On Being a Language Teacher: A Personal and Practical Guide to Success

LOPEZ-BURTON, Norma and Denise Minor

ISBN 10: 0300186894 / ISBN 13: 9780300186895

Published by Yale, Cambridge, 2014

About this Item

Octavo. 6 x 9.25 in. xvii, 385 pp. Near fine in original pictorial wrappers.

Seller Inventory # 5182

Bibliographic Details

• Title: On Being a Language Teacher: A Personal and Practical Guide to Success
• Publisher: Yale, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300186894
• ISBN 13: 9780300186895
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Near fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language

About this title

Synopsis

On Being a Language Teacher provides an innovative, personal approach to second-language teaching. Through illustrative personal anecdotes, this text guides new and aspiring language teachers through key pedagogical strategies while encouraging productive reflection by classroom veterans. An ancillary website provides online videos to complement the text by showing an experienced teacher applying the book’s lessons.

In a market dominated by dense theoretical approaches to language pedagogy, this text provides an instantly accessible, practical set of teaching tools for educators at all levels. Its accessible style and affordability give it the flexibility to serve as either a primary or a supplemental text for teaching assistants, students in credential programs, or undergraduates in applied linguistics courses.

About the Author

Norma Lopez-Burton teaches Spanish at the University of California–Davis and has directed its first-year Spanish program since 1994. Denise Minor is assistant professor of Spanish at California State University–Chico.