Professor Stern puts applied linguistics research into its historical and interdisciplinary perspective. He gives an authoritative survey of past developments worldwide and establishes a set of guidelines for the future. There are six parts: Clearing the Ground, Historical Perspectives, Concepts of Language, Concepts of Society, Concepts of Language Learning, and Concepts of Language Teaching.
Clearly , something is needed to bring the worlds of the researcher / theorist and the teacher closer together . ... In the introduction to his book Fundamental Concepts in Language Teaching , Stern argues the need for guides to help ...
In this case , one can argue that understanding the core meaning is the best learning investment . And this core meaning , of course , is by no means always the most frequently occurring , so the learning process might not be best ...
Issues and Options in Language Teaching
A much-needed resource at a time when it is critical for all mainstream teachers to focus on language, this guide describes how to develop language for academic needs as well as for communication purpose and addresses the latest trends in ...
This book will be of great interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the field of language education, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and applied linguistics.
This text is more than an introductory look at language disorders.
Provides a ground-breaking attempt to unite discussions on the pedagogical implications of the global spread of English, and lobby for change.
This reference work deals with all aspects of language teaching and learning and offers a comprehensive range of articles on the subject and its history.
Heron was a prolific writer with a primary interest in the practical uses of mathematics and mechanics. He obtained the above formula in a purely geometric form (sometimes attributed to Archimedes). In the 2nd century A.D. Ptolemy, ...
Published in this series : Bachman : Fundamental Considerations in Language Testing Bachman and Palmer : Language Testing in ... A Cognitive Approach to Language Learning Stern : Fundamental Concepts of Language Teaching Stern ( eds .