The Practical English Language Teaching Series offers a thorough yet practical overview of language teaching strategies and methodology for newer teachers seeking background and guidance and for experienced professionals looking for refreshing new ideas.I
Intended to help readers understand and critique research in language learning, this text presents a balanced and objective view of a range of methods--including formal experiments, introspective methods, interaction and transcript analysis, ethnography a
Second Language Teaching and Learning is a practical guide to the methodology of task-based language instruction. Replete with illustrative scenarios and topics for discussion and writing, this professional title provides the pedagogical overview that ESL
Comprising a general ELT methodology for ELT teachers, this work covers the development of listening, speaking, writing and reading skills, as well as grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. Also discussed are classroom management, materials development an
Practical English Language Teaching offers a thorough yet practical overview of language teaching methodology for teachers and teachers in preparation.The principles outlined in each chapter are richly illustrated with vignettes and extracts from real cla
Phonetics is an essential part of linguistics, as it is through analysing spoken language that linguistic data is collected. This book leads the reader through the main areas of phonetics, including how speech sounds are made and how phoneticians classify
Sociolinguistics is the study of the different ways in which various groups of people use language. This book provides a brief yet comprehensive introduction to the field. It explores how sociolinguistics is linked to other disciplines such as history, po
In the age of the global village and the world wide web, understanding the way in which people learn languages is of ever increasing importance. This book makes the essentials of this rapidly expanding area of study accessible to readers encountering it f
