| Author | : Henry Widdowson |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 9780194374453 |
This text goes back to basics by investigating fundamental assumptions about the way English should be defined and taught as a foreign language. It looks at different attitudes to English teaching, and critically examines proposals for course content.
| Author | : Jon Davison |
| Publisher | : Psychology Press |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 0415206642 |
Invites primary and secondary teachers of English to engage in debates about key issues in subject teaching. This book will stimulate all those interested in education to reflect on the identity of the subject and its principles and practice.
| Author | : Barbara Seidlhofer |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 366 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 9780194374446 |
There are several issues in English teaching on which applied linguists take very different positions: e.g. linguistic imperialism, the validity of critical discourse analysis, the pedagogic relevance of corpus descriptions of language, the theoretical bases of second language acquisition research, the nature of applied linguistics itself. This book presents exchanges between scholars arguing different positions, and directs attention to the key points at issue.
| Author | : Jennifer Jenkins |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2000-07-27 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 9780194421645 |
This book advocates a new approach to pronunciation teaching, in which the goal is mutual intelligibility among non-native speakers, rather than imitating native speakers. It will be of interest to all teachers of English as an International Language, especially Business English. It proposes a basic core of phonological teaching, with controversial suggestions for what should be included.
| Author | : Michael Byram |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 856 |
| Release | : 2013-06-26 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 113623554X |
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning is an authoritative reference dealing with all aspects of this increasingly important field of study. Offering a comprehensive range of articles on contemporary language teaching and its history, it has been produced specifically for language teaching professionals and as a reference work for academic studies at postgraduate level. In this new edition, every single entry has been reviewed and updated with reference to new developments and publications. Coverage has been expanded to reflect new technological, global and academic developments, with particular attention to areas such as online and distance learning, teacher and learner cognition, testing, assessment and evaluation, global English and teacher education. Themes and disciplines covered include: Methods and materials, including new technologies and materials development Contexts and concepts, such as mediation, risk-taking in language learning and intercomprehension Influential figures from the early days of language teaching to the contemporary Related disciplines, such as psychology, anthropology and corpus linguistics It covers the teaching of specific languages, including Japanese, Chinese, Arabic and African languages, as well as English, French, German and Spanish. There are thirty five overview articles dealing with issues such as communicative language teaching, early language learning, teacher education and syllabus and curriculum design. A further 160 entries focus on topics such as bilingualism, language laboratories and study abroad. Numerous shorter items examine language and cultural institutions, professional associations and acronyms. Multiple cross-references enable the user to browse from one entry to another, and there are suggestions for further reading. Written by an international team of specialists, the Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning is an invaluable resource and reference manual for anyone with a professional or academic interest in the subject.
| Author | : Robert J. Lowe |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 200 |
| Release | : 2020-07-02 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 3030462315 |
This book introduces the concept of the ‘native speaker’ frame: a perceptual filter within English Language Teaching (ELT) which views the linguistic and cultural norms and the educational technology of the anglophone West as being normative, while the norms and practices of non-Western countries are viewed as deficient. Based on a rich source of ethnographic data, and employing a frame analysis approach, it investigates the ways in which this ‘native-speaker’ framing influenced the construction and operation of a Japanese university EFL program. While the program appeared to be free of explicit expressions of native-speakerism, such as discrimination against teachers, this study found that the practices of the program were underpinned by implicitly native-speakerist assumptions based on the stereotyping of Japanese students and the Japanese education system. The book provides a new perspective on debates around native-speakerism by examining how the dominant framing of a program may still be influenced by the ideology, even in cases where overt signs of native-speakerism appear to be absent.
| Author | : Donald Freeman |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 406 |
| Release | : 1996-02-23 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 0521559073 |
This book introduces a new field of educational research called teacher learning, as it applies to the teaching of languages. Up until recently, the study of second language teacher education has focused mainly on the knowledge base and specific skills needed for effective teaching. This book invites us to look at teacher education from a fresh point of view, through an exploration of the thinking and learning processes of individuals as they learn to teach. Seventeen original articles, based on studies done in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, provide examples of pioneering research into the ways that individuals learn to teach languages, and the roles that previous experience, social context, and professional training play in the process. The collection thus helps establish a research base for this newly developing field.
| Author | : Leo Will |
| Publisher | : Waxmann Verlag |
| Total Pages | : 266 |
| Release | : 2018 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 3830985584 |
Authenticity is one of the most rampant buzzwords in ELT (English Language Teaching). Many have weighed in on what authenticity should mean and on how it may be achieved. The book at hand is an extensive analysis of authenticity as a term and as a concept within the academic field of ELT. The research data comprises virtually all definitions and conceptualizations of authenticity in the international ELT literature. However, only a limited number of texts contributes to what can be called an explicit negotiation of authenticity. A discourse analytical approach is taken to disentangle the hubbub of commentaries and to eventually extrapolate from it six distinct concepts which are attached to the term 'authenticity'. Michel Foucault's seminal theories are invoked, affording additional insights into discourse dynamics and power structures among individuals and institutions in ELT.
| Author | : Mary Shepard Wong |
| Publisher | : Multilingual Matters |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 2018-08-09 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 1788921550 |
This collection of 16 reflective accounts and data-driven studies explores the interrelationship of religious identity and English Language Teaching (ELT). The chapters broaden a topic which has traditionally focused on Christianity by including Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and non-religious perspectives. They address the ways in which faith and ELT intersect in the realms of teacher identity, pedagogy and the context and content of ELT, and explore a diverse range of geographical contexts, making use of a number of different research methodologies. The book will be of particular interest to researchers in TESOL and EFL, as well as teachers and teacher trainers.
