The Cambridge Guide to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

by Carter, Ronald; Nunan, David;

• ISBN13: 9780521805162
• ISBN10: 0521805163
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780511450778
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780521801270
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-05
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Summary

This important book, with 32 chapters by leading figures in the field, is an up-to-date guide to the central areas of applied linguistics and language studies with particular reference to TESOL. It looks at the current state of TESOL as well as at what is likely to happen in the future.

Table of Contents

List of figures	vii
List of abbreviations	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
List of contributors	x
Introduction	1	(6)
Ronald Carter
David Nunan
Listening	7	(7)
Michael Rost
Speaking	14	(7)
Martin Bygate
Reading	21	(7)
Catherine Wallance
Writing	28	(6)
Joy Reid
Grammar	34	(8)
Diane Larsen-Freeman
Vocabulary	42	(6)
Ronald Carter
Discourse	48	(8)
Michael McCarthy
Pronunciation	56	(10)
Barbara Seidlhofer
Materials development	66	(6)
Brian Tomlinson
Second language teacher education	72	(8)
Donald Freeman
Psycholinguistics	80	(7)
Thomas Scovel
Second language acquisition	87	(6)
David Nunan
Bilingualism	93	(7)
Agnes Lam
Sociolinguistics	100	(7)
Sandra Silberstein
Computer-assisted language learning	107	(7)
Elizabeth Hanson-Smith
Observation	114	(6)
Kathleen M. Bailey
Classroom interaction	120	(6)
Amy Tsui
English for academic purposes	126	(5)
Liz Hamp-Lyons
English for specific purposes	131	(6)
Tony Dudley-Evans
Assessment	137	(7)
Geoff Brindley
Evaluation	144	(7)
Fred Genesee
Syllabus design	151	(9)
Michael P. Breen
Language awareness	160	(6)
Leo van Lier
Language learning strategies	166	(7)
Rebecca Oxford
Task-based language learning	173	(7)
Dave Willis
Jane Willis
Literature in the language classroom	180	(6)
Alan Maley
Genre	186	(8)
Jennifer Hammond
Beverly Derewianka
Programme management	194	(7)
Ron White
Intercultural communication	201	(6)
Claire Kramsch
On-line communication	207	(11)
Mark Warschauer
Postscript: The ideology of TESOL	213	(5)
Jack C. Richards
Glossary	218	(11)
References	229	(45)
Index	274