The innovative approach devised by the series editors will make this very attractive to students ,teacher educators, and even to a general readership ,wanting to explore and understand the field of applied linguistics.The volumes in this series take as their starting point the everyday professional problems and issues that applied linguists seek to illuminate.The volumes are authoritatively written ,using an engaging "back-to-back"structurethat moves from practical interests to the conceptual bases and theories that underpin applications of practice."