Beyond methods
Subtitle: components of second language teacher education
By: edited by Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig, Beverly Hartford.
Contributors: Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen, 1955-; Hartford, Beverly.; VanPatten, Bill.
Series: The McGraw-Hill second language professional series.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Language teachers -- Training of.; Language and languages -- Study and teaching.
Other titles: Components of second language teacher education
Description: Written to be accessible even to the novice teacher, this text is intended for courses in foreign language, teaching methods in any language or education department, as well as for courses in applied linguistics as they pertain to language teaching. It introduces teachers to the research of second language acquisiton as it applies to the classroom. It also offers a theoretical basis for making decisions about such things as methods, syllabus design and assessment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The case for psycholinguistics / Bill VanPatten; title: The place of second language acquisition theory in language teacher preparation / Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig; title: Why syntactic theory? / Maria-Luise Beck; title: Phonology in language teaching / Martha C. Pennington; title: Sociolinguistics in language teacher preparation programs / Beverly S. Hartford; title: The role of pragmatics in language teacher education / Gabriele Kasper; title: A world language perspective : English, French, and Spanish / Kimberely Brown; title: Non-native reading research and theory / James F. Lee; title: The writing course / William Grabe and Robert B. Kaplan; title: Assessment and second language teaching / Harry L. Gradman and Daniel J. Reed.