Fostering Language Teaching Efficiency through Cognitive Linguistics

Fostering Language Teaching Efficiency through Cognitive Linguistics

Author: Sabine De Knop

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2010-09-27

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 3110245833

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In contexts of instructed second language acquisition there is a need for teaching methods that are optimally efficient, i.e. teaching interventions that generate a maximal return on learners' and teachers' investment of time and effort. In the past couple of decades, many researchers have argued that insights from Cognitive Linguistics (CL) - when suitably translated for pedagogical purposes - can make a major contribution to fostering such language teaching efficiency. This collective volume assesses and supplements those CL proposals. The first part of the book positions CL-inspired language pedagogy vis-à-vis recent trends in mainstream applied linguistics and illustrates through several case studies that language-focused instruction (including CL-inspired instruction) is a useful - if not indispensable - complement to learner-autonomous, incidental acquisition. The second part demonstrates how CL research can help pedagogues identify hitherto neglected language elements that merit explicit targeting in second language instruction. The third part consists of contributions that put the pedagogical efficiency of several CL-inspired interventions to the test in classroom experiments. Additions to the currently available armoury of teaching methods are proposed. The kinds of target language items under examination in the book range from single words over multiword units to grammar patterns. Throughout, the volume illustrates how much pedagogy-oriented Cognitive Linguistics has matured in recent years.


Teaching English Successfully

Teaching English Successfully

Author: M. Ediger

Publisher: Discovery Publishing House

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9788171417070

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Language teaching is a common phenomenon in every school across the globe. The English language, a powerful medium of communication all over the world, is in the school curriculum everywhere. Its teaching and learning need to be taken care of both by the teachers and the students in order to achieve the objectives of language teaching and learning. Realising the very role of English teaching, this book is written comprehensively to help the English language teachers teach effectively in their classrooms. The pre-service and in-service can become effective and efficient by understanding thoroughly and implementing perfectly the contents of the book. Contents: Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Learning English as a Foreign Language, Methods and Techniques of Teaching English as a Second Language, Objectives of Teaching English, Teaching English Pronunciation, Teaching English Grammar, Teaching English Vocabulary, Teaching English Composition, Teaching English Prose, Teaching English Poetry, Development of the Skills of Speech, Development of the skill of Reading, Development of the Skill of Writing, Audio-visual Aids in Teaching English, English Text Books, Remediation in Teaching English, Designs of Lesson Planning.


The Knowledge Gap

The Knowledge Gap

Author: Natalie Wexler

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2020-08-04

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0735213569

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The untold story of the root cause of America's education crisis--and the seemingly endless cycle of multigenerational poverty. It was only after years within the education reform movement that Natalie Wexler stumbled across a hidden explanation for our country's frustrating lack of progress when it comes to providing every child with a quality education. The problem wasn't one of the usual scapegoats: lazy teachers, shoddy facilities, lack of accountability. It was something no one was talking about: the elementary school curriculum's intense focus on decontextualized reading comprehension "skills" at the expense of actual knowledge. In the tradition of Dale Russakoff's The Prize and Dana Goldstein's The Teacher Wars, Wexler brings together history, research, and compelling characters to pull back the curtain on this fundamental flaw in our education system--one that fellow reformers, journalists, and policymakers have long overlooked, and of which the general public, including many parents, remains unaware. But The Knowledge Gap isn't just a story of what schools have gotten so wrong--it also follows innovative educators who are in the process of shedding their deeply ingrained habits, and describes the rewards that have come along: students who are not only excited to learn but are also acquiring the knowledge and vocabulary that will enable them to succeed. If we truly want to fix our education system and unlock the potential of our neediest children, we have no choice but to pay attention.


Teaching English in Secondary Schools

Teaching English in Secondary Schools

Author: John Gordon

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2015-03-10

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1473918421

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This book is an indispensable guide for anyone training to become a secondary English teacher. It provides an overview of the main topics taught in schools, informed by good teaching practice drawn from the classroom and supported by research and theory, and engages with the requirements of the 2014 National Curriculum for England. Each chapter is based around a ‘lesson feedback’ case study informed by real classroom observations combined with research findings to explore and analyse what underpins high quality English teaching. Coverage includes: · Encouraging a love of reading in your classroom · How to teach effective writing for pleasure and for information · Developing students’ grammar, vocabulary and spoken English · Inspiring teaching using drama, poetry and Shakespeare · Intelligent use of media and new literacies in teaching This is essential reading on all secondary English initial teacher education courses, including school-based (SCITT, School Direct, Teach First), university-based (PGCE) and employment-based routes into teaching.


Teaching Of English

Teaching Of English

Author: Mohammad Aslam

Publisher: Foundation Books

Published: 2006-07-03

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9788175961685

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Most of thye B Ed courses in India include 'Teaching of English' as an essential component of the curriculum. The main focus of such courses is on different teaching methods, teaching of prose and poetry, developing reading and writing skills and the teaching of applied grammar. Teaching of English: A Practical Course for B Ed Studients, offers insights into the above-mentioned topics for both in-service and prospective teachers, to develop necessary strategies for teaching English effectively and efficiently in the class. Part I examines the history of English in India, its present position and role in our schools, etc. Part II considers the different teaching methods and their implications for teaching English at the secondary stage. Part III concentrates on developing reading and writing skills, identifies 'bad' reading ahbits, describes the essentials of good handwriting, etc. Part IV considers the importance of teaching prose and poetry in the class and suggests ways to make their teaching/ learning more effective. It also discusses the different types of tests and suggests remedial measures that a teacher can undertake to prevent the mistakes that students commit while using English effectively. Part V discusses different kinds of grammars and the teaching of grammar.


The Loom of Language

The Loom of Language

Author: Frederick Bodmer

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 724

ISBN-13: 9780393300345

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Here is an informative introduction to language: its origins in the past, its growth through history, and its present use for communication between peoples. It is at the same time a history of language, a guide to foreign tongues, and a method for learning them. It shows, through basic vocabularies, family resemblances of languages -- Teutonic, Romance, Greek -- helpful tricks of translation, key combinations of roots and phonetic patterns. It presents by common-sense methods the most helpful approach to the mastery of many languages; it condenses vocabulary to a minimum of essential words; it simplifies grammar in an entirely new way; and it teaches a language as it is actually used in everyday life.


Effective English Teaching

Effective English Teaching

Author: William H. Peters

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13:

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Noting that teaching requires more than just knowledge of one's subject, this book analyzes the host of variables that affect the quality of English instruction and offers an "organic field model" of classroom English instruction. Following an introduction by Bruce Appleby, Chair of the Conference on English Education, the first chapter of the book presents the model, which shows how the "content"--the substance, skills, and processes of English--interacts with the "context" of teaching--factors such as class size, parental and community attitudes, socioeconomic status, the teacher's personality and background, and the philosophy of school administrators. The remaining four chapters illustrate the subtle ways that context governs the teacher's classroom options, as follows: (1)"Research on Teaching: Presage Variables" (William H. Peters); (2) "The Context Variable of the Organic Field Model" (Faye Louise Grindstaff); (3) "Research on Teaching Products and Processes" (Miles C. Olson); and (4) "Teacher Effectiveness Research: Inferences for In-Service and Staff Development" (Richard L. Hanzelka). (HTH)