Oxford Applied Linguistics
The series attracts single or co-authored volumes from authors researching at the cutting edge of this dynamic field of interdisciplinary enquiry. The titles range from books that make such developments accessible to the non-specialist reader to those which explore in depth their relevance for the way language is to be conceived as a subject, and how courses and classroom activities are to be designed. As such, these books not only extend the field of applied linguistics itself and lend an additional significance to its enquiries, but also provide an indispensable professional foundation for language pedagogy and its practice.
The scope of the series includes:
- second language acquisition
- bilingualism and multi/plurilingualism
- language pedagogy and teacher education
- testing and assessment
- language planning and policy
- language internationalization
- technology-mediated communication
- discourse-, conversation-, and contrastive-analysis
- pragmatics
- stylistics
- lexicography
- translation
Anne Burns, series adviser for the Oxford Applied Linguistics series
Anne Burns is currently Professor in Language Education at Aston University, Birmingham, and Professor of TESOL at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. She is also an Honorary Professor at the University of Sydney and an Honorary Associate at Macquarie University.
Her research interests include language teacher education, language teacher cognition, applications of genre theory to language teaching, curriculum development and change, literacy, and written and spoken discourse analysis. She is well known for her work in the theory and practice of action research.
Diane Larsen-Freeman, series adviser for the Oxford Applied Linguistics series
Diane Larsen-Freeman is Professor Emerita at the School of Education, Professor Emerita at the Department of Linguistics, and Research Scientist Emerita and former Director at the English Language Institute, at the University of Michigan. She is currently a Visiting Senior Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Graduate SIT Institute in Vermont. Her areas of research interest include the process of second language acquisition, psycholinguistic and socio-cognitive approaches to language acquisition research, English grammar, and language teacher education.
She is well known for her books on English grammar, language teaching methods, and her more recent work in relating complexity theory to language acquisition and use. Her Oxford Applied Linguistics title on complex systems and applied linguistics, co-authored with Lynne Cameron, was awarded the Kenneth W. Mildenberger book prize by the Modern Language Association in 2009. Professor Larsen-Freeman also received the 2011 American Association for Applied Linguistics’ Distinguished Scholarship and Service Award.
Professor Burns' and Professor Larsen-Freeman's diverse and complementary knowledge and experience will help Oxford University Press to ensure that the Oxford Applied Linguistics series continues to represent the very best in the field.
Reviews
Understanding Second Language Acquisition (second edition)
“An excellent and much-needed, in-depth review of the research on how children and literate adults learn a second language. Ellis provides a sound knowledge base for language teachers and beginning graduate students in applied linguistics, focusing on relevant findings of research on second-language learning by children and literate adults in both naturalistic and instructed contexts.” Elaine Tarone, Director of the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota
Academic Publishing: Issues and Challenges in the Construction of Knowledge
"Ken Hyland's book is an important contribution to the literature on academic publishing. It is accessibly written, key concepts and themes are well explained, and the issues that are discussed are clearly connected to the challenges faced by academic writers." Brian Paltridge, Professor of TESOL, University of Sydney
