Expertise in second language learning and teaching / edited by Keith Johnson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnson, Keith, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Second language acquisition.

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Competence and performance (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

xii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Summary:

What makes a language learner an expert? What do skilled learners and second language users do as they listen, speak, read and write? This book provides an overview of how questions like these are being answered by applied linguists. It considers also similar questions about the expertise of language teaching professionals, task designers and teacher trainers as well as teachers. Throughout, the book draws heavily on the literature dealing with expertise in general, applying ideas and insights from that literature to the language learning and teaching fields. Questions about how expertise can be taught are also considered. The book will be of interest to all those involved in language teaching and language teacher education who believe that knowing what constitutes expertise in these areas is essential if we are successfully to train experts.

Contents:

The 'general' study of expertise / Keith Johnson

The expert language learner / Joan Rubin

Second language listening expertise / Christine Goh

Reading and expertise / Catherine Wallace

Oral second language abilities as expertise / Martin Bygate

Second language writing expertise / Sara Cushing Weigle

Training language learning expertise / Steven McDonough

Expertise in teaching / Amy B.M. Tsui

Teacher cognition in language teaching / Simon Borg

Expertise in teacher education / Alan Waters

Espertise in pedagogic task design / Virginia Samuda.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1403920966

OCLC:

60798558

Publisher Number:

9781403920966