ERIC Number: ED360833
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1993
Pages: 143
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0959-2253
EISSN: N/A
Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, Number 4.
Davies, Alan
Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, v4 1993
"Edinburgh Working Papers" is intended to show a yearly cross-section of current work in Edinburgh's Department of Applied Linguistics and to elicit reactions and criticism. Articles in this volume include the following: "MSC Common Room Conversations: Topics and Terms" (Joan Cutting); "Speculation and Empiricism in Applied Linguistics" (Alan Davies); "Implementing Innovation in Language Education" (Gibson Ferguson); "Functional Controlled Writing" (Ardeshir Geranpayeh); "Development and Validation of a Translation Test" (Behzad Ghonsooly); "The Design and Validation of a Multi-Level Reading Comprehension Test" (Aileen Irvine); "Questions in Lectures: Opportunities or Obstacles?" (Tony Lynch); "Can Applied Linguists Do Ethnographic Interviews?" (Brian Parkinson); and "Influence of Languages Other than the L1 on a Foreign Language: A Case of Transfer from L2 to L3" (Matutin Sikogukira). (JL)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Case Studies, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Innovation, Interpersonal Communication, Interviews, Language Tests, Lecture Method, Native Speakers, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Instruction, Second Languages, Tests, Transfer of Training, Translation, Writing (Composition)
Edinburgh Working Paper in Applied Linguistics, Institute for Applied Language Studies, 21 Hill Place, Edinburgh EH8 9DP, Scotland, United Kingdom (Individual: surface mail, 5 British pounds and air mail, 7 British pounds; Institutional: surface mail, 6 British pounds, and air mail, 8 British pounds).
Publication Type: Collected Works - Serials
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Edinburgh Univ. (Scotland).
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Note: For individual papers, see FL 021 411-420. For earlier volumes, see ED 353 834 and ED 353 780.