Routledge Key Guides to Applied Linguistics offer clear, comprehensive and concise introductory surveys of core areas of Applied Linguistics, outlining and exploring each sub-discipline within a single volume. Mindful of often diverse perspectives on language and language-related practices in each area, volumes also offer readers the opportunity to reflect on key debates and develop their own thinking on real-world language practices and problems in light of applied linguistic theory and research. The books are structured into three parts: Part 1 covers -Contexts-, -Concepts- and -Current debates- and includes both questions for reflection and key readings from the specialist literature . Extracts are framed by author questions directing readers to key points in each text, how each might compare and contrast, and how they deal with issues discussed in the main chapter. Part 2 offers a substantial and annotated list of further reading relating to the main topics in the survey, to ser
