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| Preface | |
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| The Second Language Teaching Dilemma | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The SLT Dilemma | |
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| The "Method Response" | |
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| Grammar-Translation Pedagogy | |
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| The Direct Method | |
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| The Reading and Oral Methods | |
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| The Audiolingual Method | |
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| The Cognitive-Code Method | |
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| Post-Method Responses | |
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| Communicative Language Teaching | |
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| Humanistic and Neurolinguistic Methods | |
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| The Proficiency Movement | |
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| Some Issues | |
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| Acquisition vs. Learning | |
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| Universal Grammar Theory | |
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| The Critical Period Hypothesis | |
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| The Role of Culture | |
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| The Foray into the Neurosciences | |
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| Looking to Brain Research for Insights | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Brain | |
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| The Cerebrum and the Cerebellum | |
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| The Brain Stem | |
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| Neuronal Structure | |
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| Memory | |
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| Historical Background | |
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| Cerebral Dominance Theory | |
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| Complementary Hemisphericity Theory | |
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| Recent Trends | |
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| The Neurolinguistic Methods | |
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| Suggestopedia | |
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| Total Physical Response | |
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| The Natural Approach | |
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| Neurolinguistic Questions | |
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| The SLA = NLA Hypothesis | |
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| The CPH Issue | |
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| The Role of the RH in SLA | |
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| UG Theory | |
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| Making Second Language Teaching "Brain-Compatible" | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Two Modal Principles | |
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| The Modal Flow Principle | |
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| The Modal Focusing Principle | |
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| The Contextualization Principle | |
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| Cultural Contextualization | |
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| Practical Contextualization | |
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| The Conceptualization Principle | |
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| Concrete Concepts | |
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| Abstract Concepts | |
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| Implications | |
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| Revamping Contrastive Analysis | |
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| Fine Tuning the Brain for Language Acquisition | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Conceptual Competence | |
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| Neuroscientific Research on Metaphor | |
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| Conceptual Metaphor Theory | |
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| Extending the Theory | |
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| Revisiting the SLT Dilemma | |
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| Conceptual Systems in Contact | |
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| A Conceptually-Based CA | |
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| Practical Implications | |
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| Activating the Brain in the Classroom | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Repertoire of Techniques | |
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| Structural Techniques | |
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| Visual Techniques | |
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| Ludic Techniques | |
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| Humor Techniques | |
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| Role-Playing Techniques | |
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| Organizational Issues | |
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| Selecting an Appropriate Technique | |
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| Integrating Linguistic, Communicative, and Conceptual Systems | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| Glossary and Abbreviations | |
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| Cited Works and General Bibliography | |
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| Index | |