This book offers contemporary perspectives on English pronunciation teaching and research in the context of increasing multilingualism and English as an international language. It reviews current theory and practice in pronunciation pedagogy, lang...Lasīt vairāk
This book offers contemporary perspectives on English pronunciation teaching and research in the context of increasing multilingualism and English as an international language. It reviews current theory and practice in pronunciation pedagogy, lang...Lasīt vairāk
Tasks in Second Language Learning aims to bring more fully into debate the holistic nature of language learning, which tasks are one way of achieving, and to outline the research implications of this perspective. It sets lang...Lasīt vairāk
Tasks in Second Language Learning aims to re-centre discussion of the ways in which language learning tasks can help offer a holistic approach to language learning, and explore the research implications. It relates the broad educatio...Lasīt vairāk
This volume presents the state of the art in terms of stylistic research and application, including EFL and ESL language classroom situations. Some of the most prominent scholars from a variety of backgrounds in the field of pedagogical stylisti...Lasīt vairāk
Are TESOL professionals now fairly seen as agents of a new English-speaking empire? Or, if they wish to distance themselves from this role, are there ways of working and living that would make this differentiation clear? An international gr...Lasīt vairāk
This book looks at how foreign language learners, including learners of English, can be helped to deal with metaphor and metonymy in order to improve their communicative language ability. This book looks a...Lasīt vairāk
Leading researchers in the field of spoken discourse and language teaching offer an empirically informed, issues-based discussion of the present state of research into spoken language. They address the opportunities offered by these emergin...Lasīt vairāk
The starting point for this collection is a chapter by Dick Allwright on the language learning and teaching classroom experience entitled Six Promising Directions in Applied Linguistics. The other distinguished contributors respond t...Lasīt vairāk
Understanding what constitutes expertise in language learning and teaching is important for theoretical reasons related to psycholinguistic, and applied linguistic, inquiry. It also has many significant applications in practice, particularl...Lasīt vairāk
This book is an exploration of the processes of change in English language teaching. Part I introduces the principles and strategies of change and factors affecting educational change. Part II focuses on implementing change and looks a...Lasīt vairāk
This is a resource for researchers and practitioners in a range of applied linguistics fields, including TESOL, language education and more generally, discourse analysis and stylistics. Pedagogically, this translates into recognition t...Lasīt vairāk
This is a resource for researchers and practitioners in a range of applied linguistics fields, including TESOL, language education and more generally, discourse analysis and stylistics. Pedagogically, this translates into recognition t...Lasīt vairāk
This book develops an understanding of practices at the very center of language education--the classroom. The author explores key concepts in unpacking the complexity of classroom life; examines existing research and practice ...Lasīt vairāk
This book develops an understanding of practices at the very center of language education--the classroom. The author explores key concepts in unpacking the complexity of classroom life; examines existing research and practice ...Lasīt vairāk
Evaluation is a way of understanding and developing language programs: the thematic and background section sets out the decision-making, quality management, and learning functions of evaluation. Case studies illustrate the diversity of evaluatio...Lasīt vairāk
Evaluation is a way of understanding and developing language programs: the thematic and background section sets out the decision-making, quality management, and learning functions of evaluation. Case studies illustrate the diversity of evaluatio...Lasīt vairāk
Winner - British Council Innovation in English Language Teaching Award 2006 This book was written for language teachers by language teachers, with a view to encouraging readers to use more tasks in their lessons, and to explore for themselves various...Lasīt vairāk
Edwards (applied English linguistics, U. of Birmingham) and Willis (languages and European studies, Aston U., UK) define task-based learning (TBL) by contrasting it to the presentation, practice, and production approach of teaching English as a forei...Lasīt vairāk
Tests for the measurement of language abilities must be constructed according to a coherent validity framework based on the latest developments in theory and practice. This innovative book, by a world authority on language testing, deals wi...Lasīt vairāk
