astronomy

Martin Bygate

Martin Bygate is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Martin Bygate rather than just read about it. In short: Martin Bygate (born 1948) is a British linguist. He is currently an honorary professor at the Department of Linguistics and English Language of Lancaster University, United Kingdom.

Key takeaways

Martin Bygate belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
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Reproduce the core statement of Martin Bygate from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Martin Bygate (born 1948) is a British linguist. He is currently an honorary professor at the Department of Linguistics and English Language of Lancaster University, United Kingdom. His research focuses on applied linguistics with a special focus on tandem language learning, pedagogical grammar and task-based language learning.

Career Bygate was a lecturer at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil from 1979-1983, the University of Reading between 1986 and 1994 and at the University of Leeds between 1994 and 2003. He was an Advisory Professor to the English Department of Hong Kong Institute of Education between 2003 and 2004. Between 1989 and 1995 Bygate served as the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Meetings Secretary and the Publications Secretary between 1988 and 1989. Between 2006 and 2009 he was the coordinator of the BAAL 'Language Learning and Teaching' Special Interest Group. Between 1998 and 2004 Bygate served as the co-editor for the Applied Linguistics and he has been a member of the editorial boards of Applied Linguistics, Language Teaching Research, and Language Teaching. In September 2003 he was appointed as a Professor of Applied Linguistics and Language Education at the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University. In 2008 he was elected as a President of AILA (Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquee), International Association of Applied Linguistics in English, for a 3-year term. On 9 June 2011, Bygate gave a plenary at Sorbonne Nouvelle conference in Paris. In 2011 Bygate presided over the 16th AILA World Congress in Beijing, China.

Research Bygate argued that the most significant trend in applied linguistics is the emergence of the field as a generic discipline, involving several subareas, all characterised by the aim of developing theoretical and empirical studies of language as a key element in real world problems. Bygate brought together a wide-ranging set of papers, each from a quite distinct area of applied linguistics in article published in Applied Linguistics. Bygate in an article, published in The Language Learning Journal, provided an outline of the origins, the current shape and the potential directions of task-based language teaching (TBLT) as an approach to language pedagogy.

Publications Bygate has publications in several major journals such as Applied Linguistics, AILA Review, and The Language Learning Journal.

Bibliography

Books Bygate, M., Van den Branden, K. (Ed.), Bygate, M. (Ed.), & Norris, J. (Ed.) (2009). Task-based language teaching : a reader. (Task-Based Language Teaching). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishers. Samuda, V., & Bygate, M. (2008). Tasks in second language learning. (Research and practice in applied linguistics). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Articles Bygate, M. (2004). Some current trends in applied linguistics: towards a generic view. AILA Review, 17(1), 6–22. doi:[1] Bygate, M. (2005). Applied linguistics: a pragmatic discipline? A generic discipline? Applied Linguistics, 26(4), 568–581. doi:[2] Bygate, M. (2016). Sources, developments and directions of task-based language teaching. Language Learning Journal, 44(4), 381–400. doi:[3]

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Martin Bygate

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Martin Bygate claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Martin Bygate before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Martin Bygate ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Martin Bygate

In research: Martin Bygate appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Martin Bygate in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Martin Bygate is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1950 births, Academic staff of the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Academics of the University of Leeds, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Martin Bygate outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Martin Bygate in simple terms?

Martin Bygate (born 1948) is a British linguist. He is currently an honorary professor at the Department of Linguistics and English Language of Lancaster University, United Kingdom.

Why does Martin Bygate matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Martin Bygate?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Martin Bygate.