Hi, Introducing Language in Use being British, Routledge published an American version that I co-edited and contributed to called Language in the Real World (Behrens and Parker, eds., 2010). FYI. We use it along with Language Files.



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Date:    Thu, 27 Jul 2017 19:41:23 -0400
From:    Hanno Beck <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: TEACHLING Digest - 22 Jul 2017 to 27 Jul 2017 (#2017-73)

Hi Gareth,

Not familiar with Merrison. Here at UB we use Language Files and I feel
that it gives a lot of flexibility to the instructor. (But there is a warm
spot in my heart for Fromkin & Rodman, the first linguistics textbook I
experienced, way back in 1979.)

Cheers,

Hanno Beck
The University at Buffalo
State University of New York


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> Date:    Thu, 27 Jul 2017 09:09:42 -0400
> From:    Gareth Price <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Merrison - Language in Use textbook?
>
> Dear Teachlingers,
>
> I teach the Introduction to Linguistics course here at Duke and, much to
> what I perceive as the increasing chagrin of my students, have been using
> Fromkin & Rodman for the last few years. I'm considering using Merrison et
> al's (2013) *Introducing Language in Use *for the upcoming semester, and
> wondered if anyone had any experience using it? General comments very
> welcome; a couple of specific questions:
>
> 1) It has a more applied linguistics/sociolinguistics focus than F&R (which
> better reflects what we do here in the Linguistics Program); but is it
> still "theoretical" enough to be distinct from our Language in Society
> (Introduction to Sociolinguistics) course?
>
> 2) It emphasizes the book's "humour", which is British, as a selling point
> - I'm British too so they sort of get used to it, but wondered if anyone
> has experience using it with N.American/international students?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Best,
>
> Gareth
> ___________________________
> Dr Gareth Price
> Visiting Assistant Professor
> Director of Undergraduate Studies
> Linguistics Program
> Duke University
>
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>
> Date:    Thu, 27 Jul 2017 13:20:26 +0000
> From:    Robert Lawson <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Merrison - Language in Use textbook?
>
> Hi Gareth,
>
> We use this here at BCU - there's a good variety of material in it, with a
> variety of activities to support learning. I wouldn't say that it's deeply
> theoretical if I'm honest, but it does cover at least some of the main
> theories within each area of study (given that it's an introductory text
> though, this is probably to be expected). It should be distinctive enough
> from a Language in Society textbook.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Rob
>
> ________________________________
> From: Teaching Linguistics [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Gareth
> Price [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 27 July 2017 14:09
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Merrison - Language in Use textbook?
>
> Dear Teachlingers,
>
> I teach the Introduction to Linguistics course here at Duke and, much to
> what I perceive as the increasing chagrin of my students, have been using
> Fromkin & Rodman for the last few years. I'm considering using Merrison et
> al's (2013) Introducing Language in Use for the upcoming semester, and
> wondered if anyone had any experience using it? General comments very
> welcome; a couple of specific questions:
>
> 1) It has a more applied linguistics/sociolinguistics focus than F&R
> (which better reflects what we do here in the Linguistics Program); but is
> it still "theoretical" enough to be distinct from our Language in Society
> (Introduction to Sociolinguistics) course?
>
> 2) It emphasizes the book's "humour", which is British, as a selling point
> - I'm British too so they sort of get used to it, but wondered if anyone
> has experience using it with N.American/international students?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Best,
>
> Gareth
> ___________________________
> Dr Gareth Price
> Visiting Assistant Professor
> Director of Undergraduate Studies
> Linguistics Program
> Duke University
>
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>
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