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name: John  Field
about: Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.This is John^^Field, where ^=space.About the Author:John Field has a PhD from Cambridge University on the identification of words in connected speech by first and second language listeners. He has an MA in Linguistics and ELT from the University of Leeds and an MPhil in English and Applied Linguistics from Cambridge University. His undergraduate degree (English Language and Linguistics). was at University College London. He is a trained English language teacher, and holds the Cambridge/ RSA Diploma.John specialises in Psycholinguistics, with particular reference to the ways in which cognitive psychology can enable a better understanding of second language Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.This is John^^Field, where ^=space.About the Author:John Field has a PhD from Cambridge University on the identification of words in connected speech by first and second language listeners. He has an MA in Linguistics and ELT from the University of Leeds and an MPhil in English and Applied Linguistics from Cambridge University. His undergraduate degree (English Language and Linguistics). was at University College London. He is a trained English language teacher, and holds the Cambridge/ RSA Diploma.John specialises in Psycholinguistics, with particular reference to the ways in which cognitive psychology can enable a better understanding of second language skills. His main research interest lies in second language listening. He has worked extensively on cognitive validation in language testing, comparing the processes adopted by a candidate under test conditions with those that would be employed in a less constrained real-world context. ...more