The required readings are all in English. My policy is to speak Spanish primarily, unless the Portuguese-speaking members of the class feel more comfortable with English than with Spanish. Your written work may be in either English or Spanish. Components of the course Each of these components of the course is described below. This book is one of the most recent in North America in the field of communicative language teaching.
Most chapters deals with both theoretical and practical considerations.
We will begin with a brief theoretical overview and then move directly to the practical matter of teaching the four skills and culture. Keep a copy of your message for yourself. Other readings on reserve. For each topic that we address in the course, we will also read one or more articles on reserve. Some of them are research articles, which describe studies that were carried out to answer questions about how languages are learned or which teaching techniques or materials seem to be most effective.