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Book Synopsis
Bringing together an international and interdisciplinary team of contributors, this Handbook is a wide-ranging and invaluable reference guide to language teaching.
  • A comprehensive reference work on language teaching, which combines the latest research findings, coverage of core topics, and examples of teaching experience from a variety of languages and settings
  • Provides a unique breadth of coverage, including: the psycholinguistic underpinnings of language learning; social, political, and educational contexts; program design; materials writing and course design; teaching and testing; teacher education; and assessment and evaluation
  • Offers a balanced evaluation of the major positions and approaches, including examining the increasingly important social and political context of language teaching
  • Written by an international and interdisciplinary group of authors from a dozen different countries; English is only one of

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    “The Handbook offers state-of-the-art research-based analysis on what is currently known about language teaching. The inclusion of new and fast-growing issues as well as the variety of topics is indeed one of its strongest features.” (Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2012)



    Table of Contents

    List of Contributors x

    Part I Overview 1

    1 Language Teaching 3
    Michael H. Long

    Part II Social, Political, and Educational Contexts of Language Teaching 7

    2 The Social and Sociolinguistic Contexts of Language Learning and Teaching 9
    Sandra Lee McKay and Rani Rubdy

    3 The Politics and Policies of Language and Language Teaching 26
    Robert Phillipson and Tove Skutnabb-Kangas

    4 History of Language Teaching 42
    Diane Musumeci

    Part III Psycholinguistic Underpinnings of Language Learning 63

    5 The Language-Learning Brain 65
    Alan Beretta

    6 Sequences and Processes in Language Learning 81
    Lourdes Ortega

    7 The Importance of Cross-Linguistic Similarity in Foreign Language Learning 106
    Håkan Ringbom and Scott Jarvis

    8 Cognitive-Psychological Processes in Second Language Learning 119
    Robert M. DeKeyser

    9 Optimizing the Input: Frequency and Sampling in Usage-Based and Form-Focused Learning 139
    Nick C. Ellis

    Part IV Program Design 159

    10 Bilingual and Immersion Programs 161
    Jim Cummins

    11 Heritage Language Programs 182
    Silvina Montrul

    12 Specific Purpose Programs 201
    Ken Hyland

    13 Study Abroad Research: Findings, Implications, and Future Directions 218
    Joseph Collentine

    14 Less Commonly Taught Languages: Issues in Learning and Teaching 234
    Kira gor and Karen Vatz

    15 Third Language Acquisition Theory and Practice 250
    William P. Rivers and Ewa M. Golonka

    Part V Course Design and Materials Writing 267

    16 Foreign and Second Language Needs Analysis 269
    James Dean Brown

    17 Syllabus Design 294
    Peter Robinson

    18 Advances in Materials Design 311
    Alan Waters

    19 Corpora in Language Teaching 327
    John Flowerdew

    20 Technology-Enhanced Materials 351
    David Brett and Marta González-Lloret

    Part VI Teaching and Testing 371

    21 Methodological Principles for Language Teaching 373
    Michael H. Long

    22 Teaching and Testing Listening Comprehension 395
    Larry Vandergrift and Christine Goh

    23 Teaching and Testing Speaking 412
    Martin Bygate

    24 Teaching and Testing Reading 441
    William Grabe

    25 Learning to Read in New Writing Systems 463
    Keiko Koda

    26 Teaching and Testing Writing 486
    Charlene Polio and Jessica Williams

    27 Teaching and Testing Grammar 518
    Diane Larsen-Freeman

    28 Teaching and Testing Vocabulary 543
    Paul Nation and Teresa Chung

    29 Teaching and Testing Pragmatics 560
    Carsten Roever

    30 Task-Based Teaching and Testing 578
    John M. Norris

    31 Radical Language Teaching 595
    Graham Crookes

    32 Diagnostic Feedback in Language Assessment 610
    Antony John Kunnan and Eunice Eunhee Jang

    33 Computer-Assisted Teaching and Testing 628
    Carol A. Chapelle

    Part VII Teacher Education 645

    34 Language Teacher Education 647
    Renée Jourdenais

    35 Diffusion and Implementation of Innovations 659
    Kris Van den Branden

    Part VIII Assessing and Evaluating Instruction 673

    36 Current Trends in Classroom Research 675
    Rosamond F. Mitchell

    37 Issues in Language Teacher Evaluation 706
    Kathleen M. Bailey

    38 Investigating the Effects and Effectiveness of L2 Instruction 726
    Rick de Graaff and Alex Housen

    39 Program Evaluation 756
    Steven J. Ross

    Author Index 779

    Subject Index 791

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 15/07/2011
      ISBN13: 9781444350029, 978-1444350029
      ISBN10: 1444350021
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Bringing together an international and interdisciplinary team of contributors, this Handbook is a wide-ranging and invaluable reference guide to language teaching.
