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Peer reviewedCameron, Deborah – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 2003
Drawing on recent work in variationist sociolinguistics, sociology of language and linguistic anthropology, focuses on new approaches to explaining gender differentiated patterns of sound change and language shift, the success or failure of planned linguistic reforms, and changes in the social evaluation of gendered speech styles. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Styles, Language Variation
Peer reviewedBurns, Anne – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1998
A review of research on second-language speaking and its instruction focuses on (1) methodological issues concerning the form/function dichotomy and their implications for teacher and learner interaction; (2) the nature and scope of current teaching materials, particularly with regard to their representations of speaking interaction; and (3)…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies, Instructional Materials, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedBygate, Martin – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1998
A review of research on second language (L2) speech looks at four issues of process and product: whether speech is different from writing; whether oral discourse patterns differ from one language to another; whether L2 speaker oral skills differ significantly from native speakers'; and how L2 speech develops. (MSE)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Patterns, Language Processing, Language Research
Peer reviewedMendelsohn, David J. – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1998
Review of research on trends in teaching second-language listening focuses primarily on strategy instruction and a strategy-based approach but also refers to developments in terms of listening and "high-tech contexts," interactive listening, and academic listening. Classroom listening textbooks are discussed, with attention to the mismatch between…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Educational Strategies, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedKachru, Braj B. – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1997
A review of literature since 1990 on world English focuses on theoretical, conceptual, descriptive, ideological, and power-related issues, including: types of diaspora; English-using communities; dynamics of those communities; monolingual paradigms and heteroglossic English forms; transcultural literary creativity; codification and authentication…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Diglossia, English, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedKreindler, Isabelle – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1997
Major common language problems arising in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet bloc are outlined, as identified in recent literature, and pressing language-related issues in specific former Soviet states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Communication Problems, Foreign Countries, Geographic Distribution
