Classroom Management in Language Education

by T. Wright

Overview

This book develops an understanding of practices at the very center of language education--the classroom. The author explores key concepts in unpacking the complexity of classroom life; examines existing research and practice through a series of research case studies; provides a template for research activity and suggestions for projects and methodologies; and collects resources for readers keen to follow up the themes developed in the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403940896
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/10/2005
Series:	Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics
Edition description:	2005
Pages:	497
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

TONY WRIGHT is Principal Lecturer in International Education at the College of St Mark and St John, Plymouth, UK. He has many years' experience in language teaching, and teacher education more generally. He has lived and taught in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and continental Europe. Among his publications are Roles of Teachers and Learners and Investigating English.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction PART 1: Introduction Towards an Agenda for Understanding Classroom Management Classrooms as Formal Contexts for Learning Institutional Aspects of Classroom Management Classrooms as Multidimensional Contexts Concerns and Practices in Classroom Management Managing Engagement: The Affective Dimension of Classroom Life Pedagogy, Models of Teaching and Classroom Management Patterns of Participation: Managing Classroom Talk Teachers' Knowledge and Classroom Management PART 2: Introduction Practices for Managing Time and Space Managing Engagement Managing Classroom Participation New Directions in Research on Classroom Management: Case Studies PART 3: Introduction Issues and Practice in Research on Classroom Management Doing Research on Classroom Management PART 4: Further Resources in Classroom Management Bibliography Index