[Edling] Applied Linguistics syllabus ideas

[Peter De Costa]

Kees de Bot recently published a new book:

A History of Applied Linguistics: From 1980 to the present

Best,

Peter

On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Francis Hult <francis.hult at englund.lu.se>
wrote:

> Another useful 'historical' text is
>
> Kaplan, R.B. (Ed.), *On the Scope of Applied Linguistics*, Rowley, MA:
> Newbury House.
>
>
>
> It is a collection of feedback and discussion about the nature of applied
> linguistics as a field.  Even if not the whole book, doctoral students
> would benefit from reading some of this earlier conversation.  Lately some
> of these discussions have been coming back around.  AAAL recently published
> its official definition of applied linguistics, for example:
>
> http://www.aaal.org/?page=DefAPLNG
>
>
>
> In our Handbook of Educational Linguistics, Bernard Spolsky and I also
> trace various developments in our first and second chapters, respectively:
>
> http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470694138
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Francis
>
>
> --
> Francis M. Hult, PhD
> Associate Professor
> Centre for Languages and Literature
> Lund University
>
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>
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> *From:* edling-bounces at bunner.geol.lu.se [edling-bounces at bunner.geol.lu.se]
> on behalf of Larry Selinker [larry.selinker at nyu.edu]
> *Sent:* Friday, September 04, 2015 19:26
> *To:* The Educational Linguistics List
> *Subject:* Re: [Edling] Applied Linguistics syllabus ideas
>
> *dear melinda,*
>
> *you want your students to have a sense of history. the field was not
> invented yesterday, **but particularly so they won't be part of the cycle
> of "re-inventing the wheel". what were the classic q's asked? what answers
> were proposed? and, especially, which ones are still with us? and why?*
>
> *i recommend beginning with one of the classic books, my favorite:*
> Introducing Applied Linguistics
> <http://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Applied-Linguistics-Pit-Corder/dp/0140132082>
> *by S. Pit Corder's, 1973, is full of wisdom*
>
> ​*this google search result gives you lots of places to go to in order to
> figure out the historical context in which Corder worked at Edinburgh, and
> from where he led the field.*​
>
> https://www.google.com/search?q=s%20pit%20corder%20introducing%20applied%20linguistics&cad=cbv&sei=gdLpVdiJM4mw-AHtjY_QBg
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>
>
>
> * ​i'd like to see your final syllabus, privately if you want.  let us
> know how it goes.​ Best,  Larry Selinker*
> *ls110 at nyu.edu <ls110 at nyu.edu>*
> *http://www.researchproductionassociates.com/
> <http://www.researchproductionassociates.com/>*
>
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Melinda Martin-Beltran <memb at umd.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Colleagues,
>> I'm going to teach an Applied Linguistics course for doctoral students
>> in our College of Education in spring 2016. This will be the first
>> time this course been offered of the College of Ed and the audience
>> will be students interested in language and literacy issues related to
>> education. I'm hoping scholars on this list could offer
>> recommendations for core readings or possibly share syllabi/ what's
>> worked well for you.
>> I will be happy to share my compilation of resources for those of you
>> interested.
>> Thank you!
>> Melinda
>>
>>
>> --
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>> Dept of Teaching & Learning, Policy & Leadership
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