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Professor Stern puts applied linguistics research into its historical and interdisciplinary perspective. He gives an authoritative survey of past developments worldwide and establishes a set of guidelines for the future. There are six parts: Clearing the Ground, Historical Perspectives, Concepts of Language, Concepts of Society, Concepts of Language Learning, and Concepts of Language Teaching.

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Author:   H. H. Stern
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.868kg
ISBN:  

9780194370653

ISBN 10:   0194370658
Pages:   592
Publication Date:   24 March 1983
Audience:   ELT/ESL ,  ELT General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction PART ONE: Clearing the ground 1: Talking about language teaching 2: Theory and practice 3: Towards a conceptual framework 4: Research PART TWO: Historical perspectives 5: Approaches and studies 6: A sketch of recent and current trends: 1880-1980 PART THREE: Concepts of language 7: Trends in linguistic theory 8: Linguistic theory and language teaching: emergence of a relationship 9: Linguistic theory and language teaching: reassessment and current status PART FOUR: Concepts of society 10: Society, culture, and language 11: Aspects of sociolinguistics 12: The social sciences and the second language curriculum 13: The sociology of language teaching and learning PART FIVE: Concepts of language learning 14: Psychological approaches to language and learning 15: Development of a psychological perspective in language teaching: a selective review 16: Models of second language learning and the concept of proficiency 17: Learner factors 18: Conditions of learning and the learning process PART SIX: Concepts of language teaching 19: The study of education and its relevance to language teaching 20: Language teaching theories as theories of teaching method 21: The break with the method concept 22: An educational interpretation of language teaching Conclusion Bibliography and citation index Index

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