‘Scientific’ Language Teaching
Richard Smith
Reader in ELT and Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick, UK
Keywords: ‘Scientific’ Language Teaching
References
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Smith, Richard. ‘Harold E. Palmer’s alternative “applied linguistics”’. Histoire– Epistémologie–Langage vol. 33, no. 1, 2011, pp. 53-67. Online (open access): http://www.persee.fr/doc/hel_0750-8069_2011_num_33_1_3206.
Smith, Richard. ‘Harold E. Palmer, IRLT, and ‘historical sense’ in ELT’. IRLT Journal no. 8, 2013, pp. 1-8. Pre-publication version online: http://warwick.ac.uk/richardcsmith/smith_r/harold_e__palmer_irlt_and_historical_sense_in_elt.pdf
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