      • A comprehensive reference work on language teaching, which combines the latest research findings, coverage of core topics, and examples of teaching experience from a variety of languages and settings
      • Provides a unique breadth of coverage, including: the psycholinguistic underpinnings of language learning; social, political, and educational contexts; program design; materials writing and course design; teaching and testing; teacher education; and assessment and evaluation
      • Offers a balanced evaluation of the major positions and approaches, including examining the increasingly important social and political context of language teaching
      • Written by an international and interdisciplinary group of authors from a dozen different countries; English is only one of

        Trade Review

        “The Handbook offers state-of-the-art research-based analysis on what is currently known about language teaching. The inclusion of new and fast-growing issues as well as the variety of topics is indeed one of its strongest features.” (Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2012)



        Table of Contents

        List of Contributors x

        Part I Overview 1

        1 Language Teaching 3
        Michael H. Long

        Part II Social, Political, and Educational Contexts of Language Teaching 7

        2 The Social and Sociolinguistic Contexts of Language Learning and Teaching 9
        Sandra Lee McKay and Rani Rubdy

        3 The Politics and Policies of Language and Language Teaching 26
        Robert Phillipson and Tove Skutnabb-Kangas

        4 History of Language Teaching 42
        Diane Musumeci

        Part III Psycholinguistic Underpinnings of Language Learning 63

        5 The Language-Learning Brain 65
        Alan Beretta

        6 Sequences and Processes in Language Learning 81
        Lourdes Ortega

        7 The Importance of Cross-Linguistic Similarity in Foreign Language Learning 106
        Håkan Ringbom and Scott Jarvis

        8 Cognitive-Psychological Processes in Second Language Learning 119
        Robert M. DeKeyser

        9 Optimizing the Input: Frequency and Sampling in Usage-Based and Form-Focused Learning 139
        Nick C. Ellis

        Part IV Program Design 159

        10 Bilingual and Immersion Programs 161
        Jim Cummins

        11 Heritage Language Programs 182
        Silvina Montrul

        12 Specific Purpose Programs 201
        Ken Hyland

        13 Study Abroad Research: Findings, Implications, and Future Directions 218
        Joseph Collentine

        14 Less Commonly Taught Languages: Issues in Learning and Teaching 234
        Kira gor and Karen Vatz

        15 Third Language Acquisition Theory and Practice 250
        William P. Rivers and Ewa M. Golonka

        Part V Course Design and Materials Writing 267

        16 Foreign and Second Language Needs Analysis 269
        James Dean Brown

        17 Syllabus Design 294
        Peter Robinson

        18 Advances in Materials Design 311
        Alan Waters

        19 Corpora in Language Teaching 327
        John Flowerdew

        20 Technology-Enhanced Materials 351
        David Brett and Marta González-Lloret

        Part VI Teaching and Testing 371

        21 Methodological Principles for Language Teaching 373
        Michael H. Long

        22 Teaching and Testing Listening Comprehension 395
        Larry Vandergrift and Christine Goh

        23 Teaching and Testing Speaking 412
        Martin Bygate

        24 Teaching and Testing Reading 441
        William Grabe

        25 Learning to Read in New Writing Systems 463
        Keiko Koda

        26 Teaching and Testing Writing 486
        Charlene Polio and Jessica Williams

        27 Teaching and Testing Grammar 518
        Diane Larsen-Freeman

        28 Teaching and Testing Vocabulary 543
        Paul Nation and Teresa Chung

        29 Teaching and Testing Pragmatics 560
        Carsten Roever

        30 Task-Based Teaching and Testing 578
        John M. Norris

        31 Radical Language Teaching 595
        Graham Crookes

        32 Diagnostic Feedback in Language Assessment 610
        Antony John Kunnan and Eunice Eunhee Jang

        33 Computer-Assisted Teaching and Testing 628
        Carol A. Chapelle

        Part VII Teacher Education 645

        34 Language Teacher Education 647
        Renée Jourdenais

        35 Diffusion and Implementation of Innovations 659
        Kris Van den Branden

        Part VIII Assessing and Evaluating Instruction 673

        36 Current Trends in Classroom Research 675
        Rosamond F. Mitchell

        37 Issues in Language Teacher Evaluation 706
        Kathleen M. Bailey

        38 Investigating the Effects and Effectiveness of L2 Instruction 726
        Rick de Graaff and Alex Housen

        39 Program Evaluation 756
        Steven J. Ross

        Author Index 779

        Subject Index 791

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