Key Issues in Language Teaching

Jack C. Richards

ISBN 10: 110745610X / ISBN 13: 9781107456105

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2015

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826 pages. 9.50x7.25x1.75 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # x-110745610X

Bibliographic Details

Title: Key Issues in Language Teaching

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Publication Date: 2015

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis:

A comprehensive and extensively researched overview of key issues in language teaching today. This essential text for English language teachers surveys a broad range of core topics that are important in understanding contemporary approaches to teaching English as a second or international language, and which form the content of many professional development courses for language teachers. A wide range of issues is examined, including a consideration of the nature of English in the world, the way the English teaching profession works, the development of teaching methods, the nature of classroom teaching, teaching the four skills, teaching the language system, and elements of a language program.

Book Description:

This essential text for English language teachers surveys a broad range of core topics that are important in understanding contemporary approaches to teaching English as a second or international language, and which form the content of many professional development courses for language teachers. A wide range of issues is examined, including a consideration of the nature of English in the world, the way the English teaching profession works, the development of teaching methods, the nature of classroom teaching, teaching the four skills, teaching the language system, and elements of a language program.