The focus of applied linguistics is on trying to resolve language-based problems that people encounter in the real world, whether they be learners, teachers, supervisors, academics, lawyers, service providers, those who need social services, test takers, policy developers, dictionary makers, translators, or a whole range of business clients.This is one of the best and greatest handbooks published about applied linguistics.
With 886 pages, it covers almost all problems discussed in applied linguistics.
