Current Trends in the Development and Teaching of the four Language Skills

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2006

Current Trends in the Development and Teaching of the four Language Skills

Edited by: Esther Usó-Juan and Alicia Martínez-Flor

Volume 29 in the series Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110197778

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About this book

Current Trends in the Development and Teaching of the four Language Skills builds connections from theory in the four language skills to instructional practices. It comprises twenty-one chapters that are grouped in five sections. The first section includes an introductory chapter which presents a communicative competence framework developed by the editors in order to highlight the key role the four skills play in language learning and teaching. The next four sections each represent a language skill: Section II is devoted to listening, Section III to speaking, Section IV to reading and Section V to writing. In order to provide an extensive treatment of each of the four skills, each section starts with a theoretical chapter which briefly illustrates advances in the understanding of how each skill is likely to be learned and taught, followed by four didactically oriented chapters authored by leading international specialists. These pedagogical chapters deal specifically with four key topics: 1) areas of research that influence the teaching of a particular skill; 2) an overview of strategies or techniques necessary for developing a particular skill; 3) an approach to the academic orientation of a particular skill, and 4) unique aspects of teaching each skill. Moreover, all chapters incorporate two common sections: pre-reading questions at the beginning of the chapter in order to stimulate readers' interest in its content, and a section entitled suggested activities at the end of the chapter in order to allow readers put the ideas and concepts presented into practice. The accessible style and practical focus of the volume make it an ideal tool for teachers, teacher trainers, and teacher trainees who are involved in teaching the four language skills in a second or foreign language context.

Author / Editor information

Alicia Martínez-Flor, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain; Esther Usó-Juan, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIII
Section I Theoretical perspectives on language learning and teaching
Approaches to language learning and teaching: Towards acquiring communicative competence through the four skills Esther Usó-Juan and Alicia Martínez-Flor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Section II Listening
Towards acquiring communicative competence through listening Alicia Martínez-Flor and Esther Usó-Juan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Areas of research that influence L2 listening instruction Michael Rost Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Learning how to listen using learning strategies David J. Mendelsohn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Academic listening: Marrying top and bottom Tony Lynch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Teaching listening: Time for a change in methodology Goodith White Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Section III Speaking
Towards acquiring communicative competence through speaking Alicia Martínez-Flor, Esther Usó-Juan and Eva Alcón Soler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Areas of research that influence L2 speaking instruction Martin Bygate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Questions as strategies to encourage speaking in content-and-language-integrated classrooms Christiane Dalton-Puffer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Turn-taking awareness: Benefits for teaching speaking skills in academic and other contexts Rebecca Hughes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Teaching speaking: A text-based syllabus approach Anne Burns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Section IV Reading
Towards acquiring communicative competence through reading Esther Usó-Juan and Alicia Martínez-Flor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Areas of research that influence L2 reading instruction William Grabe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
Developing strategic L2 readersƒ by reading for authentic purposes Anne M. Ediger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
Finding a path to fluent academic and workplace reading Mary Lee Field Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
Teaching reading: Individual and social perspectives Eddie Williams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	355
Section V Writing
Towards acquiring communicative competence through writing Esther Usó-Juan, Alicia Martínez-Flor and Juan C. Palmer-Silveira Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383
Areas of research that influence L2 writing instruction Ann M. Johns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	401
Techniques for shaping writing course curricula: Strategies in designing assignments Barbara Kroll Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	423
Written in, written out: Who sets the standards for academic writing? Christopher Tribble Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	447
Teaching writing: Orienting activities to students goals Alister Cumming Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	473
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	493

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Research Libraries, Professionals in the Field of Second/Foreign Language Learning and Teaching: Researchers, Practicing Language Teachers, Teacher Trainers, Teacher Trainees and Curriculum and Material Developers.
Pages
- Front matter: 15
- Main content: 498
Keywords: Second language acquisition; second language acquisition research; language teaching; applied linguistics

eBook

Published: August 22, 2008
ISBN: 9783110197778

Hardcover

Published: August 21, 2006
ISBN: 9783110189681