H. G. Widdowson

13.6k citations
94 papers · 6.9k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 31
Topics
Second Language Learning and Teaching (34 papers)EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (27 papers)Multilingual Education and Policy (25 papers)
Journals
SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaModern Language JournalTESOL Quarterly

In The Last Decade

H. G. Widdowson

82 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

Teaching Language as Communication198020261995201019801987199419931981250500750

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H. G. Widdowson
Comparison fields: 5 of 104
  • Language and Linguistics 5.0k
  • Literature and Literary Theory 4.2k
  • Linguistics and Language 2.1k
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 1.6k
  • Education 976
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All Works

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Coming to terms with reality
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10 50
11 216
12 31
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Practical Stylistics: An Approach to Poetry
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Fonaments per a la formació del professorat de llengües
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Reference and Representation as Modes of Meaning
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Les fins et les moyens d'un enseignement de l'anglais en vue d'objectifs specifiques (Teaching English for Special Purposes: Objectives and Approaches).
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The Teaching of English as Communication.
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Language teaching texts : a manual for teachers
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About H. G. Widdowson

H. G. Widdowson is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics and Literature and Literary Theory, having authored 94 papers that have together received 6.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Second Language Learning and Teaching (34 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (27 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (25 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Language and Linguistics (5.0k citations), Linguistics and Language (2.1k citations) and Literature and Literary Theory (4.2k citations). H. G. Widdowson has collaborated with scholars based in Austria, United Kingdom and Mexico. Frequent co-authors include Elaine Tarone, Peter Lowenberg, Randolph Quirk, Simon Belasco, Barbara Seidlhofer, Guy Cook, James P. Allen, Constance K. Knop, Tony Wright and Christopher N. Candlin. Their work appears in journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Modern Language Journal and TESOL Quarterly.

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