About the Series Editors

Christopher N. Candlin is Senior Research Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University, Australia. At Macquarie, he established and was Executive Director of the National Centre for English Language Teaching & Research (NCELTR) and first Director of the Centre for Language in Social Life (CLSL). He has written or edited over 150 publications and from 2004 will co-edit the new Journal of Applied Linguistics. From 1996-2002 he was President of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA). He has acted as a consultant in more than 35 countries and as external faculty assessor in 36 universities.

Ronald Carter is Professor of Modern English Language in the School of English Studies at the University of Nottingham. He has published extensively in the fields of applied linguistics, literary studies and language in education. He has given consultancies in the field of English language education, mainly in conjunction with The British Council, in over thirty countries worldwide. He was recently elected a fellow of the British Academy of Social Sciences and is currently chair of the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL).