Process and Experience in the Language Classroom (Applied Linguistics and Language Study) [Paperback]

Michael Lequtke (Author), Howard Thomas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1991 | ISBN-10: 0582016541 | ISBN-13: 978-0582016545

Process and Experience in the Language Classroom argues the case for communicative language teaching as an experiential and task driven learning process. The authors raise important questions regarding the theoretical discussion of communicative competence and current classroom practice. They propose ways in which Communicative Language Teaching should develop within an educational model of theory and practice, incorporating traditions of experimental and practical learning and illustrated from a wide range of international sources. Building on a critical review of recent language teaching principles and practice, they provide selection criteria for classroom activities based on a typology of communicative tasks drawn from classroom experience. The authors also discuss practical attempts to utilise project tasks both as a means of realising task based language learning and of redefining the roles of teacher and learner within a jointly constructed curriculum.

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"... a major contribution to ELT literature and a book that should be very high on a language student's/ teacher's list... a splendid introduction to many theoretical issues in language...full of practical suggestions that actually work." ELT News

Product Details

• Paperback: 332 pages
• Publisher: Longman Group United Kingdom (August 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0582016541
• ISBN-13: 978-0582016545
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,870,427 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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