Key Issues in Language Teaching
Author: Jack C. Richards
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-09-17
Total Pages: 849
ISBN-13: 110745610X
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Key Issues in Language Teaching
Author: Jack C. Richards
Publisher:
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781107669062
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive and extensively researched overview of key issues in language teaching today. This very readable and practical book will be useful to many teachers, whether trainee, novice or experienced, in a variety of contexts. It provides a set of 100 hands-on tips on 19 different areas of classroom teaching, including areas such as using a coursebook, giving and checking homework, classroom discipline, testing and assessment. The clear and concise advice is presented in an informal style and accompanied by brief explanatory notes based on the author's own teaching experience.
Key Questions in Second Language Acquisition
Author: Bill VanPatten
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 229
ISBN-13: 1108486665
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn introduction to the key questions that drive the field of L2 acquisition research, including its historical foundations.
Key Issues in English for Specific Purposes in Higher Education
Author: Yasemin Kırkgöz
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-01-08
Total Pages: 347
ISBN-13: 3319702149
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume offers research-based studies on English for Specific Purposes in higher education from across the world. By drawing on international studies, the book brings together diverse ESP practices and aspects of relevant issues in the development of ESP programs, teachers and learners in a coherent fashion. There is a growing need for undergraduate students to develop their proficiency of ESP skills and knowledge in the increasingly globalized world. Knowledge of ESP is an important factor in subject matter learning by students, and also closely related to the performance of university graduates in the relevant sectors. Careful planning and efficient implementation are essential to ensure the quality of the language learning process. For a variety of reasons, it proves difficult to maintain ESP instruction in higher education. These reasons include the incompetence of teachers, lack of materials for that specific context, as well as lack of opportunities for ESP teachers to develop their skills. The chapters in this book, taken from a wide variety of countries, shed light on the diversity of current practices and issues surrounding ESP.
Key Issues in the Teaching of Spanish Pronunciation
Author: Rajiv Rao
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-04-24
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 1317356292
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKey Issues in the Teaching of Spanish Pronunciation: From Description to Pedagogy is a resource that encourages Spanish teachers and curriculum designers to increase their incorporation of pronunciation into the classroom. Combining theory and practical guidance, it will help language practitioners integrate the teaching of Spanish pronunciation with confidence and effectiveness. The international group of scholars across its 15 chapters is made up of individuals with well-established research records and training in best pedagogical practices. Key features: A range of topics including vowels, various classes of consonants, prosody, the use of technology, the role of orthography, the importance of both perception and production, individual learner differences, and teacher training; Overviews of descriptive, empirical, and acquisition-based research associated with each aspect of the Spanish sound system; Guidance on the difficulties that teachers face when incorporating the teaching of pronunciation into the classroom; Clear explanations of concepts, accompanied by an abundance of concrete examples and references; Multiple sample activities and lesson plans tailored to different levels and backgrounds of students; A bilingual glossary of terms to help the content reach the widest audience possible. Written in a clear and accessible manner, Key Issues in the Teaching of Spanish Pronunciation is an essential resource for teachers of Spanish at all levels. It is also an excellent reference book for researchers and both undergraduate and graduate university students interested in Spanish phonetics and language acquisition.
Task-Based Language Teaching
Author: Rod Ellis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 435
ISBN-13: 1108494080
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive account of the research and practice of task-based language teaching.
Issues in Second Language Teaching
Author: Alessandro G. Benati
Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK)
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781845539252
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIssues in Second Language Teaching is a text-book written in order to help trainee teachers and more experienced teachers reflect on certain topics related to second language learning and language teaching. It provides readers with a better understanding of the interface between second language learning theory and research, and language teaching practices. The main objective of the textbook is to develop and enhance readers' theoretical and practical understanding of how teachers should approach the way they teach languages in the classroom. Readers will be asked to reflect on the implications of second language learning research and theory on language teaching by providing an analysis of how the principles derived from research can be applied in the language classroom when it comes to issues such as teaching grammar, correct errors, provide 'good' input, develop output activities or encourage interaction between learners. The textbook does not support a particular methodology for language teaching but focuses on specific themes in relation to language teaching. Reviews: It is a very nice contribution to the field because of its theoretical/conceptual and innovative presentation of the topics. A valuable resource for researchers, graduate students and anyone interested in language teaching and language acquisition with a particular reference to input and processing. Pedro Guijarro-Fuentes, Associate Professor in Spanish, University of Plymouth
Issues in Modern Foreign Languages Teaching
Author: K. Field
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-08-02
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 1134581041
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIssues in Modern Foreign Languages Teaching draws together a range of issues in the teaching of modern foreign languages into one volume that will encourage students and newly qualified teachers to consider and reflect on the issues so that they can make a reasoned and informed judgement about their teaching of MFL. It will be relevant for students and newly qualified teachers at both primary and secondary level and will fill a gap in their knowledge due to time constraints - and an emphasis on standards - on ITT and PGCE courses.
Insights into Non-native Vocabulary Teaching and Learning
Author: Rubén Chacón-Beltrán
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2010-07-12
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1847694802
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn a field like L2 vocabulary teaching and learning where interest and research studies are burgeoning, this book offers a useful collection of papers that contains new ways of investigating vocabulary development, techniques for vocabulary teaching such as the Focus on Form hypothesis, word associations, and the use of concordance data. In addition, it tackles recent areas of analysis such as the treatment of vocabulary in teaching materials—an area of almost complete neglect in the literature. The book is divided into three parts. Part one provides the overview and deals with the development of a model for vocabulary teaching and learning. Part two focuses on empirical studies on lexical processing in English and Spanish. Part three centers on materials design for vocabulary teaching and learning. The advances made in this book will certainly be of interest to researchers, teachers, and graduate students working on this very active field of inquiry.
New Trends in Foreign Language Teaching
Author: Raúl Ruiz Cecilia
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2019-01-15
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1527525473
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLanguage teaching approaches, methods and procedures are constantly undergoing reassessment. New ideas keep emerging as the growing complexity of the means of communication and the opportunities created by technology put language skills to new uses. In addition, the political, social and economic impact of globalisation, the new demands of the labour market that result from it, the pursuit of competitiveness, the challenges of intercultural communication and the diversification of culture have opened new perspectives on the central role that foreign languages have come to play in the development of contemporary societies. This book provides an insight into the latest developments in the field and discusses the new trends in foreign language teaching in four major areas, namely methods and approaches, teacher training, innovation in the classroom, and evaluation and assessment.
