Professor Martin Bygate
Professor of Applied Linguistics and Language Education
Degree: BA (Leicester), Dip in Teaching English Overseas & PGCE (Manchester), Dip TEFL (RSA), Cert Phonetics (IPA), MA (Manchester), PhD (Institute of Education, London)
Associated research centres and groups: Second Language Learning and Teaching Research Group (SLLAT)
Current Teaching
I teach on the BA programme, the MA in TESOL, the Department's PhD programmes, and supervise PhD studies in Applied Linguistics and Language Education. I have been Director of Studies for the MA in TESOL and MA in TEFL programmes.
On the BA programme, I teach the module: Language and Education.
I supervise undergraduate dissertations in the broad area of language in education, including topics such as language across the curriculum, the accessibility of educational talk and text, second language development, language in educational activities and tasks, and the educational use of language in non-educational contexts, such as texts to the public in town halls, public information centres, hospitals and medical centres, museums and exhibitions, and advice bureaux.
On MA programes, I currently teach the following modules: Teaching spoken discourse; Task-based language teaching; Trends & issues in language teaching methodology; Pedagogical grammar; and I contribute to Research Methods in Applied Linguistics.
At MA level I particularly welcome dissertations in oral language pedagogy, different aspects of oral second language development, task-based learning, teacher talk, and the language of second language classroom tasks.
Research Interests
Currently my major research interest is the interface between different teaching procedures and activities, and students' language use and language learning. A particular interest is the nature of communicative repetition in language learning activities, and its role in language development.
My work has extended into oral second language learning, particularly the use of pedagogic tasks, the development of oral second language proficiency, dimensions of teacher talk, and classroom interaction. I am also interested in more general issues of language in education, such as language across the curriculum. A particular current interest of mine is the nature of communicative repetition in language learning activities, and its role in language development. I have directed funded research projects both in the UK and abroad. I welcome applications from potential research students interested in exploring aspects of oral second language proficiency and its development; tasks and their use in developing oral second language proficiency; teacher talk; oral language and learning; and oral language in the community.
My main publications are Tasks in Second Language Learning (co-authored with Virginia Samuda, Palgrave, 2008), Researching Pedagogic Tasks (co-edited with Peter Skehan and Merrill Swain, Pearson Educational 2001), Grammar and the Language Classroom (co-edited with Alan Tonkyn and Eddie Williams, Prentice Hall, 1994), and Speaking (OUP, 1987), and guest-edited a Special Issue on 'Tasks in Language Pedagogy' for the journal Language Teaching Research (2000). I co-edited the journal Applied Linguistics from 1998-2004, and am on the boards of Applied Linguistics, Language Teaching Research, and Language Teaching.
I am a member of a recently formed group, the Second Language Learning and Pedagogy Research Group.
Potential Doctoral Proposals
At doctoral level I welcome applications to research oral second language pedagogy, oral second language development, and the relationship between the deployment of tasks and language use and development within language pedagogy.
Recent publications
BOOKS
Van den Branden, K., Bygate, M., Norris, J. (Eds.) 2009. Task-Based Language Teaching: A reader. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishers.
Samuda, V. & M.Bygate. 2008. Tasks in second language learning. Basingstoke: Palgrave
Bygate,M., P.Skehan, M.Swain (eds). 2001. Researching pedagogical tasks: second language learning, teaching, and assessment. London: Pearson.
ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
Bygate, M. 2009.Teaching and testing speaking. In C.Doughty, & M.H.Long (eds) Handbook of second and foreign language teaching. New York: Blackwell, pp. 412-440.
Bygate, M. 2009.TESOL and linguistics: where's the connection? In J. Culpeper, F.Katamba, P.Kerswill and R. Wodak (eds.). English language and linguistics: structure and use. London: Routledge, pp. 642-655.
Bygate, M. 2009. Teaching the spoken foreign language. In K.Knapp & B.Seilhofer (eds) Handbooks in applied linguistics, Vol.5: Foreign language communication and learning. Berlin: Mouton De Gruyter, pp.401-438.
Bygate, M. & V.Samuda. 2009. Creating pressure in task pedagogy: the joint roles of field, purpose and involvement within the interaction approach. In A.Mackey & C.Polio (eds.) Multiple Perspectives on Interaction in SLA: Research in Honor of Susan M. Gass. New York: Routledge.
Bygate, M. 2006. Areas of research that influence L2 speaking instruction. In E.Uso-Juan & A.Martinez-Flor (eds) Current trends in the development and teaching of the four language skills. Pp.159-186. The Hague: Mouton De Gruyter.
Bygate, M. 2005. Oral second language abilities as expertise. In K.Johnson (ed.) Expertise in second language teaching. London: Palgrave
Bygate, M. & V.Samuda 2005. Integrative planning through the use of task repetition. In R. Ellis (ed) Planning and task performance in a second language.Amsterdam/New York:Benjamins.
Bygate, M. 2005. Applied linguistics: A pragmatic discipline, a generic discipline? Applied Linguistics.26/4: 568-581.
Bygate, M. 2004. Some current trends in Applied Linguistics: towards a generic view. AILA Review, 40th Anniversary Issue, 17: 6-22..
