{"product_id":"applied-linguistics-methods-a-reader-9780415545440","title":"Applied Linguistics Methods: A Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Caroline Coffin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Linguistics - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eApplied Linguistics Methods: A Reader\u003c\/em\u003e presents the student with three contemporary approaches for investigating text, practices and contexts in which language-related problems are implicated. Divided into three parts, the reader focuses in turn on the different approaches, showing how each is relevant to addressing real world problems, including those relating to contemporary educational practices. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One introduces the reader to Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) as an approach particularly well suited to the description of language and language-related problems in social contexts. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two examines Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as a means of uncovering the relationships between language use, power and ideology. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Three presents Ethnography (and linguistic ethnography) as a methodology for observing the use and significance of language in real-life events as they unfold. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe editors' general introduction introduces the student to the tools of SFL, CDA and ethnography and explains how the three approaches each offer distinct as well as, in some cases, complementary perspectives on language in use. Each part is made up of one classic theoretical reading, one cutting-edge theoretical reading, and three problem-oriented readings and includes an introduction, which provides synopses of the individual readings making the book highly usable on courses. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eApplied Linguistics Methods: A Reader\u003c\/em\u003e is key reading for advanced level undergraduates and postgraduates on Applied Linguistics, English Language, and TESOL\/TEFL courses.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46929789681815,"sku":"9780415545440","price":6766.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780415545440.webp?v=1771602275","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/applied-linguistics-methods-a-reader-9780415545440","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}