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Widdowson's Theoretical Orientation
- An authority in the field of applied linguistics and language teaching
- Contributed to communicative language teaching
- Has published Defining Issues in English Language Teaching (2002), and Practical Stylistics: An Approach to Poetry (1992)
- Has also published on other related) subjects such as discourse analysis and critical discourse analysis, the global spread of English, English for Special Purpose
- Is called "probably the most influential philosopher of the late twentieth century for international ESOL" by The Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning