The papers in this collection are further enquiries into issues raised by Professor Henry Widdowson in Explorations in Applied Linguistics.

The papers range from descriptive to pedagogic issues and they are concerned with the formulation of a relevant model of language which will serve as a source of reference for a principled approach to language teaching.

There are six sections:

• Theory and practice (Chapters 1-3)
• Discourse: the use of written language (Chapters 4-7)
• Discourse: schema, procedure, and sign (Chapters 8-9)
• The use of literature (Chapters 10-12)
• English for specific purposes (Chapters 13-15)
• Communicative language teaching (Chapters 16-18)

Chapter 01: Applied linguistics: The pursuit of relevance (plus contents/introduction) (PDF, 188 KB)
Chapter 02: Models and fictions (PDF, 40 KB)
Chapter 03: The role of theory in practice (PDF, 44 KB)
Chapter 04: The realization of rules in written discourse (PDF, 63 KB)

Chapter 05: New starts and different kinds of failure (PDF, 61 KB)
Chapter 06: Conceptual and communicative functions in written discourse (PDF, 55 KB)

Chapter 07: Reading and communication (PDF, 67 KB)

Chapter 08: Procedures for discourse processing (PDF, 111 KB)

Chapter 09: Types of linguistic sign in texts (PDF, 53 KB)
Chapter 10: The deviant language of poetry (PDF, 55 KB)

Chapter 11: Reference and apprehension as modes of meaning (PDF, 49 KB)

Chapter 12: The use of literature (PDF, 56 KB)

Chapter 13: Criteria for course design (PDF, 57 KB)
Chapter 14: ESP and the curse of Caliban (PDF, 56 KB)
Chapter 15: English in training and education (PDF, 50 KB)

Chapter 16: Teaching language as and for communication (PDF, 62 KB)

Chapter 17: Course design and discourse process (PDF, 55 KB)

Chapter 18: Competence and capacity in language learning (plus bibliography) (PDF, 104 KB)