Bøger af Christopher N. Candlin

The book offers a new methodology for teaching academic writing informed by discourse analysis and genre theory and by recent research in text analysis. The book draws on accessible articles presenting popular science topics of current interest to illustrate and practice the processes involved in developing and writing an academic essay.

It is increasingly held that international commercial arbitration is colonized by litigation. This book addresses, in a range of ways and from various locations and sites, those aspects of arbitration practice that are considered crucial for its integrity as an institution and its independence as a professional practice.

In these critical overviews of the interface between language, social structure and social action, theoretical and methodological traditions are represented: variationist and ethnographic sociolinguistics, conversation and interaction analysis, discourse analysis, social semiotics and ideological linguistics, and sociology and social theory.

Essential reading for all MA students on TESOL and Applied Linguistics courses, this Reader introduces a range of theories of second language acquisition and the contested explanations of effective language learning.

An analysis of the current situation in the teaching of language, this text focuses on interaction and the concept of mutual teacher and pupil education. The use of learning through projects at various educational establishments is discussed.

The author attempts to arrange the translation process and set it within a systemic model of language. The book is divided into three parts, namely model, meaning and memory, assessing how logical relationships are organized and mapped onto the syntactic systems of a language.

A survey and analysis of second language theory that discusses the development of ideas in this expanding area of language studies. It looks at the implications of these ideas and directions for future research. Contains study questions and activities as well as practical guidelines on the use of available research resources.

Analyzing language awareness in the classroom, this book examines the subject from both the teacher's and the pupil's perspective. Other books in this series include "Contrastive Analysis", "Discourse and Learning" and "Listening in Language Learning".

This book combines an authoritative examination of the field of discourse-based research with practical guidance on research design and development.