Henry简介
HenryWiddowsonbeganhiscareerteachingEnglishliteratureattheUniversityofIndonesiaHethenworkedwithteachersofEnglishforseveralyearsinSriLankaandBangladeshandsubsequentlytaughtattheuniversitiesofEdinburgh,London,EssexandViennaHewasafoundingeditorofthejournalAppliedLinguisticsandforthirtyyearsactedasappliedlinguisticsadvisertoOxfordUniversityPressHehaslecturedandwrittenextensivelyonappliedlinguistics,discourseanalysisandlanguageteachingandhisbooksincludeDefiningIssuesinEnglishLanguageTeaching(2003),Text,Context,Pretext(2004)andDiscourseAnalysis(2007)–abookintheseriesOxfordIntroductionstoLanguageStudy,ofwhichheistheeditorHis‘SelectedWorksonAppliedLinguistics’wasrecentlypublishedbytheForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressinBeijingNowinrelativeretirement,heisProfessorEmeritus,UniversityofLondon,andHonoraryProfessorattheUniversityofViennaInJune,2015,ProfessorWiddowsonjustwonTheBritishCouncilLIfetimeAchievementAwardHiswiderinvolvementintheELTcommunity,throughteachers’associations,conferencepresentationsandhishighlyinfluentialbooks,ensureshisreputationasamentorandfriendtogenerationsoflanguageteachersaroundtheworld