International Perspectives on Materials in ELT

International Perspectives on Materials in ELT

Author: Sue Garton

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-05-30

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 1137023317

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book brings together different perspectives on ELT materials from a range of international contexts and a variety of educational settings. All the chapters are underpinned by sound theoretical principles while addressing practical concerns and debates in materials design and use.


International Perspectives on Diversity in ELT

International Perspectives on Diversity in ELT

Author: DarĂ­o Luis Banegas

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-07-14

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 3030749819

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This edited book provides professionals in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT) with a situated and culturally-responsive account of diversity and inclusion in English language education, from primary to higher education and in a wide range of settings. The volume focuses on three overlapping areas: interculturality, special education needs, and gender. The chapters in each section seek to help readers reflect on the opportunities and challenges of diversity as a step towards inclusive practices, and raise awareness of critical topics across the curriculum and beyond by engaging in wider social issues. This book will be of interest to language teachers and teacher trainers, as well as scholars working in applied linguistics, higher education, intercultural studies, and related fields.


International Perspectives on English Language Teacher Education

International Perspectives on English Language Teacher Education

Author: T. Farrell

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-06-22

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1137440066

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The chapters in this volume outline and discuss examples of teacher educators in diverse global contexts who have provided successful self-initiated innovations for their teacher learners. The collection suggests that a way forward for second language teacher preparation programs is through 'reflective practice as innovation'.


International Perspectives on English as a Lingua Franca

International Perspectives on English as a Lingua Franca

Author: Hugo Bowles

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-29

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1137398094

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This collection brings new insight into the relationship between English as a lingua franca and language teaching. It explores how the pedagogy of intelligibility, culture and language awareness, as well as materials analysis and classroom management, can be viewed from an ELF perspective in school and university contexts.


International Perspectives on Teaching the Four Skills in ELT

International Perspectives on Teaching the Four Skills in ELT

Author: Anne Burns

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-11-10

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 3319634445

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book offers a range of perspectives and insights from around the world on the teaching and learning of listening, speaking, reading and writing. It brings together contributors from across six continents, who analyse a wide range of teaching and learning contexts, including primary, secondary, tertiary, private, and adult ESL/EFL classes. In doing so, they provide locally relevant accounts that nonetheless resonate with other contexts and wider concerns. This informative and practical edited collection will appeal to students and scholars who are interested in the four building blocks of language learning, as well as language education and teacher education.


Critical Perspectives on Language Teaching Materials

Critical Perspectives on Language Teaching Materials

Author: John Gray

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2013-11-25

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9780230362857

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This Critical Perspectives on Language Teaching Materials brings together a collection of critical voices on the subject of language teaching materials for use in English, French, Spanish, German and Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) classrooms. It is firmly located within the 'critical turn' in Applied Linguistics and seeks to build on the growing body of work in this vein. Collectively the authors take it as axiomatic that the politics of representation and identity, and issues of ideology and commercialism cannot be neglected in any serious study of language teaching materials. Rather, it sees these issues as central. The book draws on research carried out in the UK, Spain, North America and Brazil, and is aimed at language teachers, teacher educators, students, researchers, materials writers and those working in the materials publishing industry.


International Perspectives on CLIL

International Perspectives on CLIL

Author: Chantal Hemmi

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-05-18

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 303070095X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This edited book offers culturally-situated, critical accounts of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approaches in diverse educational settings, showcasing authentic examples of how CLIL can be applied to different educational levels from primary to tertiary. The contributors offer a research-based, critical view of CLIL opportunities, challenges and implications in the following areas: teacher education, continuing professional development, assessment, teacher-student dialogue, translanguaging, coursebooks, bilingual education, authenticity, language development and thinking skills. This wide-ranging volume will appeal to students and scholars of English Language Teaching (ELT), language policy and planning, bi- and multilingualism, and applied linguistics more broadly.


Global Englishes for Language Teaching

Global Englishes for Language Teaching

Author: Heath Rose

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-01-24

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1107162734

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Provides a ground-breaking attempt to unite discussions on the pedagogical implications of the global spread of English, and lobby for change.


New Frontiers in Teaching and Learning English

New Frontiers in Teaching and Learning English

Author: Paola Vettorel

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2015-06-18

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1443879185

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The contributions to this volume explore several focal issues related to the global spread of English and their implications for English language teaching, providing both theoretical and empirical perspectives on recent research and implications in educational terms. The volume is divided into three thematic sections, namely "Developments in ELF research and pedagogic implications", "Raising teachers' awareness of ELF", and "ELF and ELT practices". The book provides up-to-date perspectives on the issues, implications and repercussions that findings in ELF research can have for ELT practices. The contributors are all scholars and researchers who have long been engaged in ELF-related research, and who have undertaken operational and practical work in the field, and, as such, offer novel perspectives on the effects of EFL research on the teaching and learning of English. The volume also presents the findings of innovative projects in teacher education, involving pre- and in-service teachers, providing exemplificative good practices of possible new routes into pluralistic, ELF-aware and ELF-oriented didactic perspectives.


International Perspectives on ELT Classroom Interaction

International Perspectives on ELT Classroom Interaction

Author: Christopher J. Jenks

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-04-23

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1137340738

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book gathers together 11 empirical-based studies of classroom interaction carried out in different countries, including the USA, England, Kenya, Sweden, and China. Along with a state-of-the-art literature review, the chapters provide key insights and engagement priorities that will prove relevant to a variety of learning and teaching contexts.