Understanding the courses we teach : local perspectives on English language teaching / edited by John Murphy, Patricia Byrd.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Murphy, John, 1952-

Byrd, Patricia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

English language.

Physical Description:

ix, 493 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2001]

Summary:

Teachers' interesting stories about the courses they design and teach

Contents:

Background

A time for local perspectives / John Murphy

Background and general principles / John Murphy

Precursors to the Understanding collection / John Murphy

A framework for discussion / John Murphy and Patricia Byrd

General purposes instruction

English in the workplace at Goodwill Industries / Marjorie Terdal, Janice Ruhl, and Carolyn Armstrong

Families as curriculum partners in an urban elementary inclusion classroom / Jo-Anne Wilson-Keenan, Jerri Willett, and Judith Solsken

Community-based ESL: Exploring "critical citizenship" / Brian Morgan

Building a community of adult ESL learners / Robert A. DeVillar and Binbin Jiang

An Australian adult ESL settlement classroom / Anne Burns and Pam McPherson

English as a foreign language

Videoing conversations for self-evaluation in Japan / Tim Murphey

FocalSpeak: integrating rhythm and stress in speech-pronunciation / William Acton

"Extensive reading" for Japanese English majors / Thomas N. Robb

English for engineers in Hong Kong / Lindsay Miller

University courses (credit bearing)

EAP Support for matriculated university students / Janet M. Goodwin

A theme-based literature course: focus on the city of Angels / Donna M. Brinton

Canadian language and culture: a course for nine academic credits / David J. Mendelsohn

Teaching "writing for proficiency" in summer school: lessons from a foxhole / Dana R. Ferris

A course in grammar-editing for ESL writers / May Shih

University-preparatory courses (non-credit bearing)

Strategic reading on a sustained content theme / Joy Janzen

Theme-based instruction: fieldwork in a small Connecticut town / Carol Numrich

Academic speaking: learning to take "longer turns" / Janet G. Graham and Susan M. Barone

English through Web page creation / Heidi Shetzer and Mark Warschauer

Looking forward: connectivity through the Internet / John Murphy and Patricia Byrd.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-477) and indexes.

ISBN:

0472097709

0472067702

OCLC:

46713063