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Methods for Teaching Foreign Languages: Creating a Community of Learners in the Classroom
Joan Kelly Hall, University of Georgia

ISBN-10: 013087910X
ISBN-13:  9780130879103

Publisher:  Allyn & Bacon
Copyright:  2002
Format:  Paper; 273 pp
Published:  09/19/2001
Status: Instock


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For undergraduate or graduate level foreign language methods courses in Teacher Preparation. Also appropriate for junior high and high school teachers of modern foreign languages.

Exclusive in its socio-cultural approach to language learning, this comprehensive text builds on the National Communication Standards for foreign language learning. Its goal is to equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills to establish and maintain effective classroom communities of foreign language learners. To accomplish this, the author incorporates the latest research and theoretical insight regarding communication and communicative development with practical application. The result is a complete, effective approach to designing curriculum, instruction, and assessment for foreign languages.


Features

  • A fresh, current approach to teaching foreign language.

    • Reflects current principles of communication and development that form the basis for the national standards, unlike other texts that limit communicative activities around the traditional four-skill perspective of language.

  • Ideas for teacher research projects.

    • Closes each chapter with research ideas to help readers develop personal reflection and action toward improvement.

  • Chapter enhancers.

    • Strengthens the readers' understanding of content with Preview Questions, Key Concepts and Ideas, an Overview, and a Summary in each chapter.

  • Additional meaningful resources.

    • Lists additional readings and Internet resources in each chapter to help students become more familiar with the issues presented.


Table of Contents



1. Communication.


2. Communicative Development.


3. Creating Communities of Learners in the Classroom.


4. Classroom Discourse.


5. Planning Instruction and Assessment.


6. The Interpersonal Mode.


7. The Interpretive Mode.


8. The Presentational Mode.


9. Professional Development.


Appendix: National Standards for Foreign Language Learning.



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