Learner-Centered English Language Education: The Selected Works of David Nunan

ISBN-13: 9780415631341 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 292 str.

David Nunan

Opis

The Selected Works of David Nunan. This collection provides a snapshot of the evolution of David Nunans theoretical and empirical contributions to the field of second language education over the last 40 years.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part I: The Second / Foreign Language Curriculum  1. Learner-Centred Curriculum Development  2. Communicative tasks and the language curriculum  3. Conceptualizing Second Language Teaching and Learning  4. Seven hypotheses about second language teaching and learning  5. Closing the gap between learning and instruction  6. Focus on form in task-based language teaching   7. Task-based Language Teaching and Learning  8. The impact of English as a global language on educational policies and practices in the Asia-Pacific region  Part II: Language and Culture  9. Discourse and language systems  10. Doing things with spoken language   11. Learner narratives in research and teaching  12. Dog rice and cultural dissonance   13. What does it mean to be ‘language aware’?  Part III: Teachers and Teaching  14. Toward a collaborative approach to curriculum development: A case study   15. Hidden voices: Insiders’ perspectives on classroom interaction  16. Action Research and Professional Renewal 

O autorze

David Nunan is Vice-President: Academic, Anaheim University, USA; Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics, University of Hong Kong; Honorary Professor in Education, University of New South Wales, Australia; and Distinguished Visiting Professor, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok.