Linguistics For Language Teachers

Author : Sunny Park-Johnson,Sarah J. Shin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134814893

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Linguistics for Language Teachers by Sunny Park-Johnson,Sarah J. Shin Pdf

This book is an accessible introduction to linguistics specifically tailored for teachers of second language/bilingual education. It guides teachers stepwise through the components of language, focusing on the areas of linguistics that are most pertinent for teaching. Throughout the book there are opportunities to analyze linguistic data and discuss language-related issues in various educational and social contexts. Readers will be able to identify patterns in actual language use to inform their teaching and help learners advance to the next level. A highly readable account of how language works, this book is an ideal text for teacher education courses.

Author : Nat Bartels
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006-07-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781402029547

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Applied Linguistics and Language Teacher Education by Nat Bartels Pdf

Applied Linguistics and Language Teacher Education is aimed at applied linguists who are interested in understanding more about the learning of novice teachers in their classes. The 21 studies in this volume provide information on the complexity of novice teachers learning and use of knowledge in a variety of applied linguistics classes such as SLA, Syntax, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, Phonetics and Phonology, L2 Reading and Writing, Testing, and Content Based Instruction. These studies were conducted in a variety of contexts, from North and South America to Europe, Asia and Australia, and look at the preparation of teachers of English, Spanish and Chinese. The book also includes a state-of-the-art summary of research on knowledge acquisition and use which provides applied linguists with a solid basis for developing their ideas about their students learning and use of the knowledge presented in their classes.

Author : Steven McDonough
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351576284

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Applied Linguistics in Language Education by Steven McDonough Pdf

'Applied Linguistics for Language Education' covers those areas of applied language study that are most directly relevant to language teaching, testing, and teacher education. It focuses on the fundamental questions raised for research by the practice of language teaching and research. The reader is thus introduced to the current research climate through consideration of germane controversial issues. If any conclusion about applied linguistic research in the last twenty years is possible, it is that we cannot take anything for granted!Steven McDonough opens with examples of language teaching, teaching materials, and learning a foreign language, which teachers and language learners will recognise, drawing out questions from these which are addressed throughout the rest of the text. Arguments and data from research of all kinds are brought to bear on these and other background issues that are raised, for example: the nature and effects of classroom discourse; the challenges and utility of linguistic theory and linguistic descriptions; what knowing a second language means for proficiency and for processing; nature and nurture in second language learning; how people process language in classrooms and beyond; the role of instruction and the roles of teachers; and measuring achievement.Complex issues are laid out in a clear and accessible style, and many examples are used, mainly, but not exclusively, from English and learning English as a second language. However, the principles apply to learning or teaching any language as a second or foreign language, and 'Applied Linguistics for Language Education' is the most concise overview of current linguistics presently available.

Author : H. R. Trappes-Lomax,Gibson Ferguson
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027216984

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Language in Language Teacher Education by H. R. Trappes-Lomax,Gibson Ferguson Pdf

This volume explores the defining element in the work of language teacher educators: language itself. The book is in two parts. The first part holds up to scrutiny concepts of language that underlie much practice in language teacher education yet too frequently remain under-examined. These include language as social institution, language as verbal practice, language as reflexive practice, language as school subject and language as medium of language learning. The chapters in the second part are written by language teacher educators working in a range of institutional contexts and on a variety of types of program including both long and short courses, both pre-service and in-service courses, and teacher education practice focusing variously on metalinguistic awareness for teachers, language improvement, and classroom communication. The unifying factor is that collectively they illuminate how language teacher educators research their practice and reflect on underlying principles.

Author : R. Holme
Publisher : Springer
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780230233676

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Cognitive Linguistics and Language Teaching by R. Holme Pdf

This book argues that Second language teaching has not been well served by recent approaches to the description of language content. The book explores how Cognitive Linguistics offers teachers a description of language that can translate into practical classroom activities.

Author : Tom Rankin,Melinda Whong
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781108486026

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Grammar by Tom Rankin,Melinda Whong Pdf

An engaging guide to grammar, this book introduces linguistic theory and language acquisition research to language teachers.

Author : Donald Freeman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9780194427531

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Educating Second Language Teachers by Donald Freeman Pdf

Donald Freeman examines how core ideas and practices in educating second language teachers relate to and differ from teacher education in other content areas. He weaves together research in general and second language teacher education with accounts of experience and practice to examine how background knowledge is defined in language teaching. Throughout, Freeman demonstrates how understanding the processes of teacher learning, knowing, thinking, and reflecting are ‘the same things done differently’ in second language teacher education. Educating Second Language Teachers reconsiders pre- and in-service teacher education, and proposes a detailed, comprehensive design theory for teacher education. “A masterful account of the landscape of second language teacher education and the development of its theoretical assumptions and practices. It offers a unique and original conceptualization of the field and will be an invaluable resource for teachers, teacher educators and researchers.” Jack C. Richards, University of Sydney and University of Auckland Additional online resources are available at www.oup.com/elt/teacher/eslt Donald Freeman is Associate Professor of Education at the University of Michigan. Oxford Applied Linguistics Series Advisers: Anne Burns and Diane Larsen-Freeman

Author : Kasia Papaja,Katarzyna Papaja
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443858519

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Language in Focus by Kasia Papaja,Katarzyna Papaja Pdf

Applied Linguistics is a field of academic enquiry that deals with the theoretical and empirical investigation of real issues which focus on language. These issues include aspects of linguistics, first or second language acquisition, literacy, language disorders, foreign language learning and teaching, bilingual education, linguistic discrimination, and language policy, among others. New approaches, new theoretical concepts and new methods are a prerequisite for dealing with particular educational issues, and, as such, this book focuses on the challenges and opportunities that emerge from this. It brings together selected presentations given at the LIF2014 conference, which took place in Antalya, Turkey. The main focus of this event was to reflect the internationality of the English language by drawing academicians, researchers, teachers and educational authorities from all over the world and providing them with the opportunity to exchange an interdisciplinary dialogue on the theoretical as well as purely practical implications of Applied Linguistics and ELT.

