguage and Fossilisation: towards an analytic model; 7. Developments in Language Learner Strategies, Ernesto Macaro; 8. We Do Need Methods, Michael Swan; 9. Integrating Content-Based and Task-Based Approaches for Teaching, Learning, and Research, Teresa Pica; 10. The Decline and Fall of the Native Speaker Teacher, Enric Llurda; 11. Third Culture and Language Education, Claire Kramsch; 12. New roles for L2 vocabulary?, Paul Nation; Bibliography; Index.

The Contemporary Studies in Linguistics series presents state-of-the-art accounts of current research in all areas of linguistics. Written by internationally renowned linguists, the volumes provide a selection of the best scholarship in each area. Each of the chapters appears on the basis of its importance to the field, but also with regards to its wider significance either in terms of methodology, practical application or conclusions. The result is a stimulating contemporary snapshot of the field and a vibrant reader for each of the areas covered the in series.