Changing Methodologies in TESOL
by Jane Spiro
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This textbook connects research to practice in TESOL methodology and is the first to demonstrate TESOL methods in multiple global contexts. Covering core topics from vocabulary and grammar to teaching, writing, speaking, and listening, the volume emphasizes contemporary interpretations and their effect on language classrooms worldwide. It also investigates the meaning of "methods" and "methodology" and their influence on teaching while confronting the underlying assumptions and beliefs shaping a teacher's work.
In its examination of different approaches to language teaching, the volume explores the development of these methods in relation to common understandings of language, learning technologies, learners, and their sociocultural context. The volume covers three main areas in TESOL study: the impact of learner needs; language context and culture; learning and teaching approaches; knowledge of language and its impact on methods, from individual words to whole texts; and multiple literacies and competences for modern-day scenarios, including academic and web literacy and sociocultural and intercultural competence. This text also follows the influence of world Englishes on teaching strategies and methods, as well as approaches to grammar and learner development. Designed specifically for students of TESOL teaching, each chapter deploys global case studies of English teaching to illustrate core principles along with guided assignments, such as article critique, case study analysis, and small-scale classroom research.- Rank: #311535 in Books
- Published on: 2013-05-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 304 pages
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