The Handbook of Language Teaching

The Handbook of Language Teaching
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 836
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ISBN-10 : 9781444350029
ISBN-13 : 1444350021
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Book Synopsis The Handbook of Language Teaching by : Michael H. Long

Download or read book The Handbook of Language Teaching written by Michael H. Long and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together an international and interdisciplinary team of contributors, this Handbook is a wide-ranging and invaluable reference guide to language teaching. A comprehensive reference work on language teaching, which combines the latest research findings, coverage of core topics, and examples of teaching experience from a variety of languages and settings Provides a unique breadth of coverage, including: the psycholinguistic underpinnings of language learning; social, political, and educational contexts; program design; materials writing and course design; teaching and testing; teacher education; and assessment and evaluation Offers a balanced evaluation of the major positions and approaches, including examining the increasingly important social and political context of language teaching Written by an international and interdisciplinary group of authors from a dozen different countries; English is only one of the many languages used as examples throughout the volume


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