Keith Johnson (linguist)

Keith Johnson (born 1944) is a British linguist. He is currently an emeritus professor at the Department of Linguistics and English Language of Lancaster University, United Kingdom.[1] His research focuses on applied linguistics with a special focus on second language acquisition and language teaching.[2]

Keith Johnson
Born (1944-01-20) 20 January 1944
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Known for
  • Language teaching
  • Second language acquisition
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
DisciplineLinguist
Sub-discipline
  • Second language acquisition
Institutions
WebsiteJohnson on the website of Lancaster University

Career

Johnson was one the three members at the Centre for Applied Language Studies at the University of Reading. He later moved to the Department of Linguistic Science of University of Reading.

He became a Senior Lecturer to the University of Essex.

In 1994 he became a full professor at the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University.[3]

He was the founding editor of the Language Teaching Research journal.[4]

He was also a visiting professor at the University of Vienna and the Hong Kong Institute of Education.

Research

In article entitled Comparing language teaching and other-skill teaching: Has the language teacher anything to learn?, published in System, Johnson claimed that the other-skill instructors provide significance performance-based feedback to students and that the skill training observed is overwhelmingly needs-driven.[5]

Publications

Johnson has publications in several major journals such as System, ITL International Journal of Applied Linguistics, The Journals of Gerontology, Language Teaching Research.

Bibliography

Books
  • Johnson, K. (2001). An introduction to foreign language learning and teaching. (Learning about language). Harlow: Longman Pearson.
  • Johnson, K. (2003). Designing Language Teaching Tasks. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Johnson, K. (2005). Expertise in second language learning and teaching. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Articles
  • Johnson, T. K., McKechnie, S. W., & Clancy, D. J. (2006). Water balance and cation levels in Drosophila: can early physiological decline predict aging and longevity? Journals of Gerontology, Series A, 61(2), 146-152.
  • Johnson, K., & Jackson, S. (2006). Comparing language teaching and other-skill teaching: Has the language teacher anything to learn? System, 34(4), 532-546. doi:
  • Johnson, K., & Jackson, S. (2007). Exploring the repair procedures used in non-linguistic skill teaching and assessing their relevance for language teaching: the 'START' project. Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching, 3(1), 33-50.
gollark: Analog audio represented directly (ish) as digital samples.
gollark: Pulse code modulation.
gollark: WAV is just PCM with some kind of header.
gollark: See, there's a real lack of annoying beep generation software out there. When I wanted to generate annoying beeps aka some sine waves for a project, I had to cobble together a Python script to inefficiently generate WAV files.
gollark: Anyway, I have several never-to-be-finished-or-probably-worked on new project ideas:- a simple search engine for osmarks.tk- annoying beep generator in the browser supporting custom frequencies and whatnot- a textual SVG editor thing in which you write code/templates which write SVG

References
  1. "Johnson - Lancaster University". lancaster.ac.uk. 6 April 2019.
  2. "Keith Johnson on Worldcat". Worldcat. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  3. "Keith Johnson". Lancaster University. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  4. "Language Teaching Research". SAGE. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  5. Johnson, Keith; Jackson, Sarah (27 May 2015). "Comparing language teaching and other-skill teaching: Has the language teacher anything to learn?". System. 34 (4): 532–546. doi:10.1016/j.system.2006.08.002.
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