Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom A concise guide for teachers who want to develop and explore their teaching. It involves teachers in their own professional development and aims to develop insights into issues, possibilities and problems in ELT methodology. Also serves as a general reference for the classroom teacher. Each chapter is illustrated with examples from course materials and includes follow-up activities and recommended reading. A great resource. By Tricia Hedge - (OUP)   Order Now > Book     Language Teaching Awareness - A guide to exploring beliefs and practices Provides answers to the question of what language teachers can do to become more aware of and explore their teaching beliefs, attitudes and practices. It provides teachers with the kind of knowledge and guidelines that can empower them to make their own informed teaching decisions. By Jerry Gebhard and and Robert Oprandy - (CUP)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition     Language Play, Language Learning Demonstrates the extent and importance of language play in human life, and draws out the implications for applied linguistics and language teaching. It argues that language play should not be thought of as a trivial or peripheral activity, but as central to human thought and culture, to learning, creativity, and intellectual enquiry. It fulfils a major function of language, underpinning the human capacity to adapt: as individuals, as societies, and as a species. By Guy Cook- (OUP)   Order Now > Book       Understanding the Courses We Teach - Local Perspectives on English Language Teaching A collection of ESL teachers' interesting stories about the courses they design and teach. Provides practicing and would-be ESL teachers with opportunities to examine ways of offering complete language courses. By focusing on individual teachers' discussions of instructional plans, decisions, and experiences in specific courses, the book serves as an ideal complement to other professional development resources, such as methods course textbooks, which tend to focus on historical developments of English language teaching, generic overviews of instructional themes, and strategies for creating activities for individual lessons or lesson segments. An extensive support web site accompanies the book. By John Murphy and Patricia Byrd, Editors - (University of Michigan Press)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition     Colin Campbell and Hanna Kryszewska An insightful and practical exploration of teaching skills, giving non-native English Language Teachers a handbook of tasks to help train new teachers. By Colin Campbell and Hanna Kryszewska - (Macmillan)   Order Now > Book       Changing Perspectives in Teacher Education An account of introducing a fast-track training programme, following the successes and setbacks. By Peter Medgyes & Angi Malderez - (Macmillan)   Order Now > Book       How Languages are Learned A comprehensive and accessible introduction to how we learn languages. Introduces the main theories of first and second language acquisition and, with the help of activities and questionnaires, discusses their practical implications for language teaching. An excellent choice. By Patsy M Lightbown and Nina Spada - (OUP)   Order Now > Book       Language Learning in the Age of Satellite Television Explores the relationship between language and culture, focusing on some of the most frequent and popular genres shown on television such as news, game shows, soap operas and adverts. Demonstrates how these genres can provide the potential for developing language learning. Different strategic approaches are discussed and illustrated, and suggestions for teaching and learning are included. By Ulrike Meinhof - (OUP)   Order Now > Book     Alive to Language Provides teachers and learners of English with a wider perspective on language than that often available in standard reference works. Covers topics such as concepts of language-in-use and associated systems, language varieties, language change, and the interaction between language and power. This insightful book forces teachers to question and extend their knowledge of how language works. By Valerie Arndt, Paul Harvey and John Nuttall - (CUP)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition     Action Research for Language Teachers An extremely practical guide which can be used by teachers who wish to develop their professional expertise by investigating their teaching with a systematic and organised approach. By Michael Wallace - (CUP)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition     Literature and Language Teaching Aimed at teachers and trainers who want to incorporate literature into the language classroom. Can be used as a resource by trainers working with groups of teachers, by teacher development groups or by teachers working on their own. Each section of the book is self-contained so that users can select what is most relevant to their purpose. A key to the tasks and activities is provided, as well as guidelines for teacher trainers which suggest how to use the book as part of a training program. By Gillian Lazar- (CUP)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition     Designing Language Teaching Tasks An excellent guide on how to prepare effective and interesting activities for use in the language classroom. Gives detailed information on the procedures which designers follow and is therefore essential reading for all those who want to learn how to write good language teaching materials. By Keith Johnson - (Macmillan)   Order Now > Hardback Edition | Paperback Edition     Back to Bookstore