Vivian Cook

Vivian Cook
	Professor of Applied Linguistics: Newcastle University (emeritus and p.t. teaching/supervision till Dec 2013) Joint Editor: Writing Systems Research
Vivian Cook is chiefly known for L2 learning research, in particular multi-competence, for his book on Universal Grammar, and for popular books on spelling and words. Founder and first President of EUROSLA. e-mail: Vivian.Cook@ncl.ac.uk

Websites	Writing System Web Second Language Topic Web Words and Word test Web Spelling tests SLABIB (Second Language Acquisition Bibliography) On-line papers etc (old and new) Multi-competence Applied Linguistics Bilingual Public Signs Punctuation Web
Courses	English Writing System Second Language Learning & Language Teaching (support materials for the book) Core Issues in SLA
Other	YouTube videos Tips for typing in Word Publications List Words matter (audio lecture) Text as Art Wiki entry TESOL NNEST blog Languages list (Romanian version here) Linguistics Glossary Word Games Spelling Games
Recent books	(2007) with M. Newson, Chomsky's Universal Grammar: an Introduction, Blackwell's. 3rd ed. (2008) Second Language Learning and Language Teaching, Hodder Educational, 4th ed. (2009) with Li Wei (eds), Contemporary Applied Linguistics Vol. 1, Continuum (2009) It's All in a Word, Profile. Youtube extract; Youtube structure words (2011) with B. Bassetti (eds.), Language and Bilingual Cognition, Psychology Press