This document provides recommendations for books to read on language teaching methods and skills. It suggests "How languages are learned" and books by Hedge, Ur, and Bowen & Marks as general overviews. For experimental practices, it recommends looking at books on methods like Suggestopedia, Community Language Learning, and the Lexical Approach. The document specifically recommends Larson-Freeman's book for an overview of some methods and individual books by Lewis, Rinvolucri et al, and Wajnryb.
This document provides recommendations for books to read on language teaching methods and skills. It suggests "How languages are learned" and books by Hedge, Ur, and Bowen & Marks as general overviews. For experimental practices, it recommends looking at books on methods like Suggestopedia, Community Language Learning, and the Lexical Approach. The document specifically recommends Larson-Freeman's book for an overview of some methods and individual books by Lewis, Rinvolucri et al, and Wajnryb.
This document provides recommendations for books to read on language teaching methods and skills. It suggests "How languages are learned" and books by Hedge, Ur, and Bowen & Marks as general overviews. For experimental practices, it recommends looking at books on methods like Suggestopedia, Community Language Learning, and the Lexical Approach. The document specifically recommends Larson-Freeman's book for an overview of some methods and individual books by Lewis, Rinvolucri et al, and Wajnryb.
- Skills and subskills: ANYTHING - General books: Hedge, T. Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom, OUP, 2000 (New and best) Ur, P. A Course in Language Teaching, CUP, 1996 Bowen T. & Marks J. Inside Teaching, Heinemann, 1994 - Experimental practice- Possible topics include: Suggestopedia, Community Language Learning, the Silent Way, Total Physical Response, Task-Based Learning, the Lexical Approach, Dictation etc. The book by Larson-Freeman, Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching, gives and overview of some of these methods. For the Lexical Approach, read The Lexical Approach by Michael Lewis. For Dictation, look at Dictation by Rinvolucri et al and for Dictogloss, Grammar Dictation by Wajnryb.