Language Teaching: Linguistic Theory in Practice

Author:   Melinda Whong
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
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Pages:   224
Publication Date:   27 January 2011
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Author:   Melinda Whong
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.349kg
ISBN:  

9780748636358


ISBN 10:   0748636358
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   27 January 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Historical Overview: Language & Language Teaching; Chapter 3: Language as a Biological Property; Chapter 4: Language as Tool for Communication; Chapter 5: Implications for Language Teaching; Chapter 6: Approaches to English Language Teaching; Chapter 7: Putting Theory into Practice; Chapter 8: Practice and Practices: Responding to Student Needs; References; Bibliography; Glossary

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An important resource for anyone who takes language teaching and acquisition seriously. -- Joyce Bruhn de Garavito, affiliation is The University of Western Ontario An important resource for anyone who takes language teaching and acquisition seriously.


An important resource for anyone who takes language teaching and acquisition seriously. -- Joyce Bruhn de Garavito, The University of Western Ontario This is an authoritative synthesis of the main streams of thought in linguistics, second language acquisition research and language teaching methodology. The author provides the reader with a rarely encountered integration of the practical with the theoretical, making it an invaluable guide for applied linguists and language teaching practitioners alike. -- Professor Mike Sharwood Smith, Chair of Languages, Heriot-Watt University An important resource for anyone who takes language teaching and acquisition seriously. This is an authoritative synthesis of the main streams of thought in linguistics, second language acquisition research and language teaching methodology. The author provides the reader with a rarely encountered integration of the practical with the theoretical, making it an invaluable guide for applied linguists and language teaching practitioners alike.


An important resource for anyone who takes language teaching and acquisition seriously. -- Joyce Bruhn de Garavito, The University of Western Ontario This is an authoritative synthesis of the main streams of thought in linguistics, second language acquisition research and language teaching methodology. The author provides the reader with a rarely encountered integration of the practical with the theoretical, making it an invaluable guide for applied linguists and language teaching practitioners alike. -- Professor Mike Sharwood Smith, Chair of Languages, Heriot-Watt University An important resource for anyone who takes language teaching and acquisition seriously. This is an authoritative synthesis of the main streams of thought in linguistics, second language acquisition research and language teaching methodology. The author provides the reader with a rarely encountered integration of the practical with the theoretical, making it an invaluable guide for applied linguists and language teaching practitioners alike.


An important resource for anyone who takes language teaching and acquisition seriously. -- Joyce Bruhn de Garavito, affiliation is The University of Western Ontario This is an authoritative synthesis of the main streams of thought in linguistics, second language acquisition research and language teaching methodology. The author provides the reader with a rarely encountered integration of the practical with the theoretical, making it an invaluable guide for applied linguists and language teaching practitioners alike. -- Professor Mike Sharwood Smith, Chair of Languages, Heriot-Watt University An important resource for anyone who takes language teaching and acquisition seriously. This is an authoritative synthesis of the main streams of thought in linguistics, second language acquisition research and language teaching methodology. The author provides the reader with a rarely encountered integration of the practical with the theoretical, making it an invaluable guide for applied linguists and language teaching practitioners alike.


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Melinda Whong is a lecturer in English Language Teaching at the University of Leeds. Having taught in the US, China, Egypt, she did her formal academic training in the UK in generative second language acquisition. By applying theory to practice, she brings the two sides of her career together.

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