Knowledge Translation at the Sites of Practice: From Outreach and Dissemination to Reflexive Evaluation (original) (raw)

2020

Abstract

Since proposing a more systematic framework for translating applied linguistics (AL) research to practice (Grujicic-Alatriste, Linking discourse studies to professional practice. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters, 2015), other publications followed suit (e.g., Lawson & Sayers, Sociolinguistic research: Application and impact. London: Routledge, 2016; McIntyre & Price, Applying linguistics: Language and impact agenda. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2018), engaging the question of relevance and impact in the various fields of AL and interdisciplinary studies. This chapter highlights the volume’s departing from current large-scale impact agenda and focusing instead on concrete steps undertaken by language researchers themselves to disseminate their own findings at the suitable sites of professional practice, thus beginning with the onset of outreach, not with the end result of impact. This introductory chapter reviews the strides made in translation research across fields ...

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