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Native Speaker

Myth and Reality

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

Av Alan Davies

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Linguists, applied linguists and language teachers all appeal to the native speaker as an important reference point. But what exactly (who exactly?) is the native speaker? This book examines the native speaker from different points of view, arguing that the native speaker is both myth and reality.

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Utgivningsdatum2003-02-07
Mått148 x 210 x 13 mm
Vikt319 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieBilingual Education & Bilingualism
Antal sidor248
Upplaga2
FörlagChannel View Publications Ltd
ISBN9781853596223

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Alan Davies has taught and researched English and Applied Linguistics in Kenya, Nepal, Australia, Hong Kong and the U.K and is now Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics in the University of Edinburgh. In the 1960s he developed the English Proficiency Test Battery, which the British Council used prior to ELTS and IELTS. A former editor of the journals Applied Linguistics and Language Testing, his publications include Principles of Language Testing (Blackwell 1990), An Introduction to Applied Linguistics (Edinburgh U.P. 1999) and Dictionary of Language Testing (Cambridge U.P. 1999).

Preface 1 Introduction 2 Psycholinguistic Aspects of the Native Speaker 3 Linguistic Aspects of the Native Speaker 4 Sociolinguistic Aspects of the Native Speaker5 Lingualism and the Knowledges of the Native Speaker 6 Communicative Competence Aspects of the Native Speaker7 Intelligibility and the Speech Community8 Losing One’s Language9 Assessment and Second Language Acquisition Research 10 Conclusion: Who is the Native Speaker? Appendix References Index