Moving Forward

Part VII - Moving Forward

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 June 2019

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John W. Schwieter and

Alessandro Benati

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John W. Schwieter: Affiliation:
Wilfrid Laurier University
Alessandro Benati: Affiliation:
American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

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Looking into a crystal ball is a difficult task, but one that gives me leeway to take a broad view of the field and “think aloud” about where the future might take us. It is a dangerous task because within a year of publication (or less), it is likely that I will already be proven wrong. Nonetheless, I will attempt to take the pulse of the field as it was in the past, as it is today, and as it might be in the future. This paper has three parts. In the first part, I will look at the field historically and consider: (1) the relationship between language teaching and learning; (2) the overall growth of the field of second language acquisition (SLA) and its increasing distance from language teaching and the resulting quest for disciplinary identity; and (3) changes in emphases that suggest a narrowing of the gap.

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Information: The Cambridge Handbook of Language Learning , pp. 775 - 798

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108333603[Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2019

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