Discourse An excellent book which explains the relevant theory of discourse analysis - the study of written and spoken language in its psychological and social context - and applies it to classroom activities designed to improve students' discourse skills. The teacher is then shown how these activities may be further developed in specific teaching situations. By Guy Cook - (OUP)   Order Now > Book     Discourse Analysis in the Language Classroom - Volume 1. The Spoken Language An accessible, easy to use look guide to spoken discourse. Intended for ESL/EFL teachers who wish to better understand discourse analysis as it applies to the language classroom and who need to design courses and materials with the goal of developing improved fluency and discourse management amongst their Intermediate to Advanced level students. Contains lots of practical ideas and activities.. By Heidi Riggenbach - (University of Michigan Press)   Order Now > Book       An Introduction to Discourse Analysis Primarily focussed on spoken discourse, this insightful book looks at the major theoretical advances in the description of discourse, and demonstrate how the findings of discourse analysis can be used to investigate second-language teaching and first-language acquisition and to analyse literary texts. By Malcolm Coulthard - (Longman)   Order Now > Book       Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers Provides a practical introduction to the area of discourse analysis and its relevance for language teaching. It begins with a clear definitiion of discourse analysis and examines how discourse analysts approach spoken and written language. Various models of analysis are outlined and examined in terms of their usefulness to language teachers. Subsequent chapters cover discourse-oriented approaches to grammar, vocabulary and phonology. The final section of the book looks at spoken and written language in the light of native-speaker and learner data and considers examples of teaching approaches. By Michael McCarthy - (CUP)   Order Now > Book     Discourse & Language Education An insightful book which provides practical experience in analysing discourse, including: spoken language (conversations, classroom interactions, speech events, and scripts) and written language (from formal rhetorical structures of composition to the informal style of personal letters). By Evelyn Hatch - (CUP)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition       Spoken Language and Applied Linguistics This book looks the potential contribution of discourse and conversation analysis - particularly of everyday conversational language - in an attempt to provide a more accurate and pedagogically useful description of languages. It argues for putting spoken language right at the centre of the syllabu, and brings together a number of separate studies by the author which illustrate the central role the study of spoken language can play in applied linguistics. By Michael McCarthy - (CUP)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition       Exploring Spoken English This excellent resource contains 20 extracts of spontaneous everyday English recorded in a variety of social contexts and settings. Each extract is introduced by a task, which involves the reader in an activity-based exploration of some aspect of language, and is followed by a commentary offering new insights on the most significant grammar, vocabulary and discourse patterns of the text. The accompanying cassette contains all the extracts. Can be used as a classroom resource, or as an analysis tool for anyone interested in the area of spoken discourse analysis. By Ronald Carter and Michael McCarthy - (CUP)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition | Cassette       Perspectives on Fluency An excellent book which provides a thorough understanding of what constitutes fluency, and which looks at how ESL/EFL teachers can introduce activitities in their own classrooms which will promote greater levels of verbal fluency among their students. By Heidi Riggenbach - (University of Michigan Press)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition       Communication Strategies This book explores the topic of communication strategies, the ways in which people seek to express themselves or understand what someone else is saying or writing. Includes a number of studies which adopt a psycholinguistic perspective, while other areas of the book re-examine communication strategies from a sociolinguistic perspective, exploring the strategies non-native speakers and their conversational partners use to create shared meanings in ongoing discourse. Also covered in the book are chapters on strategy-like behaviour in other related areas, such as language pathology, child bilingualism, normal native adult interaction, and mother tongue education. These studies add fresh dimensions to the study of communication strategies, showing how the concept can usefully be extended beyond the realm of second language acquisition and use, and pointing out the commonalities in many domains of language behavior. By Gabriele Kasper, Eric Kellerman - (Longman)   Order Now > Book     Disorders of Discourse This book presents an innovative approach to understanding communication and its barriers, in a variety of institutional contexts such as the outpatient clinic, the courtroom or the school. It outlines a new theory - which the author calls 'discourse sociolinguistics' - which is not only explicitly dedicated to the study of text in context, but places equal emphasis and importance on both factors. Of particular relevance to anyone interested in the fields of discourse analysis and critical discourse analysis. By Ruth Wodak - (Longman)   Order Now > Book     Critical Discourse Analysis Brings together work on critical discourse analysis to explore language in power and ideology. The book is divided into 4 sections: Section 1 examines the development of an analytical framework for researching language in relation to power and ideology. Section 2 explores discourse and contemporary social and cultural change, and the use of a critical discourse analysis analysis frmaework in the studyof change. Section 3 looks at discourse analysis based outside language studies, and advocates the use of textual analysis in discourse analysis as a method of social research.Section 4 examines critical language awareness, educational applications of critical discourse analysis within language programmes in schools and educational institutions By Norman Fairclough - (Longman)   Order Now > Book     Discourse and Context in Language Teaching Recommends that language teachers incorporate an awareness of discourse and pragmatics in their teaching if they truly wish to implement a communicative approach in their classrooms. The authors show how a discourse perspective can enhance the teaching of traditional areas of linguistic knowledge and the teaching of language processing skills. By Marianne Celce-Murcia and Elite Olshtain - (CUP)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition     Back to Bookstore