The Native Speaker: Myth and Reality / Edition 2

by Alan Davies

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853596223
Publisher:	Multilingual Matters Ltd.
Publication date:	02/28/2003
Series:	Bilingual Education & Bilingualism Series , #38
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 8.28(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

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).