Teaching Language In Context / Edition 3

by Alice Omaggio Hadley, Stephen Frail, Wendy Nelson, Robert Terry

Overview

TEACHING LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT, THIRD EDITION is the essential methods text for anyone teaching or learning to teach a foreign language. TEACHING LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT combines an updated, comprehensive, readable review of the literature, a thorough bibliography, and sample activities and approaches that effectively model the methodology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780838417058
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	10/18/2000
Series:	World Languages Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	528
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.18(h) x 0.84(d)

About the Author

Alice Omaggio Hadley is currently a Professor in the Department of French at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she teaches courses in methodology, supervises teaching assistants, and directs basic language courses.

Table of Contents

1. On Knowing a Language. 2. On Learning a Language. 3. On Teaching a Language. 4. The Role of Context in Comprehension and Learning. 5. A Proficiency-Oriented Approach to Listening and Reading. 6. Developing Oral Proficiency. 7. Becoming Proficient in Writing. 8. Teaching for Cultural Understanding. 9. Classroom Testing.

Editorial Reviews

A text for anyone teaching or learning to teach a foreign language, combining a readable review of the literature, and sample activities and approaches that model the methodology presented. Coverage includes theoretical perspectives on language learning, various methods of language teaching, the role of context in comprehension, developing oral proficiency, and classroom testing. This third edition incorporates 5Cs concepts, and gives information on technology research and tools for language learning. A web site with an online workbook is available for this edition. The author is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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