Process and Experience in the Language Classroom (Applied Linguistics and Language Study) - Hardcover

Legutke, Michael; Thomas, Howard; Candlin, Christopher N.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138165204 ISBN 13: 9781138165205

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Legutke,  Howard Thomas,  Christopher N. Candlin

Review

"... 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

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1138165204
• ISBN 13: 9781138165205
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 350