Methodology in Language Teaching : an Anthology of Current Practice /
edited by Jack C. Richards and Willy A. Renandya.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- vii, 422 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents bibliographic notes and index.
"This book provides an overview of current approaches, issues, and practices in the teaching of English to speakers of other languages. The anthology offers a comprehensive overview to the teaching of English and illustrates the complexity underlying many of the practical planning and instructional activities it involves. Organized into 16 sections, the book contains 41 seminal articles by well-known teacher trainers and researchers. Also included are two sets of discussion questions - a pre-reading background set and a post-reading reflection set. This anthology serves as an important resource for teachers wishing to design a basic course in methodology." (Publisher's Website) CONTENTS Part I Approaches to Teaching 1. English language teaching in the post-methods era: towards better diagnosis, treatment, and assessment / H. Douglas Brown 2. Theories of teaching in language teaching / Jack C. Richards Part II Lesson Planning and Classroom Management 3. Lesson planning /
Thomas S. C. Farrell 4. Classroom management /
Marilyn Lewis Part III Classroom Dynamics 5. Implementing cooperative learning /
George M. Jacobs and Stephen Hall 6. Mixed level teaching: tiered tasks and bias tasks / Bill Bowler and Sue Parminter
Part IV Syllabus Design and Instructional Materials 7. The ELT curriculum: a flexible model for a changing world / Denise Finney
8. The role of materials in the language classroom: finding the balance / Jane Crawford Part V Task and Project Work 9. Implementing task-based language teaching /
David Beglar and Alan Hunt 10. Project work: a means to promote language and content / Fredricka L. Stoller
Part VI Learning Strategies 11. Language learning strategies in a nutshell: update and ESL suggestions /
Rebecca L. Oxford 12. Learner strategy training in the classroom: an action research study / David Nunan
Part VII Teaching Grammar 13. Seven bad reasons for teaching grammar...and two good ones / Michael Swan
14. Addressing the grammar-gap in task-work /
Jack C. Richards 15. Grammar teaching--practice or consciousness-raising / Rod Ellis Part VIII Teaching Pronunciation 16. Beyond listen and repeat : pronunciation teaching materials and theories of second language acquisition /
Rodney H. Jones 17. It's not what you say but how you say it! /
Julie Hebert Part IX Teaching speaking 18. Factors to consider: developing adult EFL students' speaking abilities / Kang Shumin
19. Conversational English: an interactive, collaborative and reflective approach /
Wai King Tsang and Matilda Wong 20. Developing discussion skills in the ESL classroom / Christopher F. Green, Elsie R. Christopher and Jacqueline Lam Part X Teaching Listening 21. Listening in language learning / David Nunan
22. The changing face of listening /
John Field 23. Raising students' awareness of the features of real-world listening input / Wendy Y.K. Lam Part XI Teaching Vocabulary 24. Current research and practice in teaching vocabulary /
Alan Hunt and David Beglar 25. Best practice in vocabulary teaching and learning /
Paul Nation Part XII Teaching reading 26. Dilemmas for the development of second language reading abilities /
William Grabe 27. Teaching strategic reading / Joy Janzen
28. Extensive reading: why aren't we all doing it? / Willy A. Renandya and George M. Jacobs Part XIII Teaching Writing 29. Ten steps in planning a writing course and training teachers of writing /
Ann Raimes 30. The writing process and process writing /
Anthony Seow 31. A genre-based approach to content writing instruction / Randi Reppen
32. Teaching students to self-edit /
Dana Ferris Part XIV Assessment 33. Alternative assessment: responses to commonly asked questions / Anna Huerta-Marcias 34. Non-traditional forms of assessment and response to student writing: a step towards learner autonomy / Andrea H. Penaflorida 35. English proficiency test: the oral component of a primary school / Ishbel Hingle and Viv Linington
Part XV Technologies in the Classroom 36. Video in the ELT classroom: the role of the teacher / Susan Stempleski 37. The internet for English teaching: guidelines for teachers / Mark Warschauer and P. Fawn Whittaker 38. What can the World Wide Web offer ESL teachers? / Rong-Chang Li and Robert S. Hart Part XVI Professional Development 39. The English teacher as professional / Penny Ur 40. Developing our professional competence: some reflections / Joanne Pettis 41. Research in your own classroom / Elizabeth Taylor
9780521004404 (pbk)
0521004403 (bpk)
English (Languages)--Study and Teaching.--Foreign Speakers.
