Exploring English Language Teaching in India: Theory & Practice
Exploring English Language Teaching in India: Theory & Practice

Author: Nidhi Sharma

Publisher: Shanlax Publications

Published:

Total Pages: 119

ISBN-13: 9391373976

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The expansion of theories and practices of Teaching English Language in India has been very prominent and conspicuous during the recent few years. For many, this mirrors the strength of contemporary second Language Teaching in the country. Development of new practices and ways of dealing with planning language projects and materials mirrors more proficient and more compelling methods of Language teaching. Teaching English Language depends on more extensive assortment of methodological alternatives adopted by language teachers. The language Teachers have adopted new practices, techniques and materials as per the requirements of students, the penchants of teachers, imperatives of the everyday schedule setting, and the COVID-19 situation. However, the wide assortment of theories and practices still bewilders rather than provides solace. Most importantly, some are confused by the absence of thorough theories of what practices, methodologies and techniques are to be adopted for the benefit of the learners. This book is brought out to address the present circumstance. It is an endeavor to portray, put together, organize and present contemporary theories and practices in language teaching.

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.

Teacher Expertise in the Global South
Teacher Expertise in the Global South

Author: Jason Anderson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-06

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 1009284851

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The first of its kind, this book provides a detailed account of teacher expertise and quality in the global South.

Optimizing Online English Language Learning and Teaching
Optimizing Online English Language Learning and Teaching

Author: Maria-del-Mar Suárez

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-04-14

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 3031278259

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This book focuses on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and provides advice on how to approach EFL teaching in the online context. Coronavirus has accelerated e-learning significantly and has highlighted the need of appropriate web tools that will allow teachers to present their material either synchronously or asynchronously, while also adequately assess their students. At the same time, there is a need of tools that can engage the students and motivate them to actively participate in the lesson. With e-learning being a rather new challenge for both teachers and students, this book provides research- and practice- based chapters with strategies, techniques, approaches, and methods which have proven to be successful in e-learning environments, maximizing their impact . Apart from presenting research results with strong pedagogical implications on online or blended English language learning and teaching, the book also trains educators on utilizing online tools and managing online learning environments and platforms.

Asian English Language Classrooms
Asian English Language Classrooms

Author: Handoyo Widodo

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-06-14

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1317626524

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The teaching of English in the Asian context is always challenging and dynamic because both teachers and learners have diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Equally important, where English is not widely used outside the classroom, English language classrooms are an authentic site of learner engagement. For these reasons, for all those concerned with contemporary English language teaching (ELT) in Asia, Asian English Language Classrooms: Where Theory and Practice Meet, provides an account of theoretical orientations and practices in the teaching of English to multilingual speakers whose primary language is not English. While covering the fundamental ELT areas (e.g., the teaching of language skills, educational literature, the use of technology in ELT, the role of pragmatics in ELT, social psychology of the language classroom, and language classroom management) with which every language teacher and teacher trainer must be concerned, this volume showcases how particular orientations shape ELT practices. We believe that practicing English teachers must have a heightened awareness of the theory behind their practice. At the same time, the theoretical stance must be firmly anchored in actual classrooms. Containing newly commissioned chapters written by well-regarded and emerging scholars, this book will appeal not only to beginning teachers or teachers in training but also to established teachers around Asia where English is used as a lingua franca. If you are a student teacher of English or an English teacher who would like to see what other progressive teachers like you are doing across Asia, this is the book you have been looking for.

Early Language Learning and Teacher Education
Early Language Learning and Teacher Education

Author: Subhan Zein

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2019-02-26

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1788922670

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Language teacher education is widely identified as one of the most important areas that needs addressing in order to improve early language instruction, yet research into teacher education for early language teachers remains relatively sparse. This volume responds to this gap by compiling studies with diverse methodological tenets from a wide range of geographical and educational contexts around the world. The volume aims to enhance understanding of early language teacher education as well as to address the need to prepare early language teachers and assist them in their professional development. The chapters focus on the complexity of teacher learning, innovations in mentoring and teacher supervision, strategies in programme development and perceptions, and knowledge and assessment in early language learning teacher education. The volume offers comprehensive coverage of the field by addressing various aspects of teacher education in different languages. The contributions highlight examples of research into current practice in the professional enhancement of early language learning teachers, but with an emphasis on the implications for practitioners.

