Willis J. Edmondson
Willis James Edmondson (born March 17, 1940 in Liverpool ; † December 15, 2009 in Hamburg ) was full professor for language teaching research with a focus on applied linguistics at the University of Hamburg from 1983 to 2005 .
Life
Willis Edmondson studied English , Romance studies , foreign language didactics , general linguistics , applied linguistics and language teaching research at the Universities of Cambridge , London, Essex and Bochum . He worked from 1966 to 1970 as an English teacher and for the British Council in Yarmouth and London ( England ), Labasa and Suva (Fidji Islands). From 1973 to 1980 he was a research assistant, then an assistant professor at the University of Bochum, where he received his doctorate in 1981 with the thesis "Spoken Discourse: A Model for Analysis". In Bochum he was one of the co-founders of language teaching research in Germany and during his activity in Bochum worked with Juliane House , Gabriele Kasper and Brigitte Stemmer on the project " Communicative competence as a realizable learning goal".
From 1982 to 2005 Edmondson was Professor of Language Teaching Research and Applied Linguistics at the University of Hamburg, after his retirement in 2005 he was Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Hebron (Palestine) until 2007 . He was married to Juliane House until his death.
Research priorities
- Language teaching research
- Foreign language teaching
- Discourse analysis ,
- Lesson analysis
- Second language acquisition theory formation
- Cognition and foreign language acquisition
- subjective learning theories
Publications
His approximately 120 publications include "The introduction to language teaching research" (Tübingen: Franke 1993, 3rd edition 2006, 2011 4th edition) in collaboration with Juliane House, the standard work in his discipline, and "Twelve Lectures on Second Language Acquisition "(Tübingen: Narr, 1999), which was created on the basis of twelve lectures on foreign language acquisition.
Willis J. Edmondson is best known for his critical contributions to research into foreign language teaching, with which he often turned against the prevailing majority opinion. For example, his essay "Why do teacher corrections sometimes have negative effects?" (1993), in which Edmondson demonstrated how teachers can induce erroneous utterances in learners through didactically inept behavior.
Since 2001 he has been editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Applied Linguistics .
Web links
- Literature by and about Willis J. Edmondson in the catalog of the German National Library
- Willis J. Edmondson at the University of Hamburg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Trang Nguyen: Prof. Dr. Willis J. Edmondson. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Gabriele Kasper: Pragmatic Aspects in the Interrim Language . Gunter Narr, Tübingen 1981, p. 1 .
- ^ Obituaries: February 2010, No. 11: Archives: Newsletter. University of Hamburg, accessed on November 18, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Edmondson, Willis J. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Edmondson, Willis James (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English university professor and professor for language teaching research |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liverpool |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 15, 2009 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |