Martin Bygate (born 1948) is a

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linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

. He is currently an honorary professor at the Department of Linguistics and English Language of

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, United Kingdom. His research focuses on

applied linguistics Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field which identifies, investigates, and offers solutions to language-related real-life problems. Some of the academic fields related to applied linguistics are education, psychology, Communication stu ...

with a special focus on tandem language learning,

pedagogical grammar A pedagogical grammar is a modern approach in linguistics intended to aid in teaching an additional language. Structure This method of teaching is divided into the descriptive: grammatical analysis, and the prescriptive: the articulation of a s ...

and task-based language learning.

Career

Bygate was a lecturer at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil from 1979-1983, the

University of Reading The University of Reading is a public research university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as the University Extension College, Reading, an extension college of Christchurch College, Oxford, and became University College, ...

between 1986 and 1994 and at the

University of Leeds The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science. In 1884, it merged with the Leeds School of Medicine (established 1831) and was renamed Y ...

between 1994 and 2003. He was an Advisory Professor to the English Department of Hong Kong Institute of Education between 2003 and 2004. Between 1989 and 1995 Bygate served as the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Meetings Secretary and the Publications Secretary between 1988 and 1989. Between 2006 and 2009 he was the coordinator of the BAAL 'Language Learning and Teaching' Special Interest Group. Between 1998 and 2004 Bygate served as the co-editor for the

Applied Linguistics Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field which identifies, investigates, and offers solutions to language-related real-life problems. Some of the academic fields related to applied linguistics are education, psychology, Communication stu ...

and he has been a member of the editorial boards of Applied Linguistics, Language Teaching Research, and

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. In September 2003 he was appointed as a Professor of Applied Linguistics and Language Education at the Department of Linguistics and English Language at

. In 2008 he was elected as a President of AILA (Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquee),

International Association of Applied Linguistics The International Association of Applied Linguistics (), or AILA, was formed in 1964 as an association of various national organizations for applied linguistics. AILA has more than 8,000 members in more than 35 different applied linguistics associat ...

in English, for a 3-year term. On 9 June 2011, Bygate gave a plenary at Sorbonne Nouvelle conference in Paris. In 2011 Bygate presided over the 16th AILA World Congress in

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Research

Bygate argued that the most significant trend in

is the emergence of the field as a generic discipline, involving several subareas, all characterised by the aim of developing theoretical and empirical studies of language as a key element in real world problems. Bygate brought together a wide-ranging set of papers, each from a quite distinct area of

in article published in

. Bygate in an article, published in The Language Learning Journal, provided an outline of the origins, the current shape and the potential directions of task-based language teaching (TBLT) as an approach to

language pedagogy Language pedagogy is the discipline concerned with the theories and techniques of teaching language. It has been described as a type of teaching wherein the teacher draws from their own prior knowledge and actual experience in teaching language. Th ...

Publications

Bygate has publications in several major journals such as

, AILA Review, and The Language Learning Journal.

Bibliography

Books

*Bygate, M., Van den Branden, K. (Ed.), Bygate, M. (Ed.), & Norris, J. (Ed.) (2009). Task-based language teaching : a reader. (Task-Based Language Teaching). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishers. *Samuda, V., & Bygate, M. (2008). Tasks in second language learning. (Research and practice in applied linguistics). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Articles

*Bygate, M. (2004). Some current trends in applied linguistics: towards a generic view. '' AILA Review, 17''(1), 6–22. do

*Bygate, M. (2005). Applied linguistics: a pragmatic discipline? A generic discipline? ''

, 26''(4), 568–581. do

*Bygate, M. (2016). Sources, developments and directions of task-based language teaching. '' Language Learning Journal, 44''(4), 381–400. do

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bygate, Martin 1950 births Living people Applied linguists Linguists from the United Kingdom Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University Presidents of the International Association of Applied Linguistics Academics of the University of Leeds