Understanding the Courses We Teach Local Perspectives on English Language Teaching

Name: Understanding the Courses We Teach Local Perspectives on English Language Teaching
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ISBN: 9780472067701

ISBN-10: 0472067702

ISBN-13: 9780472067701

Edition: 2001

Authors: John A. Murphy, Patricia Byrd, John Murphy

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Understanding the Courses We Teach is a collection of pieces by teachers about actual teaching situations. This volume provides current and prospective ESL teachers with the opportunity to examine experienced teachers' ways of addressing locally situated issues of teaching and learning within ESL and EFL classrooms. By focusing on individual teachers' discussions of instructional plans, decisions, and experiences in specific courses, this collection complements other training and development resources, such as methods-course textbooks. Individual chapters are rich in descriptive details and resonate with the contributor-teachers' personal investment in teaching. John Murphy and Patricia…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 8/21/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 504
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English




A Time for Local Perspectives




Background and General Principles




Precursors to the Understanding Collection




A Framework for Discussion - Part 1




A Framework for Discussion - Part 2




English in the Workplace at Goodwill Industries




Families as Curriculum Partners in an Urban Elementary Inclusion Classroom




Community-Based ESL: Exploring "Critical Citizenship"




Building a Community of Adult ESL Learners




An Australian Adult ESL Settlement Classroom




Videoing Conversations for Self-Evaluation in Japan




FocalSpeak: Integrating Rhythm and Stress in Speech-Pronunciation




"Extensive Reading" for Japanese English Majors




English for Engineers in Hong Kong




EAP Support for Matriculated University Students




A Theme-Based Literature Course: Focus on the City of Angels




Canadian Language and Culture: A Course for Nine Academic Credits




Teaching "Writing for Proficiency" in Summer School: Lessons from a Foxhole




A Course in Grammar-Editing for ESL Writers




Strategic Reading on a Sustained Content Theme




Theme-Based Instruction: Fieldwork in a Small Connecticut Town




Academic Speaking: Learning to Take "Longer Turns"




English through Web Page Creation




Looking Forward: Connectivity through the Internet



Bibliography


Contributors


Author Index


Subject Index