Georgetown University Round Table On Languages And Linguistics

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Table of Contents

Welcoming remarks 1
Some words of greeting 5
H. G. Widdowson: An introduction 9
Peter D. Strevens, 1922-1989 / In Memoriam 10
The description and prescription of language 11
'Mistaken constructs': Re-examining the nature and assumptions of language teacher education 25
What can peers provide? 40
What counts as formal language instruction? Problems in observation and analysis of classroom teaching 56
Reflective teachers 65
Content knowledge and instructional practice in second language teacher education 76
Teaching vocabulary: The current word 100
Second culture acquisition 114
Dangerous liaisons: Pitfalls in second language reading research 123
A pedagogy of corporate-level ESP training for international scientists and engineers 131
Perspectives on English for academic purposes 143
Strategic reading 167
The state of the art in teaching pronunciation 179
Teaching listening: Ends and means 194
Teaching language communicatively: An examination of the presentation of phonology to first-year students 215
Language and communication: A time for equilibrium and integration 223
Instructional balance: From theories to practices in the teaching of writing 238
Looking at and towards the future in French textbooks 250
Consensus and divergence on the content, role, and process of teaching grammar 260
Writing in foreign language classrooms: Process and reality 273
Linguistics, language pedagogy, and teachers' technical cultures 289
Metacognitive strategies in L2 writing: A case for task knowledge 302
Social attitudes: The key to directing the evolution of grammar teaching 323
Ann, Bert, Carla, Derek, and Oakley's Thesis 335
An analysis of text in video newscasts: A tool for schemata building in listeners 343
In search of a sense of place: The state of the art in language teaching methodology 355
Second-language learning: Engaging, simulating, and converting 368
The shifting sands of bilingual education 379
Normative language and language use: The separate implications for instructional practices and materials 386
X-raying the international funnybone: A study exploring differences in the perception of humor across cultures 397
The Input Hypothesis: An update 409
Whither accuracy? The state of the art in foreign language testing at the secondary level 432
Content-based instruction: A method with many faces 461
Literacy, language, and multiculturalism 471
Soviet phraseology: Problems in the analysis and teaching of idioms 484
Shared knowledge 489
Second language teaching in Poland prior to the reform of 1990 501
Greek diglossia to Greek dimorphia: A new dilemma for linguists and teachers 509
Language awareness: The common ground between linguist and language teacher 528
The relevance of linguistic theory to language pedagogy: Debunking the myths 547
What can real spoken data teach teachers of English? 555
Lexicography and syntax: The state of the art in learner's dictionaries 567
Language teaching and learning: Folk linguistics perspectives 583
Metaphors we are healed by: On the use of metaphors in medical language 603
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