About the Authors

Christopher J. Hall

Chris Hall is a University Teaching Fellow and Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Languages and Linguistics at York St John University in the UK, close to where he was born. He teaches and conducts research in the areas of World Englishes, English as a Lingua Franca and Second Language Acquisition, with particular emphasis on lexical development and use.  After obtaining his PhD in Linguistics at the University of Southern California in 1987, he worked for many years at the University of the Americas (UDLA) in Puebla, Mexico, where he coordinated the MA programme in Second Language Teaching, chaired the Department of Languages and conducted research on multilingual vocabulary development. He is the author of Morphology and Mind (Routledge, 1992) and An Introduction to Language and Linguistics. Breaking the Language Spell (Continuum, 2005).

Patrick H. Smith

Patrick Smith is Associate Professor of Literacy/Biliteracy at The University of Texas at El Paso in the US. He conducts research, writes and teaches about the language and literacy practices of multilingual families, communities and schools, with emphasis on the literacies of Mexico and the US-Mexico borderlands. After obtaining his MA in TESOL at the School for International Training and PhD in Language, Reading & Culture at the University of Arizona, he taught applied linguistics for many years at the University of the Americas (UDLA) in Puebla, Mexico. He is the author of numerous articles and book chapters published in English and Spanish, and is the co-author of Key Decisions in US History: A Participatory Approach (1997).

Rachel Wicaksono

Rachel Wicaksono is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Programme for the MA in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) at York St John University in the UK. She conducts research, writes and lectures in the areas of TESOL, English as a Lingua Franca, classroom language, mixed language group work and the internationalisation of UK universities. She is currently researching, with colleagues at York St John and Suzhou University of Science and Technology, teachers' attitudes to varieties of English. Rachel has taught, trained teachers, inspected and managed language (and technology) programmes and schools in Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Sweden and the UK.

Find out more about the authors of Mapping Applied Linguistics Christopher J. Hall, Patrick H. Smith, Rachel Wicaksono.

People who have helped us

Although the authors are solely responsible for the final version of Mapping Applied Linguistics (including any errors), the ideas it contains are the product of much discussion with many friends, colleagues and students. We are very grateful to all these people, too numerous to mention individually, whose ideas have had an impact on our own thinking.

There are, however, some people whose help with Mapping Applied Linguistics we would specifically like to acknowledge, as follows. Thank you! We couldn't have done it without you!

  • Amabilia Valenzuela
  • Andrew John Merrison
  • Ann Gregory
  • Angela Piedra
  • Anne Lafeber
  • April Granados
  • Ash Scheder Black
  • Asma Brodie
  • Aurora Harrison
  • Barbara Stegmiller
  • Brenda Ramos
  • Claire E. Alexander
  • Craig Salminen
  • Cynthia Prado
  • Chandy Charlton
  • Christopher Murphree
  • Chun Yan He
  • Clare Wardman
  • Dawn Genner
  • Debbie Cole
  • Duan Yan
  • Eric Forbes
  • Erika Morales
  • Gerardo Ortega
  • Guadalupe Tijerina
  • Heriberto Godina
  • Hong Ling Huang
  • Hui Chu
  • Huxuejing Yuan
  • Iván García
  • Jaime Castor
  • Javier Peña
  • Jennifer Olivas
  • Jesse Ochoa
  • Jiahui Qin
  • Jialing Yuan
  • Jingwen Chen
  • Joanna Parra Reyes
  • Karla Solís
  • Katherine Amaya
  • Khawla Badwan
  • Leigh-Anne Rodgers
  • Li Pan
  • Liliana Fernández
  • Linhua Zhang
  • Luz Murillo
  • María González Quintana
  • María Herrera
  • Marisela Trejo
  • Martha Skelton
  • Melissa Vasquez
  • Mónica Gallegos
  • Muhammad Ilyas
  • Nadia Seemungal
  • Oliver Hambling-Jones
  • Raquel Chávez de Zenteno
  • Ren Chen
  • Risa Nabei
  • Robert Jiménez
  • Rocio Gallardo
  • Rubilí Loredo
  • Russell George
  • Sally Merrison
  • Saffron Walkling
  • Sang Hyun Kim
  • Sandra García
  • Sandy Serrano
  • Sarah Rocha
  • Savitri Hordagoda
  • Shabana Chaudhary
  • Shirley Reay
  • Simon Valdez
  • Stacy Domínguez
  • Stephen Gibson
  • Shu Liu
  • Steve Watson
  • Ting Lan
  • Tingting Zhang
  • Ulrike Sperr
  • Umut Ozkurt
  • Virginia Glovier
  • Virginia Sano
  • Wendy Vanamburgh
  • Wenyi Zhu
  • Yang Xu
  • Yijie Zhang
  • Ying Hu
  • Yessica Silva
  • Yuan Qian