The handbook of language teaching /
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2009.
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| Series: | Blackwell handbooks in linguistics.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- The Handbook of Language Teaching; Contents; Contributors; Part I Overview; 1 Language Teaching; Part II Social, Political, and Educational Contexts of Language Teaching; 2 The Social and Sociolinguistic Contexts of Language Learning and Teaching; 3 The Politics and Policies of Language and Language Teaching; 4 History of Language Teaching; Part III Psycholinguistic Underpinnings of Language Learning; 5 The Language-Learning Brain; 6 Sequences and Processes in Language Learning; 7 The Importance of Cross-Linguistic Similarity in Foreign Language Learning.
- 8 Cognitive-Psychological Processes in Second Language Learning9 Optimizing the Input: Frequency and Sampling in Usage-Based and Form-Focused Learning; Part IV Program Design; 10 Bilingual and Immersion Programs; 11 Heritage Language Programs; 12 Specific Purpose Programs; 13 Study Abroad Research: Findings, Implications, and Future Directions; 14 Less Commonly Taught Languages: Issues in Learning and Teaching; 15 Third Language Acquisition Theory and.