Communicative Language Teaching in Action: Putting Principles to Work
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (823 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0131579061 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Communicative Language Teaching in Action: Putting Principles to Work is designed as a basic text that intends to demonstrate principles and practices of communicative language teaching and task-based instruction. Its primary purpose is to serve as a guide for second and foreign language teachers in training or for those who have embarked on a new career as language teachers.
"An excellent source for foreign/second language teachers." according to Peyman. This is an excellent book for teachers of foreign/second languages. I would recommend it especially to teachers of Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL). You can learn how to develop instructional materials based on hands-on examples.. "So far so good." according to Rebeccahome. There's a lot of good content in this book, easy to read and work through. I do like that there are activities and resources at the end of each chapter, but it's a bit too much. Also, there are some things that I'd rather have in the body of the chapter where the author discu. Printed on recycled, but too thin paper. It does not allow highlighting or underlining. After spending so much money on it, I discover the pages are super bad quality paper. This is a book I need to highlight, underline, etc.; basically, a textbook. I cannot do anything of that, for the writing passes to the back of the page and hinders reading. If I had known,
This book would be an asset to language instructors at both the secondary and post secondary levels." - Michael J. "Far from being an account on theoretical readings and experimental thinking, this texts reflects a considerable amount of teaching experience and live classroom situations, which is the very thing novice teachers need to be exposed to." - Ji-hyun Philippa Kim, Syracuse University "Overall, I believe it does an outstanding job of providing an accessible overview of research on the various topics and linking insights from the research to practical ways of implementing tasks with numerous examples. Lesser, Florida State Unive
He is also the author of several computer programs. Klaus Brandl, Ph.D., is an applied linguist (University of Texas Austin) and specialist in foreign language pedagogy at the University of Washington, where he directs the language program in the Department of Scandinavian Studies and serves as the Language Pedagogue for the College of Arts and Sciences and College of Education. . His articles have appeared in major jou