Beyond methods : macrostrategies for language teaching / B. Kumaravadivelu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kumaravadivelu, B., 1948-

Series:

Yale language series.

Yale language series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2003.

Summary:

In this original book, B. Kumaravadivelu presents a macrostrategic framework designed to help both beginning and experienced teachers develop a systematic, coherent, and personal theory of practice. His book provides the tools a teacher needs in order to self-observe, self-analyze, and self-evaluate his or her own teaching acts. The framework consists of ten macrostrategies based on current theoretical, empirical, and experiential knowledge of second language and foreign language teaching. These strategies enable teachers to evaluate classroom practices and to generate techniques and activities for realizing teaching goals. With checklists, surveys, projects, and reflective tasks to encourage critical thinking, the book is both practical and accessible. Teachers and future teachers, researchers, and teacher educators will find the volume indispensable.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Conceptualizing Teaching Acts

Chapter 2. Understanding postmethod pedagogy

Chapter 3. Maximizing learning opportunities

Chapter 4. Minimizing perceptual mismatches

Chapter 5. Facilitating negotiated interaction

Chapter 6. Promoting learner autonomy

Chapter 7. Fostering language awareness

Chapter 8. Activating intuitive heuristics

Chapter 9. Contextualizing linguistic input

Chapter 10. Integrating language skills

Chapter 11. Ensuring social relevance

Chapter 12. Raising cultural consciousness

Chapter 13. Monitoring teaching acts

Afterword

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-330) and index.

ISBN:

9786611729141

9780300095739

9781281729149

1281729140

9780300128796

0300128797

OCLC:

952731859