This book examines approaches to teaching students who aim to make the leap from "advanced" or "superior" proficiency in a foreign language to "near-native" ability. While there are an abundance of publications on classroom techniques and methods for lower levels of instruction, almost nothing exists about the transition, which is vital for those who intend to use foreign languages in high-level arenas. Compiled by leading practitioners in this area of foreign language teaching, the book fills the gap for those developing programs at the "advanced to distinguished" level.
This book examines approaches to teaching students who aim to make the leap from "advanced" or "superior" proficiency in a foreign language to "near-n...
Betty Lou Leaver Madeline E. Ehrman Boris Shekhtman
Aimed at beginning to intermediate undergraduates and above, this textbook is designed to help the student achieve optimal success as a language learner and user. It teaches students to understand their own preferences in learning, develop individual learning plans and approaches, and select appropriate learning strategies. Each chapter contains an overview and review section, with learning activities that students can carry out either individually or in classrooms.
Aimed at beginning to intermediate undergraduates and above, this textbook is designed to help the student achieve optimal success as a language learn...
The author explains how to base teaching on an understanding of learning style differences, and how to attend to the needs of the individual while teaching for the needs of the whole class.
The author explains how to base teaching on an understanding of learning style differences, and how to attend to the needs of the individual while ...
This book offers concrete and practical ideas for implementing content-based instruction--using subject matter rather than grammar--through eleven case studies of cutting-edge models in a broad variety of languages, academic settings, and levels of proficiency.
The highly innovative models illustrate content-based instruction programs for both commonly and less-commonly taught languages--Arabic, Croatian, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Russian, Serbian, and Spanish--and for proficiency levels ranging from beginners to fluent speakers. They include single-teacher and...
This book offers concrete and practical ideas for implementing content-based instruction--using subject matter rather than grammar--through eleven ...
Task-based language instruction has proven to be highly effective, but surprisingly underutilized. Theory can only go so far and hands-on experience can greatly speed and enhance the learning of a second language. Nineteen talented instructors who have successfully implemented task-based programs explain the principles behind the programs, discuss how problems were resolved, and share details on class activities and program design. Each chapter takes the reader through the different stages in designing and setting up such programs, adjusting them, and appraising and testing them in normal...
Task-based language instruction has proven to be highly effective, but surprisingly underutilized. Theory can only go so far and hands-on experienc...
