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Written from the practical viewpoint of language educators, these essays address classroom applications of second-language theory that respond to a broad spectrum of needs of foreign-language instructors. In addition to the commonly taught French and Spanish, it offers commentary on the teaching of Arabic, Greek, Hungarian, and Japanese. Topics include grammar; task variation and repair; the transition from language to literature and writing; the use of technology; and methodology. There is a glossary of pedagogical terms and an index.
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Contents *Making the Transition from Language to Literature, Jean Marie Schultz *The 'Think-Aloud' Procedure as a Diagnostic and Learning Tool for Second-Language Learners, Janis H. Black *Cognitive Aspects of Personality and Listening Comprehension, Mary Call *Task Variation and Repair in the Foreign Language Classroom, Celeste Kinginger *ApplyingDiscourse Analysis to Students' Videotaped Performances: A Recent Methodology, a New Beginning, Elli Doukanari *Stimulating the Right Brain in the Second-Language Classroom, Theresa A. Waldspurger *Responding to Foreign Language Student Writing: Expanding Our Options, Margaret Ann Kassen *La production écrite en langue seconde par le recueil de textes, Michel Gagnon *Arabic as a Foreign Language: Bringing Diglossia into theClassroom, Ahmed Fakhri *Acquisition of Pragmatic Rules: The Gap Between What the Language Textbooks Present and how Learners Perform, Miyuki Takenoya *The Linguistic Effect of Foreign Language Learning on the Development of Mother Tongue Skills, Istvan Kecskés and Tünde Papp *The Development of the Japanese Speaking Test and the Preliminary Japanese Speaking Test, Margaret E. Malone and Sylvia B. Rasi *Reinventing 'Grammar' for the Foreing Language Classroom, Sharon L. Shelly *From Control to Chaos: Reflections on an 'Unstylish' Research Paradigm, Vicki Galloway *Bibliography *List of Terms *Index
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Margaret Haggstorm, Leslie Z. Morgan, Joseph A. Wieczorek
Summary
Written from the practical viewpoint of language educators, these essays address classroom applications of second-language theory that respond to a broad spectrum of needs of foreign-language instructors. In addition to the commonly taught French and Spanish, it offers commentary on the teaching of Arabic, Greek, Hungarian, and Japanese. Topics include grammar; task variation and repair; the transition from language to literature and writing; the use of technology; and methodology. There is a glossary of pedagogical terms and an index.
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"The articles appearing in this collection offer a fresh conceptualization of the classroom as a dynamic environment in which to conduct L2 research." -- French Review
