Becoming a Language Teacher: A Practical Guide to Second Language Learning and Teaching - Softcover

Elaine, Horwitz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132489988 ISBN 13: 9780132489980

Verlag: Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2012

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Becoming a Language Teacher, by respected author and experienced language teacher Elaine K. Horwitz, gives pre- and in-service teachers the skills they need to meet the needs of all language learners in today's diverse classrooms-while encouraging them to develop a personal approach to language teaching. Using a warm, supportive tone, the author clearly explains the fundamental concepts of second language acquisition and language teaching. A much-needed resource at a time when it is critical for all mainstream teachers to focus on language, this guide describes how to develop language for academic needs as well as for communication purpose and addresses the latest trends in language teaching.

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How do I plan a lesson?

How will I know if my students are learning?

How do I teach language while also teaching content material?

How do I effectively use technology in language teaching?

How can I ensure the academic success of my students?

How can I help my students have more contact with the new language?

 

These are the practical questions language and mainstream teachers struggle with as they enter today’s diverse classrooms in an era when they must focus not only on their everyday teaching, but also on students’ second language development. The answers to these questions and more are here, in this much-needed, comprehensive, practical guide to language teaching in second foreign, and content-based settings.

 

In a warm, supportive tone, respected author and experienced language teacher Elaine K. Horwitz clearly explains the fundamental concepts of second language acquisition and language teaching, using actual classroom situations that help students learn to make instructional decisions in their own future teaching settings. Unique among other methods texts that emphasize language for communication purposes only, Becoming a Language Teacher also focuses on language for academic needs, while addressing the latest trends in language teaching as well as effective approaches for teaching language in content classes. The perfect choice for ESL and Foreign Language methods courses, this guide helps teachers develop a personal approach to language teaching, suited to their own unique teaching situations.

 

Major additions to the text are related to socio-cultural approaches to second language acquisition and teaching. The Second Edition also includes:

 

• Expanded coverage of language development and content teaching
• Coverage of The Output Hypothesis, Sociocultural Theories of SLA, the SIOP Method and the CALLA Approach
• Publication of the long-awaited revision of the Beliefs about Language Learning Inventory, BALLI
• An Assessment for Learning approach to student testing added to Chapter 8
• Suggestions for using new technologies and digital media incorporated throughout
• Added explanations of Emergent Bilingual, Heritage Learners, Dual Language programs, World Languages, Sheltered English, Newcomer Centers, Self-Access Language Learning Centers, Willingness to Communicate, and Language Learner Autonomy

 

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• Verlag: Financial Times Prentice Hall
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0132489988
• ISBN 13: 9780132489980
• Einband: Paperback
• Anzahl der Seiten: 312