Exploring English language teaching : language in action

Provides a single volume introduction to the field of ELT from an applied linguistics perspective. The book addresses four central themes within English language teaching: 'Classroom interaction and management'; 'Method, Postmethod and methodology'; 'Learners'; and the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hall, Graham , 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge , c2011
Series:Routledge Introductions to applied linguistics
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The language classroom: roles, relationships and interactions
  • 2. Intervening in the language classroom: classroom management, interaction and learning opportunities
  • 3. The language classroom in theory and practice: complex, diverse and local
  • 4. Language, language learning and method : dilemmas and practices
  • 5. Language teaching methods: perspectives and possibilities
  • 6. Theoretical insights for a postmethod era
  • 7. Focus on the language learner: individual attributes and attitudes
  • 8. Learner diversity and development: considerations for the language classroom...and beyond
  • 9. Images of language learners: from individual to social, and universal to specific
  • 10. From global trends to local contexts: language dilemmas in the ELT classroom
  • 11. Planning and organising L2 learning and teaching: contexts and curriculum, possibilities and realities
  • 12. ELT in the world: education and politics, contexts and goals