Continuing Professional Development of English Language Teachers
Continuing Professional Development of English Language Teachers

Author: Senkamalam Periyasamy Dhanavel

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-01-13

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9811950695

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This book provides a comprehensive understanding of India's continuing professional development (CPD) landscape. It examines the issues surrounding the professional development of English language teachers in India at the tertiary level from multiple perspectives. Further, it evaluates various models of continuing professional learning (CPL) and emphasizes the transformative model as a solution to the social, administrative, or other impediments teachers encounter in their lives. Importantly, it presents examples, solving academic and non-academic problems in formal and informal, and face-face and technology-mediated forms of teaching and learning by teachers of English in different contexts. It discusses the latest developments in the literature related to the transformative and reflective approach to classroom problems faced by teachers on the ground such as classroom environment, students' socio-economic background, teachers education, and teacher assessment. Also, it positions continuing professional development (CPD) as having transformative power in teaching English in India and how it can improve students' learning opportunities. The book is relevant to English language teachers, teacher educators, and researchers in India and across the globe to address significant issues in the field: how to handle every classroom situation and how to train oneself as a teacher as well as a teacher educator.

Recent Perspectives on Task-Based Language Learning and Teaching
Recent Perspectives on Task-Based Language Learning and Teaching

Author: Mohammad Ahmadian

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2017-12-04

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1501503294

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The last three decades have witnessed a growth of interest in research on tasks from various perspectives and numerous books and collections of articles have been published focusing on the notion of task and its utility in different contexts. Nevertheless, what is lacking is a multi-faceted examination of tasks from different important perspectives. This edited volume, with four sections of three chapters each, views tasks and Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) from four distinct (but complementary) vantage points. In the first section, all chapters view tasks from a cognitive-interactionist angle with each addressing one key facet of either cognition or interaction (or both) in different contexts (CALL and EFL/ESL). Section two hinges on the idea that language teaching and learning is perhaps best conceptualized, understood, and investigated within a complexity theory framework which accounts for the dynamicity and interrelatedness of the variables involved. Viewing TBLT from a sociocultural lens is what connects the chapters included in the third section. Finally, the fourth section views TBLT from pedagogical and curricular vantage points.

Task-Based Instruction in Foreign Language Education
Task-Based Instruction in Foreign Language Education

Author: Betty Lou Leaver

Publisher: Georgetown University Press

Published: 2004-12-30

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9781589014190

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Task-based language instruction has proven to be highly effective, but surprisingly underutilized. Theory can only go so far and hands-on experience can greatly speed and enhance the learning of a second language. Nineteen talented instructors who have successfully implemented task-based programs explain the principles behind the programs, discuss how problems were resolved, and share details on class activities and program design. Each chapter takes the reader through the different stages in designing and setting up such programs, adjusting them, and appraising and testing them in normal classroom conditions. This book covers TBI syllabus and program design and is based on actual classroom experience. Any one of the courses or programs discussed can serve as models for others. Many of the contributors are highly respected practitioners who are presenting their programs for the first time, while others are regular participants in today's ongoing dialogue about teaching methods. Full of concrete, adaptable models of task-based language teaching drawn from a number of countries and eleven different languages—including Arabic, Chinese, Czech, English, French, German, Korean, Spanish, and Ukrainian—Task-Based Instruction in Foreign Language Education presents proven, real-world, practical courses and programs; and includes web-based activities. It demonstrates useful and practical ways to engage students far beyond what can be learned from reading textbook dialogue. TBI involves the student directly with the language being taught via cognitively engaging activities that reflect authentic and purposeful use of language, resulting in language-learning experiences that are pleasurable and effective. For all instructors seeking to help their learners enhance their understanding and grasp of the foreign language they are learning, Task-Based Instruction in Foreign Language Education is a rich and rewarding hands-on guide to effective and transformative learning.