Bygate,M. 2001b. Speaking in TESOL. In R.Carter & D.Nunan (eds.) Handbook of TESOL. Pp.14-20. Cambridge: CUP
Bygate,M. 2001a. Effects of task repetition on the structure and control of language, In M.Bygate, P.Skehan & M.Swain Task-based learning: language teaching, learning and assessment. pp.23-48. London: Longman.
Bygate, M. 2001c. Spoken language pedagogy. In R.Kaplan (ed). The Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguistics. Pp.27-38. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Participation in recent conferences
Recent conference plenary talks include:
- Regional TESOL Conference, Doha, Qatar, September 2011
- Research Conference, School of Education, University of Leicester, July 2011
· Research Conference, School of Education, University of Leeds, June 2011
- Annual International Seminar, RELC Singapore, April 2005
· Inaugural Seminar: Second Language Learning and Teaching: the State of the Art, BAAL SIG for LLT, York, April 2005
· Annual Conference, Spanish Association for Applied Linguistics, Valencia, April 2004
· Annual Conference, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey January 2003
· Annual Conference, KOTESOL, Seoul, Korea, October 2002
· Annual Conference, Italian Association for Applied Linguistics, Verona 2002.
I have presented papers at the following recent conferences:
BAAL 2005 Language Learning and Teaching SIG Conference, University of York, UK.
1st Biennial TBLT Conference, 2005, Leuwen, Belgium.
AAAL 2006 Montreal, Canada.
BAAL 2006 Language Learning and Teaching SIG Conference, University of Southampton, UK.
2nd Biennial TBLT Conference, 2007, Hawaii, USA.
AAAL 2008 Washington, USA
BAAL 2008 Language Learning and Teaching SIG Conference, University of Greenwich, UK.
BAAL 2008 Annual Meeting, Swansea.
AILA 2011, 16th World Congress, Beijing
Current and previous experience
I was appointed Professor of Applied Linguistics and Language Education in the Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language in September 2003. Prior to that I had appointments at the Universities of Leeds (1994-2003) and Reading (1986-1994). For a period I was also Advisory Professor to the English Department of Hong Kong Institute of Education (2003-4).
My language teaching experience includes teaching EFL in France, Morocco and Brazil, and I worked in applied linguistics and TESOL teacher education programmes in Brazil and Peru.
Outside the Department, my current activities include:
Member of the International Consortium for Task-based Language Teaching.
Programme Chair for the biennial 2009 conference in Task-based Language Teaching (to be held at Lancaster, 13-16 September 2009).
Member of the Academic Board of Bell International.
I was BAAL Meetings Secretary from 1989-1995, and Publications Secretary from 1988-9, and from 2006-2009 was co-ordinator of the BAAL 'Language Learning and Teaching' Special Interest Group, which runs an annual conference in July.
And in 2008 I was elected President of AILA (Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquee) for a 3-year term 2008-11.
I am now Past President of AILA.
Eprints Publications Repository and Bibliographic Database
Martin Bygate has 12 selected publication records listed on this webpage. Use links to access abstracts and full text where available. View all records to sort by date, type and title. For all ePrints records go to http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk
Bygate, Martin and Samuda, Virginia (2009) Creating pressure in task pedagogy : the joint roles of field, purpose and engagement within the interaction approach. In: Multiple perspectives on interaction. Second language research in honor of Susan M.Gass. Routledge, New York & London, pp. 90-116. ISBN 0-8058-6458-X
Bygate, Martin (2009) Task-based language teaching : a reader. Task-Based Language Teaching . John Benjamins Publishers, Amsterdam. ISBN 9789027290281
Bygate, Martin (2009) Teaching and testing speaking. In: The Handbookof Language Teaching. Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics . Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, pp. 412-440. ISBN 978-1-4051-5489-5
Bygate, Martin (2009) Teaching the spoken foreign language. In: Handbook of Foreign Language Communication and Learning. Handbooks of Applied Linguistics (6). Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin, pp. 401-438. ISBN 978-3-11-018833-2
Samuda, Virginia and Bygate, Martin (2008) Tasks in second language learning. Research and practice in applied linguistics . Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. ISBN 9781403911865
Bygate, Martin (2006) Areas of research that influence L2 speaking instruction. In: Current trends in the development and teaching of the four language skills. Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin, pp. 159-186.
Bygate, Martin (2005) Applied linguistics: a pragmatic discipline? A generic discipline? Applied Linguistics, 26 (4). pp. 568-581. ISSN 0142-6001
Bygate, Martin and Samuda, Virginia (2005) Integrative planning through the use of task repetition. In: Planning and task performance in a second language. Language learning and language teaching (11). John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 37-74. ISBN 9027219613
Bygate, Martin (2005) Oral second language abilities as expertise. In: Expertise in second language teaching. Palgrave, London, pp. 104-127. ISBN 9781403920966
Bygate, Martin (2004) Some current trends in applied linguistics: towards a generic view. AILA Review, 17 (1). pp. 6-22. ISSN 1461-0213
Other Interests and Hobbies
I enjoy cooking (and eating), cycling, watching sport, trying to play the piano, and fiddling with an accordeon.
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