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Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language, 2/E provides a comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to teaching ESL/EFL and gives both experienced and prospective teachers the theoretical background and practical applications they need to succeed. Original contributions from 36 acknowledged specialists in the areas of Methodology, Language Skills, Integrated Approaches, Learner Variables, and teacher Skills offer a variety of perspectives and show future instructors which methods, materials, and resources can and should be utilized in their classrooms.
| Foreword | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Unit I | Teaching Methodology | 1 |
| Language Teaching Approaches: An Overview | 3 | |
| Communicative Language Teaching for the Twenty-First Century | 13 | |
| Guidelines for Language Classroom Instruction | 29 | |
| English for Specific Purposes (ESP): Tailoring Courses to Students Needs - and to the Outside World | 43 | |
| Syllabus Design | 55 | |
| Unit II | Language Skills | |
| Aural Comprehension Instruction: Principles and Practices | 69 | |
| Skills and Strategies for Proficient Listening | 87 | |
| Teaching Oral Skills | 103 | |
| Teaching Pronunciation | 117 | |
| Developing Children's Listening and Speaking in ESL | 139 | |
| Teaching Children Literacy Skills in a Second Language | 153 | |
| Developing Adult Literacies | 171 | |
| Reading for Academic Purposes: Guidelines for the ESL/EFL Teacher | 187 | |
| Functional Tasks for Mastering the Mechanics of Writing and Going just Beyond | 207 | |
| Considerations for Teaching an ESL/EFL Writing Course | 219 | |
| Grammar in Writing | 233 | |
| Teaching Grammar | 251 | |
| Cognitive Approaches to Grammar Instruction | 267 | |
| Vocabulary Learning and Teaching | 285 | |
| Unit III | Integrated Approaches | 301 |
| Content-Based and Immersion Models for Second and Foreign Language Teaching | 303 | |
| Literature as Content for ESL/EFL | 319 | |
| Experiential and Negotiated Language Learning | 333 | |
| Bilingual Approaches to Language Learning | 345 | |
| Unit IV | Focus on the Learner | 357 |
| Language Learning Styles and Strategies | 359 | |
| Supporting Second Language Children's Content Learning and Language Development in K-5 | 367 | |
| Teaching Adults | 385 | |
| Unit V | Skills for Teachers | 401 |
| Planning Lessons | 403 | |
| Textbooks: Evaluation for Selection and Analysis for Implementation | 415 | |
| When the Teacher Is a Non-Native Speaker | 429 | |
| Building Awareness and Practical Skills to Facilitate Cross-Cultural Communication | 443 | |
| The Use of Media in Language Teaching | 459 | |
| Computers in Language Teaching | 477 | |
| Action Research, Teacher Research, and Classroom Research in Language Teaching | 489 | |
| Reflective Teaching in ELT | 499 | |
| Second Language Assessment | 515 | |
| Keeping Up to Date as an ESL or EFL Professional | 535 | |
| References | 553 | |
| Index | 575 |
Overview
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language, 2/E provides a comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to teaching ESL/EFL and gives both experienced and prospective teachers the theoretical background and practical applications they need to succeed. Original contributions from 36 acknowledged specialists in the areas of Methodology, Language Skills, Integrated Approaches, Learner Variables, and teacher Skills offer a variety of perspectives and show future instructors which methods, materials, and resources can...