A History of ELT (2nd Edition) Essential reading for anyone interested in - or researching - the colorful history of English language teaching. Takes the reader from the Renaissance to the present day. Covers all the important phases of the history from a global perspective, and contains three new chapters, including a final chapter by Henry Widdowson. By A.P.R. Howatt - (OUP)   Order Now > Book     Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching (2nd Edition) An invaluable overview of the principal approaches to language teaching over the past century. Includes a clear analysis of methods such as Grammar Translation, Audiolingualism, Communicative Language Teaching, and the Natural Approach. Each approach and method is examined in terms of its theory of language and language learning, goals, syllabus, teaching activities, teacher and learner roles, materials, and classroom techniques. This revised edition contains new sections on Whole Language; Multiple Intelligences; Neurolinguistic Programming; The Lexical Approach; Competency-Based Language Teaching; Cooperative Language Learning; Content-Based Instruction;Task-Based Language Teaching; The post-Methods Era By Jack C. Richards and Theodore S. Rodgers - (CUP)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition       Communicative Language Teaching Provides an excellent introduction to communicative language teaching for practising classroom teachers, while presenting a single coherent account of the basic communicative ideas, emphasizing those aspects most important in the classroom so that teachers can integrate the new ideas into their own familiar methods. By William Littlewood - (CUP)   Order Now > Book     Appropriate Methodology and Social Context This thought-provoking and controversial book investigates the fact that English language teaching methodology, which has been developed mainly in the English speaking countries of the West, does not always fit the needs of the rest of the world. The book looks at the wider social influences on what happens between teachers and students in classrooms, and usesan ethnographic framework to describe the varying cultures of classrooms, of teacher communities and of student groups in different countries and educational contexts. Will appeal to any English language teachers and trainers working in a non-English speaking environment. By Adrian Holliday - (CUP)   Order Now > Book       Principles of Language Learning and Teaching (4th Edition) A great introduction to current theories of language teaching and learning, including critical evaluations of such popular theories as Krashen's Input Hypothesis. This classic text will appeal to anyone entering the field of language teaching, as well as trainers and educators teaching English as a Second/Foreign langauge around the world. By H Douglas Brown - (Pearson ESL)   Order Now > Book     Methodology in Language Teaching - An Anthology of Current Practice Offers an invaluable overview of approaches to the teaching of English and illustrates the complexity underlying many of the practical planning and instructional activities involved. It includes 41 articles by well-known teacher trainers and researchers, and serves as an important resource for teachers who need to design a basic course in methodology. By Jack C. Richards and Willy A. Renandya - (CUP)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition       Content-Based Second Language Instruction (Michigan Classics Edition) A comprehensive look at the much-debated issue of a content-based approach to teaching second languages. Insightful and thought-provoking input from the book's three authors render this essential reading for anyone interested in this controversial area of language instruction. By Donna M. Brinton, Marguerite Ann Snow, and Marjorie Wesche - (University of Michigan Press)   Order Now > Book     Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language A non-technical - and extrememly popular - linguistic approach to teaching English as a second language. It studies the English sound system, structure, and vocabulary from a linguistic point of view, and will appeal to anyone starting out in the field of TESL/TEFL. By Charles C. Fries - (University of Michigan Press)   Order Now > Book       Exploring Change in English Language Teaching A collection of papers for teachers, trainers, curriculum planners, and all those involved in making changes, or in creating conditions in which language teachers can implement changes in their classrooms and in their practice. Contains first-hand accounts - drawn from many different countries - of many different situations, including large-scale national change, institutional change and classroom change. By Chris Kennedy, Paul Doyle, Christine Goh - (Macmillan)   Order Now > Book   Back to Bookstore