Teaching Essential Units of Language - Beyond Single-Word Vocabulary

This textbook provides a practical, research-based foundation for teaching second language (L2) multiword units (also called collocations). Intended for students and teacher educators, this accessible volume integrates the key principles, strategies, and applications of current and effective English language instruction.

List of contents

Part I. Key Considerations 1. Teaching Multiword Units: A Teacher’s Perspective 2. Working with Multiword Units in ESP/EAP 3. Teaching Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions Across the Second Language Curriculum Part II . Teaching Practicalities 4. Teaching Strategies and Techniques: Collocations and Multiword Units 5. Teaching and Assessing Multiword Expressions Using an Open Educational Resources Academic English Corpus 6. Functions of Formulaic Expressions at School: From the Coffee Shop to the Classroom 7. Teaching Lexical Bundles: Which Ones and How?

About the author

Eli Hinkel is Professor of Linguistics and MA-TESL Programs, Seattle Pacific University, USA.

Summary

This textbook provides a practical, research-based foundation for teaching second language (L2) multiword units (also called collocations). Intended for students and teacher educators, this accessible volume integrates the key principles, strategies, and applications of current and effective English language instruction.

Product details

• Authors: Eli Hinkel, Eli (Seattle Pacific University Hinkel
• Assisted by: Eli Hinkel (Editor), Hinkel Eli (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781138478763
• ISBN: 978-1-138-47876-3
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series; ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / General, English, EDUCATION / Research, EDUCATION / Experimental Methods, EDUCATION / Bilingual Education, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, Language teaching theory and methods, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Bilingualism and multilingualism, ELT resource books for teachers, EDUCATION / Teaching / General, Applied linguistics for ELT