At the risk of appearing somewhat self-serving, I will invite you to look at
my own collection of readings entitled "Linguistics at Work: A Reader of
Applications."  This book is a supplementary textbook.  It doesn't discuss
linguistic theory, but it has over forty readings of individuals applying
various subdisciplines of linguistics to a variety of tasks.  For example,
some deal with linguists or people using linguistic principles and knowledge
in court cases, product-naming, software, speech therapy, dictionary making,
advertising, language policy and planning, language pedagogy, writing
instruction, reading instruction, literary analysis, translation, etc.  The
book was originally marketed by Harcourt Brace, but is now published by
Heinle & Heinle (A division of Thomson Learning).  It's worth a look.  The
book originally appeared as a peer-reviewed textbook in 1997, but with the
change in publishers and the passage of time, it is now handled,
unfortunately, through the custom publishing division of Heinle & Heinle.  

 

Dallin D. Oaks

 

 

 

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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
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Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 11:38 AM
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In addition to the other books that have been discussed, I'd mention
Linguistics for Teachers, ed. by Cleary and Linn (readings by different
authors; you might find a couple of them useful to put on reserve) and
potentially Rosina Lippi-Green's English with an Accent. The latter is not
an introduction to applied linguistics in any sense, but rather a
highly-readable treatment of dialect discrimination in the U.S. It's more of
an "awareness raiser" than a textbook, but (in my experience) students
respond very well to it. - Bill Spruiell

 

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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Crow
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 9:03 AM
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Subject: Applied Linguistics Text

 

I have just been assigned (much to my delight) to teach the senior level
Applied Linguistics course for the Dept. of Education.  This is a required
course for most Ed majors on our campus.  Groups like Phys Ed majors are
excluded, but the majority of the students will certainly NOT be prospective
English teachers--they will be a very small minority.

What textbook(s) would best be suited for this particular audience?  Any
suggestions would be deeply appreciated.

Thanks,
John
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