| Description |
xvii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Instructional perspectives -- Characteristics of successful second language learners / John B. Carroll -- Why not start reading earlier? / Robert Lado -- Why not start speaking later? / Valerian A. Postovsky -- Speech rate and listening comprehension / Paul Pimsleur, Charles Hancock, Patricia Furey -- Characteristics of an effective second language teacher / Betty Wallace Robinett -- Face validity in TESOL : teaching the spoken language / J. Donald Bowen -- Polychronometry in lesson analysis / William F. Mackey -- Interaction in the foreign language classroom / Reinhold Freudenstein -- Some differences between teaching English as a second dialect and English as a second language / Kenneth R. Johnson -- Psycholinguistic insights -- Remarks on creativity in language acquisition / Heidi Dulay and Marina Burt -- Development of semantic relations in child second language acquisition / Eduardo Hernández-Chávez -- Monitor model for adult second language performance / Stephen D. Krashen -- If only I could remember it all! Facts and fiction about memory in language learning / Wilga M. Rivers and Bernice Melvin -- Attitude variables in second language learning / John W. Oller, Jr. -- Motivation: Historical perspective / Maureen Concannon O'Brien -- Humanistic approach to language behavior / Renzo Titone -- Socio-political dimensions -- Migration today: Some social and educational problems / Mary Finocchiaro and Lars Ekstrand -- Educational implications of the Lau v. Nichols decision / Patricia J. Nakano -- Bilingual education : a viable resource for cross-cultural enrichment / José Vázquez -- Quality in bilingual education / Albar A. Pena -- Edinburg experience in bilingual education: 1966 to 1976 / Alfonso Ramírez |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies |
| Subject |
English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
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Second language acquisition.
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| Author |
Alatis, James E.
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Burt, Marina K.
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Dulay, Heidi C.
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Finocchiaro, Mary Bonomo, 1913-
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| LC no. |
78111600 |
| ISBN |
0883452987 |
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