Language and Education

Professor M. A. K. Halliday (b. 1925) was Foundation Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia, until his retirement and has taught as a Visiting Professor around the world. As a self-styled 'generalist' he has published in many branches of linguistics. Jonathan J. Webster is Head of the Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics at the City University of Hong Kong.

• Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Applied Linguistics as an Evolving Theme; PART ONE: MOTHER TONGUE EDUCATION; Editor's Introduction; 1. Linguistic and Teaching of English; 2. A "Linguistic Approach" to the Teaching of the Mother Tongue?; 3. Some Thoughts on Language in the Middle School Years; 4. Differences between Spoken and Written Language: Some Implications for Literacy Teaching; 5. Language and Socialisation: Home and School; 6. Literacy and Linguistics: A Functional Perspective; PART TWO: SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING; Editor's Introduction; 7. General Linguistics and Its Application to Language Teaching; 8. Is Learning a Second Language Like Learning a First Language all Over Again? 9. Learning Asian Languages; PART THREE: MULTILINGUAL SOCIETIES; Editor's Introduction; 10. National Language and Language Planning in a Multilingual Society; 11. Some Reflections on Language Education in Multilingual Societies, as Seen from the Standpoint of Linguistics; 12. Where Languages Meet: The Significance of the Hong Kong Experience; PART FOUR: CONTEXTS OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION; Editor's Introduction; 13. The Notion of "Context" in Language Education; 14. Language Across the Culture; 15. Contexts of English; PART FIVE: EDUCATIONAL LINGUISTICS; Editor's Introduction; 16. A Response to Some Questions on the Language Issue; 17. Some Basic Concepts of Educational Linguistics; 18. On the Concept of "Educational Linguistics"; 19. A Language Development Approach to Education; Bibliography; Index.

"'... a major enterprise comparable to a grand retrospective of the paintings of some prominent artist of a distinctive school.' (On the Collected Works of M.A.K. Halliday series)"