PRINCIPLES OF LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING

• Main Author: Brown, H. Douglas 1941- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New Jersey Pearson Education 2000
• Edition: 4th ed
• Subjects: Language acquisition > Study and teaching; Language and languages > Study and teaching
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• Physical Description: xii, 352 pages illustrations 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
• ISBN: 0130178160

Principles of Language Learning and Teaching by H. Douglas Brown, is the classic second language acquisition text used by teacher education programs worldwide. Principles introduces key concepts through definitions of terms, thought-provoking questions, charts, and spiraling. New Classroom Connections encourage students to consider the implications of research for classroom pedagogy. An up-to-date bibliography and new glossary provide quick access to important works and key terminology in the field. The takes a comprehensive look at foundations of language teaching through discussions of the latest research in the field, including: * Vygotsky's and Bakhtin's theories * Thorndike's law of effect * error treatment, noticing, recasts * intercultural communication * language policy and politics * corpus linguistics *hot topics in SLA * connectionism and emergentism * flow theory, willingness to communicate * strategies-based instruction * contrastive rhetoric * attribution theory, self-efficacy * output hypothesis Also by H.Douglas Brown: Teaching by Principles: An Interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy Language Assessment: Principles and Classroom Practices Strategies for Success: A Practical Guide to Learning English.