Breaking Tradition

An Exploration of the Historical Relationship Between Theory and Practice in Second Language Teaching - Text
Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-0-07-044394-5
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Companies

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 204 g

Breaking Tradition is a fascinating supplement to any language methods course as it analyzes the hotly contested debate between grammar-based approaches to language teaching and more communicative schools of thought. The author's historical framework provides new perspectives on the current debate about approaches to language teaching. The writing style is engaging.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Musumeci, Diane

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Tradition and Language TeachingChapter 1: The Teacher: Innovation in the CurriculumChapter 2: The Administrator: Implementation of the CurriculumChapter 3: The Textbook Writer: Institutionalization and the CurriculumChapter 4: The Applied Linguist: Theory and Teaching PracticeReferencesIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Musumeci, Diane
Diane Musumeci is Associate Professor of Italian and SLATE (Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she is Head of the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. She received her Ph.D. in Italian linguistics with a Certificate of Advanced Study in SLATE from the University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign in 1989. For sixteen years she was the Director of the Italian language program. She conducts research in content-based instruction and classroom language acquisition. She teaches a wide range of courses from Italian language and linguistics to doctoral seminars on the history of second language teaching. She has published numerous articles and chapters in books and is the author of Il carciofo: Strategie di lettura e proposte d'attività (McGraw-Hill, 1990) and Breaking Tradition: An Exploration of the Historical Relationship Between Theory and Practice in Second Language Teaching (McGraw-Hill, 1997).