Includes bibliography and index

Acknowledgements; 1. An applied linguist in principle and practice; Guy Cook and Barbara Seidlhofer; 2. Teacher professionalism and research; Christopher Brumfit; 3. The applied linguist and the foreign language teacher: can they talk to each other?; Claire Kramsch; 4. Concept and conduct in language pedagogy; N S Prabhu; 5. Appraising second language acquisition theory in relation to language pedagogy; Rod Ellis; 6. Analysability, accessibility, and ability for use; Peter Skehan; 7. Situational context, variation, and second language acquisition theory; Elaine Tarone and Guo-Qiang Liu; 8. Three functions of output in second language learning; Merrill Swain; 9. Proficiency or the native speaker: what are we trying to achieve in ELT?; Alan Davies; 10. Grammar and lexis in communicative competence; Heikki Nyyssoonen; 11. Cultural meaning and rhetorical styles: toward a framework for Contrastive Rhetoric; Yamuna Kachru; 12. The paralinguistics of reference: representation in reported discourse; George Yule; 13. Grammar in discourse: attitude and deniability; Rob Batstone; 14. Field-guides in strange tongues: a workshop for Henry Widdowson; John M Swales; 15. Explorations in applied linguistics 3: forensic stylistics; Malcolm Coulthard; 16. Corpus evidence for norms of lexical collocation; Michael Stubbs; 17. Corpora in language pedagogy: matching theory and practice; Guy Aston; 18. Transcultural creativity in world Englishes and literary canons; Braj B Kachru; 19. An approach to the teaching and learning of poetry in Nigeria; Joseph O Bisong; 20. Discourse and creativity: bridging the gap between language and literature; Ronald Carter and Michael McCarthy; 21. The impact of the Army Specialized Training Program: a reconsideration; Bernard Spolsky; 22. 'Reading with a suspicious eye': Critical reading in the foreign language classroom; Catherine Wallace; 23. What is this class about? Topic formulation in an L1 reading comprehension classroom; Luiz Paulo da Moita Lo

Studies in honour of H G Widdowson. Principle and Practice in Applied Linguistics provides a comprehensive overview of the many and diverse areas in applied linguistics today. The papers range from second language acquisition to discourse analysis, corpus lingustics, and classroom practice; together they emphasize the reciprocal relationship of principle and practice, and the interdisciplinary nature of applied lingustics.