Directions in Applied Linguistics Essays in

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.

Paul Bruthiaux, Dwight Atkinson, William G. Eggington, William Grabe and Vaidehi Ramanathan conducted their doctoral research at the University of Southern California in the 1980s and 1990s, with Robert B. Kaplan playing a significant role in their development as applied linguists. Now they have joined forces to co-edit a collection of essays and research papers that review current trends across the spectrum of applied linguistics and discuss their implications for the future the field.

Contributors

vii

Part 1: Perspectives on Applied Linguistics

Introduction

3

(9)

Paul Bruthiaux

Applied Linguistics, Interdisciplinarity, and Disparate Realities

12

(14)

Henry G. Widdowson

Is Language Policy Applied Linguistics?

26

(16)

Bernard Spolsky

Part 2: Language Education

Introduction

39

(3)

Vaidehi Ramanathan

Sharing Community Languages: Utopian Dream or Realistic Vision?

42

(14)

Michael Clyne

Documenting Curricular Reform: Innovative Foreign Language Education in Elementary School

56

(16)

Rocio Dominguez

G. Richard Tucker

Richard Donato

Research Perspectives on Non-native English-speaking Educators

72

(19)

Lia D. Kamhi-Stein

Part 3: English for Academic Purposes

Introduction

87

(4)

Dwight Atkinson

Reflections of a `Blue Collar Linguist:' Analysis of Written Discourse, Classroom Research, and EAP Pedagogy

91

(10)

Dana R. Ferris

English for Academic Purposes: Issues in Undergraduate Writing and Reading

101

(16)

Ann M. Johns

`Ear' Learners and Error in US College Writing

117

(14)

Joy Reid

Teachers' Perceptions of Lexical Anomalies: A Pilot Study

131

(22)

Cheryl Boyd Zimmerman

Part 4: Contrastive Discourse Analysis

Introduction

149

(4)

William Grabe

Tertium Comparationis: A Vital Component in Contrastive Rhetoric Research

153

(12)

Ulla M. Connor

Ana I. Moreno

Structure and Style in the Narrative Writings of Mexican-American and African-American Adolescents

165

(21)

Ann Daubney-Davis

Genevieve Patthey-Chavez

Functions of Personal Examples and Narratives in L1 and L2 Academic Prose

186

(15)

Eli Hinkel

Cross-cultural Variation in Classroom Turn-taking Practices

201

(26)

Deborah Poole

Part 5: Language Policy and Planning

Introduction

223

(4)

William G. Eggington

Micro Language Planning

227

(13)

Richard B. Baldauf Jr

The Englishization of Spanish in Mexico

240

(15)

Robert J. Baumgardner

Including Discourse in Language Planning Theory

255

(9)

Joseph Lo Bianco

World-Language: Foreign Language Policy in Hungary

264

(15)

Peter Medgyes

References

279

(31)

Robert Kaplan: Biography and Publications

310

(14)

Index

324

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Directions in Applied Linguistics Essays in Honor of Robert B. Kaplan

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