Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching - Softcover

Jack C. Richards; Theodore Rodgers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 7560079067 ISBN 13: 9787560079066

Publisher: Language Teaching and Research Press. Cambridge Un, 1991

Synopsis

This new edition surveys the major approaches and methods in language teaching. The paperback second edition is an extensive revision of the first edition of this successful text. Like the first edition, it surveys the major approaches and methods in language teaching, such as grammar translation, audiolingualism, communicative language teaching, and the natural approach. The text examines each approach and method in terms of its theory of language and language learning, goals, syllabus, teaching activities, teacher and learner roles, materials, and classroom techniques. In addition to the approaches and methods covered in the first edition, this edition includes new chapters on topics such as whole language, multiple intelligences, neurolinguistic programming, competency-based language teaching, cooperative language learning, content-based instruction, task-based language teaching, and the Post-Methods Era. Teachers and teachers-in-training will discover that this second edition is a comprehensive survey and analysis of the major and minor teaching methods used around the world. The book seeks not only to clarify the assumptions behind these methods and their similarities and differences, but also to help teachers explore their own beliefs and practices in language teaching.

Edition details

• Publisher: Language Teaching and Research Press. Cambridge Un
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: Chinese
• ISBN 10: 7560079067
• ISBN 13: 9787560079066
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1