Ontologies of English – Professor Chris Hall and Dr Rachel Wicaksono

Appropriately for a book on applied linguistics, Hall and Wicaksono’s collection aims at being ‘useful’ for scholars and practitioners engaged in language education. To this end it mixes abstract discussions about ontology […] with case studies focussing on different elements of English language education.

– Phillip Seargeant, Open University

This book, edited by Professor Chris Hall and Dr Rachel Wicaksono is about the ways in which English is conceptualised, specifically in relation to language learning, teaching, and assessment.

Examining and being explicit about what we, as applied linguists, think English is – our ontologies of English – and how these ontologies underpin our educational ideologies and professional practices, should be an essential component of research in the discipline.

– Hall and Wicaksono (3)

Ontologies of English can be read via the York St John library.