PRINCIPLES OF LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING by H. Douglas Brown ( 9780131991286 )

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PRINCIPLES OF LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING

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ISBN 10:

0131991280

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9780131991286

Publisher:

PEARSON EDUCATION (US)

Pub. date:

22 May, 2006

Edition:

5th Revised edition

Pages:

410

Synopsis:

Principles of Language Learning and Teaching, Fifth Edition, 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 fifth edition 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

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Pearson Education (US)

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Returnable

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