Language Teaching Research and Language Pedagogy /

• Main Author: Ellis, Rod
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons Inc., [2012]
• Subjects: Language and languages > Study and teaching.; Language and languages > Research.; Language teachers > Training of.; Electronic books.

This book examines current research centered on the second language classroom and the implications of this research for both the teaching and learning of foreign languages. It offers illuminating insights into the important relationship between research and teaching, and the inherent complexities of...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Developments in Language Teaching Research
• Methods for Researching the Second Language Classroom
• Comparative Method Studies
• Second Language Classroom Discourse
• Focus on the Teacher
• Focus on the Learner
• Investigating the Performance of Tasks
• Interaction and L2 Learning in the Classroom
• Form-Focused Instruction and Second Language Learning
• Instruction, Individual Differences and L2 Learning
• Conclusion: Research and Language Teaching.