Target Language, Collaborative Learning and Autonomy

MacAro, Ernesto

ISBN 10: 1853593680 / ISBN 13: 9781853593680

Published by Multilingual Matters, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Target Language, Collaborative Learning and Autonomy
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853593680
• ISBN 13: 9781853593680
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book explores the relevance that second language research has for the secondary foreign language classroom. It analyses the concept of teaching and learning exclusively through the target language. This concept is then related to two current pedagogical tendencies: peer collaboration and learner autonomy.

About the Author

Ernesto Macaro is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Oxford in the Department of Education. Before becoming a teacher trainer and researcher he was a language teacher in secondary schools in the UK for 16 years. For many years his research has focused on second language learning strategies and on the interaction between teachers and learners in second language classrooms. He now applies these foci to classrooms where academic content is being taught through English. He has published widely on these topics and is now considered a world-expert on English Medium Instruction.