Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching, (2nd Ed) Fully updated and revised, this highly popular introduction to language teaching methodology outlines different methods and approaches in language teaching. It gives practical, step-by-step guidance for new teachers and introduces more experienced teachers to new approaches and teaching ideas. Ideal for in-service and initial teacher training, and pre-course reading for MA students. An excellent choice. By Diane Larsen-Freeman - (OUP)   Order Now > Book     Aspects of Language Teaching A critical review of the most prominent issues in language teaching today - including the relevance of theoretical enquiry to practical pedagogy, and the relationship between grammar and discourse in communicative language teaching. The author relates these issues to general perspectives on the nature of language and language learning. By H G Widdowson - (OUP)   Order Now > Book       Expanding our Vision (Insights for Language Teachers) A truly unique collection of articles about inspirational individuals outside the field of language teaching. Written by well-known ELT educators, the book contains articles about ten people who have had a decisive influence on the authors' thinking and professional work. The ten people come from disparate backgrounds: one is a missionary nurse, another an anthropologist, an expert on peer counselling, and a comparative mythologist. This is an inspirational collection of ideas that will appeal to language teachers of every kind. By David J Mendelsohn (Editor) - (OUP)   Order Now > Book     Challenge and Change in Language Teaching An absorbing collection of papers for foreign and second-language teachers and teacher trainers, covering themes such as change, managing innovation and task-based language learning. By Jane Willis and Dave Willis - (Macmillan)   Order Now > Book     Communication in the Language Classroom An insightful look at how learners interact in the classroom. Offers guidance to teachers on how to make lessons more effective by giving learners better opportunities for interaction and communication. Uses illustrative transcripts from research into the nature of real-life interaction, and offers practical guidance into designing communicative tasks in all four skills. By Tony Lynch - (OUP)   Order Now > Book     Task-based Language Learning and Teaching Explores the relationship between teaching, research and tasks, and attempts to clarify the issues raised by recent work in this field. Demonstrates the way research and task-based teaching can mutually inform each other and highlight the areas of task-based course design, methodology, and assessment. This very accessible book is relevant to the fields of Second Language Acquisition and language pedagogy By Rod Ellis - (OUP)   Order Now > Book       Teaching English as an International Language A concise overview of teaching English as a truly 'international' language. The book examines the cultural assumptions underlying much English teaching, and suggests classroom aims and teaching methods based on the requirements of an international language. By Sandra Lee McKay - (OUP)   Order Now > Book       Choosing Your Coursebook An extremely useful guide to selecting suitable coursebooks/textbooks for your language students. Examines different types of coursebook, gives advice on adapting and supplementing published material, provides clear criteria for making decisions , and includes useful checklists for assessing coursebooks By Alan Cunningsworth - (Macmillan)   Order Now > Book       Success in English Teaching An excellent, no-nonsense introduction to teaching English. Easy to follow and suitable for both new teachers and training more experienced teachers. Fully of ideas and guidance, it offers realistic ways of achieving success even with large classes and few resources. By Paul Davies and Eric Pearse - (OUP)   Order Now > Book       Teaching English as a Foreign or Second Language - A Teacher Self-development and Methodology Guide Aimed at the untrained ESL/EFL teacher, this extremely practical guide stresses the multi-faceted nature of teaching the English language to nonnative speakers and is based on the real experiences of teachers. It provides basic information that EFL/ESL teachers should know before they start teaching, as well as ideas on how to guide students in the skills of listening, conversing, reading, and writing. By Jerry G. Gebhard - (University of Michigan Press)   Order Now > Book     Back to Bookstore More