Key Terms for Language Teachers

A Pocket Guide

Alessandro G Benati (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

190 Seiten

2022
Equinox Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78179-881-2 (ISBN)

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The main purpose of this Pocket Guide is to ensure that a clear and accurate definition of key terms and aspects of language learning and teaching is provided to the reader. Curriculum and language teaching materials must be genuinely informed by what we know about the nature and role of language and language acquisition. This Pocket Guide peels back the complexity of some of the key terms and aspects in language learning and teaching to reveal some basic notions that readers should know about. Key features of this guide are: easy, reader friendly style with no citations jargon avoided where possible and technical terms explained in context summaries of main points provided suggestions for additional readings Eighteen main entries are chosen for the Pocket Guide. Each entry is easily readable and accessible to specialist and non-specialist readers. It is written avoiding a scholarly style and tone using a reader-friendly approach. Key readings are provided at the end of each entry. Each entry contains the following features: Can we take a minute to think about this? What is the nature and role of....? What are the main points? What else can we read?

Alessandro Benati is Director of CAES at The University of Hong Kong (HKU). He is known for his work in second language acquisition and second language teaching. He has published ground-breaking research on the pedagogical framework called processing instruction. He is a member of the REF Panel 2021 and Honorary Professor at the University of York SJ.

Introduction

1. Age

2. Communication

3. Corrective Feedback

4. Implicit and Explicit

5. Focus on Form

6. Input

7. Instruction

8. Interaction and Negotiation of Meaning

9. Language
co-authored with Víctor Parra-Guinaldo

10. Language Tasks

11. Language Test

12. Language Teaching Method

13. Learning and Acquisition
co-authored with Víctor Parra-Guinaldo

14. L1 and L2 Acquisition

15. Motivation

16. Output

17. The Role of the Instructor and the Learner

18. Working Memory

Epilogue

Erscheinungsdatum	04.01.2022
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	4078 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
ISBN-10	1-78179-881-8 / 1781798818
ISBN-13	978-1-78179-881-2 / 9781781798812
Zustand	Neuware