[Edling] Applied Linguistics syllabus ideas

Sat Sep 5 06:04:57 UTC 2015

Hi Melinda, a book that has stimulated interesting discussions among my doctoral students (who do have a background in Linguistics though) is Applied Linguistics as Social Science, by Alison Sealy and Bob Carter, Continuum, 2004. It provides a good link to social theory and to the sociology of ideas about language, as well as an encompassing chapter on the research in language learning. After a chapter which talks about language and literacy (not in a depoliticized fashion, as many of the applied linguistics textbooks connected with [English] language teaching), it ends with a fairly good proposal on a social realist approach to research in applied linguistics.  

Good luck

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From: edling-bounces at bunner.geol.lu.se [mailto:edling-bounces at bunner.geol.lu.se] On Behalf Of Francis Hult
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 9:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [Edling] Applied Linguistics syllabus ideas

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

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Editor, Educational Linguistics book series

http://www.springer.com/series/5894

Co-editor, Contributions to the Sociology of Language book series

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New Book: Research Methods in Language Policy and Planning: A Practical Guide

http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118308395.html

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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
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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: 

 <http://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Applied-Linguistics-Pit-Corder/dp/0140132082> Introducing Applied Linguistics 

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 <https://www.google.com/search?q=s%20pit%20corder%20introducing%20applied%20linguistics&cad=cbv&sei=gdLpVdiJM4mw-AHtjY_QBg> &cad=cbv&sei=gdLpVdiJM4mw-AHtjY_QBg

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 

 <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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