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Challenge and Change in Language Teaching Editors

Jane Willis & Dave Willis

SUBGdttlngen 208 394 01X

Heinemann

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CONTENTS

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Introduction

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Section 1 Theoretical perspectives 1 Paradigm shift and the language teaching profession Tessa Woodward 2 Implications of a lexical view of language Michael Lewis 3 Second language acquisition research and task-based instruction Peter Skehan_ 4 What learners know and what they need to learn Terry Shortall

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Section 2 Some classroom applications 5 Accuracy, fluency and conformity Dave Willis 6 Aflexibleframework for task-based learning Jane Willis 7 Consciousness-raising activities in the language classroom Dave Willis and Jane Willis

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Section 3 Professional development and teacher training 8 ARC: a descriptive model for classroom work on language Jim Scrivener 9 Grammar for trainee teachers Philip Kerr 10 Learning to learn how to teach: developing expertise through experience Corony Edwards

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Section 4 Investigating new approaches 11 Introducing innovations into your teaching Denise Ozdeniz 12 Doing the task better: how planning time influences students' performance Pauline Foster 13 Effects of task repetition: appraising the developing language of learners Martin By gate

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Section 5 Assessing and managing change 14 Assessing the practice of teaching: a view from RSA/UCLES 15 Testing innovations SueWharton 16 Curriculum innovation, teamwork and the management of change Katie Jennings and Tom Doyle ..

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References and bibliography Index

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