Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-164) and a glossary.

"What roles do teachers and learners play in classroom language learning, and what kinds of activities and materials bring them into the most effective partnership? These are among the issues explored in Roles of Teachers and Learners, with the aim of helping teachers to discover for themselves the best ways of fostering co-operative learning in their own classrooms." (Book Cover)

CONTENTS:

The author and series editors
Introduction

Section One: Teaching and learning as social activities
1. What is a role?
1.1 Defining social roles
1.2 Role sets and role networks
1.3 Some problems associated with role
1.4 Teachers and learners
2. Factors influencing teacher and learner roles
2.1 Interpersonal factors
2.2 Task-related factors
2.3 Group processes
2.4 Topics
2.5 Teacher and learner roles: summary

Section Two: Teacher and learner roles in the classroom
3. Teaching tasks and teaching strategies
3.1 Teaching style
3.2 Instructional tasks and instructional strategies
3.3 Instructional materials and resources
4. Language learning tasks and activities
4.1 Learning groups and learning activities
4.2 The individual learner
4.3 Classroom processes: summary

Section Three: Investigating teacher and learner roles
5. Some investigations
6. Setting up your own investigations
6.1 Finding a topic to investigate
6.2 Making a start
6.3 Collecting data: summary of methods
6.4 Interpreting your results

Glossary
Further reading
Bibliography