Beyond Methods: Macrostrategies for Language Teaching

Kumaravadivelu, B.

ISBN 10: 0300095732 / ISBN 13: 9780300095739

Published by Yale University Press, 2002

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Title: Beyond Methods: Macrostrategies for Language...

Publisher: Yale University Press

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: paperback

Condition: New

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Synopsis:

In this original book, B. Kumaravadivelu presents a macrostrategic framework designed to help both beginning and experienced teachers develop a systematic, coherent, and personal theory of practice. His book provides the tools a teacher needs in order to self-observe, self-analyze, and self-evaluate his or her own teaching acts.

The framework consists of ten macrostrategies based on current theoretical, empirical, and experiential knowledge of second language and foreign language teaching. These strategies enable teachers to evaluate classroom practices and to generate techniques and activities for realizing teaching goals. With checklists, surveys, projects, and reflective tasks to encourage critical thinking, the book is both practical and accessible. Teachers and future teachers, researchers, and teacher educators will find the volume indispensable.

From the Back Cover:

"This book challenges teachers to think, and it succeeds. Kumaravadivelu addresses critical theory, sociopolitical issues, the importance of context, cognitive processing, and a host of other important aspects of language teaching." – Rebecca Oxford, University of Maryland