This book has two major themes: firstly, it discusses psycholinguistic and cognitive aspects of language learning, and secondly, it looks at the contrast between universalist accounts of language learning and accounts which focus on individual differences between learners. Interwoven throughout is a focus on practical applications of these themes in task-based learning and language testing. Winner MLA Kenneth W Mildenberger Prize.
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English Language Teaching in Its Social Context: A Reader (Teaching English Language Worldwide S.) by Christopher N. Candlin
perfect for those doing the RSA TEFLA Dip or a TESOL M.A.
This collection of articles is extremely useful for students of applied linguistics or those parts of RSA, Trinity etc. courses that don\'t involve slinging bean-bags around the classroom. Particularly useful as an introduction to discourse, pragmatics, register analysis and so on, with a broad range of articles by both "founding fathers/mothers" and very recent work by new young App. Ling gunslingers.
The book is also interesting for anyone with a curiosity about how language use, especially its social power, can be described.
This collection of articles is extremely useful for students of applied linguistics or those parts of RSA, Trinity etc. courses that don\'t involve slinging bean-bags around the classroom. Particularly useful as an introduction to discourse, pragmatics, register analysis and so on, with a broad range of articles by both "founding fathers/mothers" and very recent work by new young App. Ling gunslingers.
The book is also interesting for anyone with a curiosity about how language use, especially its social power, can be described.
Order from UK | US | Canada