Applied Linguistics

Applied Linguistics presents in a most direct and concise manner, some of the essential topics in the area that need the attention of the practitioners across the globe. The reader is introduced to such areas of essential linguistic implications in current research findings that are most relevant to those in applied linguistics as: * a clear distinction between linguistics and applied linguistics, * importance of linguistic insights for proficiency, * TESL teaching methods, contrastive and error analysis, * language testing, L1 and L2 acquisition/ learning, * language theories and the role of context in learning,and * vocabulary in L2 learning. In an unprecedented and lucid style, the book lays bare what the applied linguists especially those in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL), English as a Foreign Language (EFL), Teachers, Students and Researchers need.