Lacorte Manel (Editor). The Routledge Handbook of Hispanic Applied Linguistics

Routledge, 2015. — xvi, 700 pages. — (Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics). — ISBN: 978-1-315-88272-7.This book provides a comprehensive overview of Hispanic applied linguistics, allowing students to understand the field from a variety of perspectives and offering insight into the ever-growing number of professional opportunies afforded to Spanish language program graduates. The goal of this book is to re-contextualize the notion of applied linguistics as simply the application of theoretical linguistic concepts to practical settings and to consider it as its own field that addresses language-based issues and problems in a real-world context. The book is organized into five parts:perspectives on learning Spanish;
issues and environments in Spanish teaching;
Spanish in the professions;
the discourses of Spanish, and;
social and political contexts for Spanish.The book’s all-inclusive coverage gives students the theoretical and sociocultural context for study in Hispanic applied linguistics while offering practical information on its application in the professional sector.Perspectives on Learning Spanish
Sociocultural Perspectives
Perspectives on Spanish SLA From Pragmatics and Discourse
Cognitive Approaches to Spanish SLA
Generative Perspectives
Sociolinguistic Perspectives
Issues and Environments in Spanish Teaching
Methodological Approaches and Realities
Teacher Education
Spanish as a Heritage Language
Program Articulation and Management
Service-Learning/ Aprendizaje-servicio as a Global Practice in Spanish
Content-Based Programs and Spanish for the Professions
Hispanic Literatures and Cultures Throughout the Curriculum
Toward Online and Hybrid Courses
Emerging Technological Contexts for Teaching Spanish
The Assessment and Evaluation of Spanish
Critical Approaches to Teaching Spanish as a Local/Foreign Language
Spanish in the Professions
Translation
Interpreting
Spanish Lexicography
Computational Hispanic Linguistics
Hispanic Corpus Linguistics
Publishing
Forensic Spanish
Spanish in the Health Professions
Special Educators and Spanish
The Discourses of Spanish
[b]Academic and Professional Discourse
Discourse in Institutions
Media Discourse
Commercial Discourse
Intercultural Communication Discourse
Politics and Discourse
[b]Social and Political Contexts for Spanish
The Politics of Spanish in the World
Language Policy and Planning: Spanish in the US
Language Policy and Planning: Latin America
Spanish Language and Migrations
Spanish and Hispanic Bilingualism