Guy W. D. Cook (born 10 October 1951) is an applied linguist. As of 2023,[update] he is Emeritus Professor of Language in Education at King's College London in the UK.[1] He was Chair of the British Association for Applied Linguistics from 2009–2012[2] and Chair Mentor from 2012–2013.[3] He teaches and writes about English language teaching, literary stylistics, discourse analysis, advertising, and the language of food politics.[4]
He is known for three strands of research:
Cook is a graduate of the University of Cambridge, where he read English. He holds a master's degree and a Ph.D. from the University of London. He worked initially as a language teacher in the UK, Egypt, Italy, and the Soviet Union, before beginning his academic career in 1985. He was a lecturer at the University of Leeds 1985–1991, head of Modern Languages and TESOL at the London University Institute of Education 1991–1998, Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Reading 1998–2004, and Professor of Language and Education at The Open University 2005–2012. He was co-editor of the journal Applied Linguistics from 2004 to 2009.[1]
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