TY - BOOK AU - Seidlhofer, Barbara TI - Controversies in applied linguistics T2 - Oxford Applied Linguistics SN - 98780194374446 U1 - 420.018 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Linguistic KW - Second language acquisition KW - Language teaching N1 - Contents, index.; 1- The global spread of English 2- Corpus linguistics and language teaching 3- Critical discourse analysis 4- Second language acquisition 5- The nature of applied linguistics N2 - 'As a resource for teacher educators, it would be hard to overestimate the value and potential of this book.' There are several issues on which applied linguistis take very different positions. The book presents controversies between prominent scholars arguing different positions, and direct attention to the main points at issue. ER -