Langue and Languages--Study and teaching.
Contents bibliographic notes and index.
"This book provides an overview of current approaches, issues, and practices in the teaching of English to speakers of other languages. The anthology offers a comprehensive overview to the teaching of English and illustrates the complexity underlying many of the practical planning and instructional activities it involves. Organized into 16 sections, the book contains 41 seminal articles by well-known teacher trainers and researchers. Also included are two sets of discussion questions - a pre-reading background set and a post-reading reflection set. This anthology serves as an important resource for teachers wishing to design a basic course in methodology." (Publisher's Website) CONTENTS Part I Approaches to Teaching 1. English language teaching in the post-methods era: towards better diagnosis, treatment, and assessment / H. Douglas Brown 2. Theories of teaching in language teaching / Jack C. Richards Part II Lesson Planning and Classroom Management 3. Lesson planning /
Thomas S. C. Farrell 4. Classroom management /
Marilyn Lewis Part III Classroom Dynamics 5. Implementing cooperative learning /
George M. Jacobs and Stephen Hall 6. Mixed level teaching: tiered tasks and bias tasks / Bill Bowler and Sue Parminter
Part IV Syllabus Design and Instructional Materials 7. The ELT curriculum: a flexible model for a changing world / Denise Finney
8. The role of materials in the language classroom: finding the balance / Jane Crawford Part V Task and Project Work 9. Implementing task-based language teaching /
David Beglar and Alan Hunt 10. Project work: a means to promote language and content / Fredricka L. Stoller
Part VI Learning Strategies 11. Language learning strategies in a nutshell: update and ESL suggestions /
Rebecca L. Oxford 12. Learner strategy training in the classroom: an action research study / David Nunan
Part VII Teaching Grammar 13. Seven bad reasons for teaching grammar...and two good ones / Michael Swan
14. Addressing the grammar-gap in task-work /
Jack C. Richards 15. Grammar teaching--practice or consciousness-raising / Rod Ellis Part VIII Teaching Pronunciation 16. Beyond listen and repeat : pronunciation teaching materials and theories of second language acquisition /
Rodney H. Jones 17. It's not what you say but how you say it! /
Julie Hebert Part IX Teaching speaking 18. Factors to consider: developing adult EFL students' speaking abilities / Kang Shumin
19. Conversational English: an interactive, collaborative and reflective approach /
Wai King Tsang and Matilda Wong 20. Developing discussion skills in the ESL classroom / Christopher F. Green, Elsie R. Christopher and Jacqueline Lam Part X Teaching Listening 21. Listening in language learning / David Nunan
22. The changing face of listening /
John Field 23. Raising students' awareness of the features of real-world listening input / Wendy Y.K. Lam Part XI Teaching Vocabulary 24. Current research and practice in teaching vocabulary /
Alan Hunt and David Beglar 25. Best practice in vocabulary teaching and learning /
Paul Nation Part XII Teaching reading 26. Dilemmas for the development of second language reading abilities /
William Grabe 27. Teaching strategic reading / Joy Janzen
28. Extensive reading: why aren't we all doing it? / Willy A. Renandya and George M. Jacobs Part XIII Teaching Writing 29. Ten steps in planning a writing course and training teachers of writing /
Ann Raimes 30. The writing process and process writing /
Anthony Seow 31. A genre-based approach to content writing instruction / Randi Reppen
32. Teaching students to self-edit /
Dana Ferris Part XIV Assessment 33. Alternative assessment: responses to commonly asked questions / Anna Huerta-Marcias 34. Non-traditional forms of assessment and response to student writing: a step towards learner autonomy / Andrea H. Penaflorida 35. English proficiency test: the oral component of a primary school / Ishbel Hingle and Viv Linington
Part XV Technologies in the Classroom 36. Video in the ELT classroom: the role of the teacher / Susan Stempleski 37. The internet for English teaching: guidelines for teachers / Mark Warschauer and P. Fawn Whittaker 38. What can the World Wide Web offer ESL teachers? / Rong-Chang Li and Robert S. Hart Part XVI Professional Development 39. The English teacher as professional / Penny Ur 40. Developing our professional competence: some reflections / Joanne Pettis 41. Research in your own classroom / Elizabeth Taylor
9780521004404 (pbk)
0521004403 (bpk)
English (Languages)--Study and Teaching.--Foreign Speakers.
Langue and Languages--Study and teaching.