Task 1: Revision of article entittled “40 Years of

Applied Linguistics: Investigating Content Areas,

Research Methods and Statistical Techniques

Applied Linguistics
Dra. Roxana Orrego
March 15th, 2018
Read and read the article and answer the
following questions:
1. According to the authors what was the conception of AL when it was a young
discipline? What was its main scope?
2. Which are the new areas being addressed by LA?
3. What are the applied linguists´ concerns during the last couple of years (2010
onwards)?
4. How many research articles were analyzed in this study?
5. What main content areas of applied linguistics were found in the analysis of the
research articles?
6. What are the trends in research methods in the RAs o applied linguistics under
analysis?
7. What are the main statistics procedures and analysis identified by the authors
in all the RAs of Applied Linguistics?