Enjoy fast, FREE delivery, exclusive deals and award-winning movies & TV shows with Prime
Try Prime
and start saving today with Fast, FREE Delivery
Amazon Prime includes:
Fast, FREE Delivery is available to Prime members. To join, select "Try Amazon Prime and start saving today with Fast, FREE Delivery" below the Add to Cart button.
Amazon Prime members enjoy:- Cardmembers earn 5% Back at Amazon.com with a Prime Credit Card.
- Unlimited Free Two-Day Delivery
- Instant streaming of thousands of movies and TV episodes with Prime Video
- A Kindle book to borrow for free each month - with no due dates
- Listen to over 2 million songs and hundreds of playlists
- Unlimited photo storage with anywhere access
Important: Your credit card will NOT be charged when you start your free trial or if you cancel during the trial period. If you're happy with Amazon Prime, do nothing. At the end of the free trial, your membership will automatically upgrade to a monthly membership.
Buy new:
$59.95$59.95
FREE delivery:
Sunday, July 16
Ships from: Amazon.com Sold by: Amazon.com
Buy used: $30.00
Other Sellers on Amazon
+ $3.99 shipping
82% positive over last 12 months
Usually ships within 4 to 5 days.
Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Learn more
Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.
Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.
Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics 4th Edition
| Price | New from | Used from |
Purchase options and add-ons
This best-selling dictionary is now in its 4th edition. Specifically written for students of language teaching and applied linguistics, it has become an indispensible resource for those engaged in courses in TEFL, TESOL, applied linguistics and introductory courses in general linguistics.
Fully revised, this new edition includes over 350 new entries. Previous definitions have been revised or replaced in order to make this the most up-to-date and comprehensive dictionary available.
Providing straightforward and accessible explanations of difficult terms and ideas in applied linguistics, this dictionary offers:
- Nearly 3000 detailed entries, from subject areas such as teaching methodology, curriculum development, sociolinguistics, syntax and phonetics.
- Clear and accurate definitions which assume no prior knowledge of the subject matter
- helpful diagrams and tables
- cross references throughout, linking related subject areas for ease of reference, and helping to broaden students' knowledge
The Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics is the definitive resource for students.
- ISBN-109781408204603
- ISBN-13978-1408204603
- Edition4th
- Publication dateJuly 1, 2010
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions5.43 x 1.48 x 8.5 inches
- Print length656 pages
Popular titles by this author
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
This best-selling dictionary is now in its 4th edition. Specifically written for students of language teaching and applied linguistics, it has become an indispensible resource for those engaged in courses in TEFL, TESOL, applied linguistics and introductory courses in general linguistics. Fully revised, this new edition includes over 350 new entries. Previous definitions have been revised or replaced in order to make this the most up-to-date and comprehensive dictionary available. Providing straightforward and accessible explanations of difficult terms and ideas in applied linguistics, this dictionary offers:
- Nearly 3000 detailed entries, from subject areas such as teaching methodology, curriculum development, sociolinguistics, syntax and phonetics.
- Clear and accurate definitions which assume no prior knowledge of the subject matter
- helpful diagrams and tables
- cross references throughout, linking related subject areas for ease of reference, and helping to broaden students' knowledge
About the Author
Jack C Richards is an internationally recognised expert on second language teaching and is an author of over 150 textbooks. Richard Schmidt is a leading researcher and scholar in applied linguistics who has published many articles in the area of second language acquisition.
Product details
- ASIN : 1408204606
- Publisher : Routledge; 4th edition (July 1, 2010)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 656 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9781408204603
- ISBN-13 : 978-1408204603
- Item Weight : 1.74 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.43 x 1.48 x 8.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,322,314 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,587 in Linguistics (Books)
- #4,505 in Foreign Dictionaries & Thesauruses
- #5,535 in Linguistics Reference
- Customer Reviews:
About the author

Professor Jack C. Richards is an internationally recognized authority on English-language acquisition, teacher training, and materials design. A well-known lecturer and consultant, he has taught at universities in the United States, China, Singapore, New Zealand, Canada, Indonesia, and Brazil. Professor Richards' many successful publications include the Interchange series, Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching, and Curriculum Development in Language Teaching.
Customer reviews
Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them.
To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness.
Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon-
Top reviews
Top reviews from the United States
There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.
The only thing that might be considered in revision is putting the words into categories under specialization as a possible appendix (i.e. sociolinguistics, language testing, psycholinguistics). This might help and entice the reader to look at the dictionary as a learning tool as well as a reference tool. This would provide an additional way to use the dictionary in order to learn specific vocabulary for a specialization under the umbrella of applied linguistics or language teaching.
I have found it useful primarily to get my terminology right for assignments, but it is also helps with dealing with other books that have unexplained, but really specialist terminology. For this reason alone, it is really worth the paltry sum needed to get it.
The book is into its third edition now, (to which this review refers), and should be an ongoing classic in the field. I truly recommend this book to you.
Top reviews from other countries
解説もそれなりに詳しいので、この辞書を引くだけでも
勉強にはなると思います。
ただ、問題点もいくつかあります。まず項目の数がやや少ないという問題
があります。またこの辞書には参考文献リストがありません。
いくつかの項目にはfurther readingとして文献が紹介されていますが
この辞書のみではその文献のタイトルを確認することが出来ません。
この2つの問題点は、この辞書の対象とする利用者を考えると
やや不親切に感じられるので欠点として挙げておきます。







