Rod R. Ellis

Language Teaching Research and Language Pedagogy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines current research centered on the second languageclassroom and the implications of this research for both theteaching and learning of foreign languages. It offers illuminatinginsights into the important relationship between research andteaching, and the inherent complexities of the teaching andlearning of foreign languages in classroom settings.

Offers an accessible overview of a range of research oninstruction and learning in the L2 classroom
Bridges the relationship between research, teachers, andlearners
Helps evolve the practice of dedicated current languageteachers with research findings that suggest best practices forlanguage teaching

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9781444336115
• ISBN-10: 1444336118
• Artikelnr.: 34458731

Autorenporträt

Rod Ellis is currently Professor in the Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics, University of Auckland, where he teaches postgraduate courses on second language acquisition, individual differences in language learning and task-based teaching. His books include Understanding Second Language Acquisition (winner of the BAAL Prize, 1986), The Study of Second Language Acquisition (winner of the Duke of Edinburgh prize, 1995), Task-Based Learning and Teaching (2003), and Analyzing Learner Language (with Gary Barkhuizen, 2005).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction:
Developments in Language Teaching Research 2. Methods for Researching the
Second Language Classroom 3. Comparative Method Studies 4. Second Language
Classroom Discourse 5. Focus on the Teacher 6. Focus on the Learner 7.
Investigating the Performance of Tasks 8. Interaction and L2 Learning in
the Classroom 9. Form-Focussed Instruction and Second Language Learning 10.
Instruction, Individual Differences and L2 Learning 11. Conclusion:
Research and Language Teaching References Index