Author : Robert Lado
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : English language
ISBN : OCLC:1024550832

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Linguistics Across Cultures by Robert Lado Pdf

Author : Hayriye Kayi-Aydar,Jonathon Reinhardt
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027258243

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Language Teacher Development in Digital Contexts by Hayriye Kayi-Aydar,Jonathon Reinhardt Pdf

This volume demonstrates how various methodologies and tools have been used to analyze the multidimensional, dynamic, and complex nature of identities and professional development of language teachers in digital contexts that have not been adequately examined before. It therefore offers new understandings and conceptualizations of language teacher development and learning in varied digital environments. The collection of pieces illustrates a field that is recognizing that digital environments are the contexts of teacher learning, not simply the object of it, and that issues of identity and agency are central to that learning. As an excellent resource on digital technologies, CALL, gaming, or language teacher identity and agency, the book can be used as a textbook in various applied linguistics courses and graduate seminars.

Author : Achilleas Kostoulas
Publisher : Springer
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030170578

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Challenging Boundaries in Language Education by Achilleas Kostoulas Pdf

This edited collection challenges the perceptions of disciplinary, linguistic, geographical and ideological borders that run across language education. By highlighting commonalities and tracing connections between diverse sub-fields that have traditionally been studied separately, the book shows how the perspectives of practitioners and researchers working in diverse areas of language education can mutually inform each other. It consists of three thematic parts: Part I outlines the field of language education and challenges its definition by highlighting additional theoretical constructs that have tended to be viewed as separate from language education. Part II investigates curricular boundaries, showing how the language-learning curriculum can be enriched by connections with other curricular areas. Lastly, Part III looks into the challenges and opportunities associated with language education against the backdrop of globalisation.

Author : Sandra Lee McKay,Nancy H. Hornberger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Education
ISBN : 0521484340

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Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching by Sandra Lee McKay,Nancy H. Hornberger Pdf

This text provides an introduction to the field of sociolinguistics for second and foreign language teachers. This book provides an introduction to the field of sociolinguistics for second and foreign language teachers. Chapters cover the basic areas of sociolinguistics, including regional and social variations in dialects, language and gender, World English, and intercultural communication. Each chapter has been specially written for this collection by an individual who has done extensive research on the topic explored. This is the first introductory text to address explicitly the pedagogical implications of current theory and research in sociolinguistics. The book will also be of interest to any teachers with students from linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Author : Hongyin Tao
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027266354

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Integrating Chinese Linguistic Research and Language Teaching and Learning by Hongyin Tao Pdf

Linguistic research and language teaching have generally been viewed as two separate types of academic endeavor. While linguists have been preoccupied with pattern finding and theory building, language teachers often encounter issues that are not readily addressed by theoretical linguistic research. This collection, with eleven papers touching upon a wide range of issues, stands out as one of the rare concerted efforts toward a meaningful integration of the two endeavors. Subject matters include tone, stress, word structure, grammatical categories (e.g. classifiers), syntactic structures (including argument structure), discourse particles, implicit and explicit knowledge, conversational repair, and learner corpus. With a diverse range of theoretical orientations, this collection serves to showcase some of the productive ways to create synergy between Chinese linguistic research and language education.

Author : Simon Borg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521152631

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Teacher Research in Language Teaching by Simon Borg Pdf

Based on original research, this book explores the fundamental relationship between research and practice in English language teaching. Teacher Research in Language Teaching uses empirical evidence taken from an international survey of over 1,700 teachers and educational managers, over a period of six years. It examines their views of research, whether they read ELT research, and whether they do their own research. The author goes on to explore the process which teachers go through in learning to do research, and the research cultures within teaching institutions. The book concludes with a review of the key findings to emerge from the research and a discussion of strategies through which language teacher research engagement can be promoted more productively.

Author : Marcello Giovanelli,Dan Clayton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317517122

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Knowing About Language by Marcello Giovanelli,Dan Clayton Pdf

Knowing About Language is an essential and comprehensive introduction to and discussion of the value of linguistics in the secondary and post 16 curriculum. Split into three easily accessible parts, each chapter draws on theoretical and practical reasons for developing language awareness for the teacher and student, the impact of government and institutional policy on teaching and teacher knowledge, and explores recent research about the value of linguistic knowledge to support student attainment. Expert contributors show how recent innovations in linguistics can support language teaching by providing a range of practical ideas that can be used in the classroom. Knowing About Language is a valuable theoretical, critical and practical guide for the teacher and researcher, and anyone interested in applied linguistics and the study of language in education.Written by authors who are passionate about the value of language study both as a classroom topic and more generally, this book acts as a resource to inform and support teachers in wider aspects of their role by demonstrating the powerfully enabling nature and inherent value of language study and linguistics in secondary and post-16 curricula.