Applied Linguistics is a diverse field, comprising a substantial number of sub-fields, sub-specialisations and related fields. To see that this is the case one need only examine the various handbooks and encyclopaedic references that have been published in the last ten years to see the wide range of topics that have been covered. As with many…

Presents 34-item annotated bibliography of journal articles addressing issues such as: bilingual/foreign language/second language education; classroom discourse; literacy; reading; and writing. Notes that most of the studies appeared during the six-month period from June to December, 2000 but some studies that appeared earlier are occasionally…

This overview focuses on the work of Applied Linguistics in North America with an emphasis on publications in the past 6 years. Follow a brief interpretive section on the nature and status of Applied Linguistics, the article reviews a number of major areas of research in Applied Linguistics. These areas include second language acquisition (and its…