Linguistics, TESOL & Translation

Useful links

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Reading Lists

Key Starters for Essays and Dissertations/Research Projects

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After looking at your online reading list, try these to help with your assignments

• Use the Library Catalogue

• Online resources to try first

• If you need more, use these

These sources are especially helpful for longer pieces of undergraduate work, including research projects and dissertations, plus postgraduate work

• Specialist subject encyclopedias

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• Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics

The online version of a 10 volume printed encyclopedia covering 27 key areas of linguistics, including assessment and testing, conversation analysis, corpus linguistics, discourse, language policy etc. You will find over 1100 essays written by experts from across the world.

When you do a search, make sure that "This Reference Work" is highlighted once you click in the search box.

• Oxford Research Encyclopedia - Communication

World experts give you accurate, unbiased and up-to-date overviews of a wide range of communication topics e.g. language and gender, intercultural communication, social media. Each entry is designed to take 30 mins or less to read so have a look here when you have a new topic to research.

This short video explains the features available.

• Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies

The latest (2020) edition of this key resource for Translation Studies.

• The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching

Access over 750 entries about key practical and theoretical aspects of TESOL. Each entry is organized into three sections: "Framing the Issue", "Making the Case", and "Pedagogical Implications".