The Native Speaker: Myth and Reality (Bilingual Education & Bilingualism, 38) - Softcover

Davies, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853596221 ISBN 13: 9781853596223

Publisher: Multilingual Matters, 2003

Synopsis

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.

About this title

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).

About this edition

• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1853596221
• ISBN 13: 9781853596223
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 248