English Language Teaching Today

English Language Teaching Today

Author: Willy A. Renandya

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-08-22

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 3319388347

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English Language Teaching Today: Linking Theory and Practice provides an up-to-date account of current principles and practices for teaching English in the world today. The chapters, written by internationally recognized language teacher educators and TESOL specialists, introduce the reader to key language skill areas (i.e., listening, speaking, reading, writing, pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary) and explain how each skill area can be taught in a principled manner in diverse language learning contexts. Throughout the book, the link between theory and practice is explicitly highlighted and exemplified. This reader-friendly book is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in TESOL and other second language education programmes as well as for TESOL professionals who wish to stay current with recent developments in ELT.


Worldwide English Language Education Today

Worldwide English Language Education Today

Author: Ali Al-Issa

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-10-29

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0429941277

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This book explores the ideologies, policies, and practices of English language education around the world today. It shows the ways in which ideology is a constituent part of the social realities of English language teaching (ELT) and how ELT policies and practices are shaped by ideological positions that privilege some participants and marginalize others. Each chapter considers the multiple ideologies underlying the thinking and actions of different members of society about ELT and how these inform overt and covert policies at the national level and beyond. They examine the implications of investigating ELT ideologies and policies for advancing socio-political understandings of practical aspects such as instruction, materials, assessment, and teacher education in the field. Introducing new persepctives on the theory and practice of language teaching today, this book is ideal reading for researchers and postgraduate students interested in applied linguistics and language education, faculty members of higher education institutions, English language teachers, and policy makers and planners.


The Practice of English Language Teaching

The Practice of English Language Teaching

Author: Jeremy Harmer

Publisher: Longman Publishing Group

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13:

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The Third Edition of this AclassicA text incorporates a broader and more detailed analysis of issues relevant to language teachers. "The Practice of English Language Teaching" is full of practical suggestions and samples from actual teaching materials.


Exploring English Language Teaching

Exploring English Language Teaching

Author: Graham Hall

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2011-03-08

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1136804242

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This title will provide a single volume introduction to the field of ELT from an applied linguistics perspective.


Current Issues in Second/Foreign Language Teaching and Teacher Development

Current Issues in Second/Foreign Language Teaching and Teacher Development

Author: Thomai Alexiou

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2016-01-14

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 1443887366

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Current Issues in Second/Foreign Language Teaching and Teacher Development: Research and Practice represents a collection of selected papers from the 17th World Congress of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA), which was held in August 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. The volume comprises 18 chapters presenting current research projects and discussing issues related to second language acquisition, teaching and teacher education in a variety of contexts from around the world. This collection of research papers will be of use to both new and seasoned researchers in the field of applied linguistics. Teacher educators, language teachers and language policy makers will find this volume equally useful as the papers address current issues in language education.


Doing Action Research in English Language Teaching

Doing Action Research in English Language Teaching

Author: Anne Burns

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-12-04

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 1135183848

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This hands-on, practical guide for ESL/EFL teachers and teacher educators outlines, for those who are new to doing action research, what it is and how it works. Straightforward and reader friendly, it introduces the concepts and offers a step-by-step guide to going through an action research process, including illustrations drawn widely from international contexts. Each chapter includes a variety of pedagogical activities. Bringing the how-to and the what together, this is the perfect text for BATESOL and MATESOL courses in which action research is the focus or a required component.


Essentials for Successful English Language Teaching

Essentials for Successful English Language Teaching

Author: Thomas S. C. Farrell

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2010-03-04

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 144115972X

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Essentials For Successful English Language Teaching is about how we teach English Language Learners (ELLs) and how our ELLs learn. Farrell and Jacobs encourage those involved in teaching English to develop, maintain and rediscover the reasons that led them to take up the profession. They focus on the essentials in teaching the English language that teachers can implement in their instruction so that their students can excel in their learning: Encourage learner autonomy Emphasize the social nature of learning Develop curricular integration, focus on meaning Celebrate diversity Expand thinking skills Utilize alternative assessment, and Promote English language teachers as co-learners along with their students. These essentials are best implemented as a whole, rather than one at a time and so they are interwoven with each other to encourage a holistic teaching approach. Highly accessible, each chapter comes with case studies and a range of activities to encourage the reader to put each of the essentials into practice. With these the authors aim to bring an inner smile to all English language teachers that reassures them they made the right choice when they chose to become teachers of the English language. This reflective and engaging book will be invaluable to postgraduate students of TESOL and applied linguistics, and in-service language teachers.


Teaching Speaking

Teaching Speaking

Author: Christine C. M. Goh

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-01-31

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 110701123X

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"Drawing on wide-ranging literature from a variety of relevant disciplines, as well as their own extensive experience in teaching spoken English, the authors give a fascinating, comprehensive, and insightful account of the nature of second language speaking skills. The research and theory they survey then serves as the basis for the principles, strategies, and procedures they propose for the teaching of spoken English. This book will, therefore, provide an invaluable resource for teachers, teachers in training, and researchers, providing both a state-of-the-art survey of the field as well as a source of practical ideas for those involved in planning, teaching, and evaluating courses and materials for the teaching of spoken English"--