The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics is the only work of its kind, comprising all fields of applied linguistics and offering thorough, comprehensive coverage of topics from all subdisciplines of applied linguistics. The first edition of this major reference work was published in 2012 and since that time, it has remained the definitive reference work on applied linguistics in the field and is a bestselling title among Wiley Blackwell linguistics offerings.

For this comprehensive revision, Carol Chapelle returns as Editor-in-Chief, along with a team of international Associate Editors, all either established names or notable rising stars in their areas of study. The work will be thoroughly revised and updated to address major changes in the last ten years of new research in applied linguistics and will feature hundreds of new entries covering new and emerging topics of interest. Key areas for revised and new entries will include language and race, language and diversity, health communication, organic multilingualism, neurolinguistic approaches to language learning, language and mobility, and globalisation.

Applied linguistics is one of the most interdisciplinary and collaborative areas in linguistics study and research. A work of this scope, reach, and interconnectivity is truly unique and the newly updated work will ensure that this invaluable reference work will continue to serve a new generation of scholars and students in this quick-changing, dynamic area of linguistics scholarship and in related areas of scholarship including computational linguistics, cognitive science, language teaching, educational psychology, world literatures, and global language policy and law.