Basic Issues in EFL Teaching and Learning
3rd Edition
Published on 20. November 2017
X, 432 pages
978-3-8253-7364-1 (ISBN)
Description
Foreign language teaching is a profession that comprises a wide range of issues and is from its very nature an interdisciplinary field of education. This volume provides an insight into twelve basic components of English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching. These include the concept of method/postmethod, competences, skills, vocabulary teaching, grammar teaching, intercultural learning, teaching literature, media, content and language integrated learning, heterogeneity/differentiation, materials development/evaluation, and testing/assessment.
This volume fosters international collaboration among researchers involved in key fields of EFL teaching. On the basis of current theories and research, and guidelines presented by the CEFR, the authors discuss purposes, practices, competences, and contexts of EFL teaching. The focus is on linking theory and practice to transmit profound knowledge and introduce important teaching approaches to university students, lecturers, and teachers.
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Content
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- 1. From Method to Postmethod
- Theresa Summer - Introduction
- Summary
- Rod Ellis - An Options-based Approach to Doing Task-based Language Teaching
- Annika Kolb - Teaching English in Primary School
- 2. Key Competences in Foreign Language Learning
- Svetlana Kurtes - Introduction
- Summary
- Michael McCarthy, Anne O'Keeffe - Competencies Explored and Exposed: Grammar, Lexis, Communication and the Notion of Levels
- 3. Traditional and Modern Skills
- Tony Lynch - Introduction
- Summary
- Maria del Mar Suárez, Joan-Tomàs Pujolà - From Listening to Audiovisual Comprehension
- 4. Teaching Vocabulary
- Paul Nation - Introduction
- Summary
- Matthias Hutz - Storing Words in the Mind: The Mental Lexicon and Vocabulary Learning
- 5. Teaching Grammar
- Ivor Timmis - Introduction
- Summary
- Anthony Hall - Comfort Grammar for English Tense Use
- 6. Intercultural Learning: Raising Cultural Awareness
- Karen Risager - Introduction
- Summary
- Werner Delanoy - From "Inter" to "Trans"? Or: Quo Vadis Cultural Learning?
- Laurenz Volkmann - Intercultural Learning and Postcolonial Studies: "Never the Twain Shall Meet"?
- 7. Teaching Literature
- Rüdiger Ahrens - Introduction
- Summary
- Christiane Lütge - Developing "Literary Literacy"? Towards a Progression of Literary Learning
- Janice Bland - Critical Education Potential with Young Adult Literature in Language Education: The "Harry Potter" Series in the Literature Class
- 8. Traditional and Modern Media
- Michael Evans - Introduction
- Summary
- Nancy Grimm - Digital Media: Promise for or Threat to Education?
- Georg Fässler - Computer-based Activities and WebQuests
- 9. Content and Language Integrated Learning
- David Marsh, María Jesús Frigols Martín - Introduction
- Summary
- Oliver Meyer - Introducing the CLIL Pyramid: Key Strategies and Principles for Quality CLIL Planning and Teaching
- Peeter Mehisto - CLIL Considerations: Co-constructing Favourable Context for CLIL
- 10. Heterogeneity and Differentiation
- Maria Eisenmann - Introduction
- Summary
- Margitta Kuty - Learner Autonomy and Individualisation
- Martina Wolff - Teaching Literature in Mixed-ability Classes
- 11. Textbooks and Materials Evaluation
- Brian Tomlinson - Introduction
- Summary
- Wolfgang Gehring - Can't Judge a Book by its Cover: An Analytical Approach to Textbook Innovations
- Anne-Brit Fenner - Promoting Intercultural Competence and "Bildung" through Foreign Language Textbooks
- 12. Assessment and Testing and the Issue of Equity
- Claudia Finkbeiner - Introduction
- Summary
- Alex Dawson - Approaches to the Teaching and Testing of Academic Vocabulary
- Maria Eisenmann, Theresa Summer - Oral Exams: Preparing and Testing Students
- List of Contributors
