Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching (Cambridge Language Teaching Library)

Richards, Jack C.; Rodgers, Theodore S.

ISBN 10: 0521008433 / ISBN 13: 9780521008433

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching (Cambridge Language Teaching Library)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521008433
• ISBN 13: 9780521008433
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Fair
• Weight: 14 ounces

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Synopsis

This new edition surveys the major approaches and methods in language teaching. This new 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. 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.

Book Description

This new 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. 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.