| Description |
viii, 272 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge language teaching library |
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Cambridge language teaching library.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I. Focus on Learning: 1. Experimental language learning: second language learning as cooperative learner education Viljo Kohonen -- 2. Literacy skills or literate skills? considerations for ESL/EFL learners Shirley Brice Heath -- 3. Collaboration: constructing shared understandings in a second language classroom Donald Freeman -- 4. Context and cooperation in academic tasks Bernard Mohan and Sondra Marshall Smith -- 5. Collaborative writing as a literacy event: implications for ESL instruction Denise E. Murray -- Part II. Focus on Teaching: 6. Collaborative language teaching: a co-investigation Nora B. Shannon and Bonnie Meath-Lang -- 7. Team teaching: a case study from Japan Peter Sturman -- 8. Some reflections on collaborative language teaching Kathleen M. Bailey, Ted Dale and Benjamin Squire -- 9. The power of observation: 'make a wish, make a dream, imagine all the possibilities!' Jerry G. Gebhard and Akiko Ueda-Motonaga -- 10. A teacher-research group in action Sandra R. Schecter and Rafael Ramirez -- 11. Putting a process syllabus into practice Roger Budd and Tony Wright -- 12. Toward a collaborative approach to curriculum development: a case study David Nunan -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
Part of the "Cambridge Language Teaching Library", this work is designed for teachers/researchers interested in experimenting with alternative ways of organizing teaching and learning, and who wish to create an environment in which teachers, learners and researchers can work effectively together |
| Analysis |
Language Learning |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-267) and indexes |
| Subject |
Group work in education.
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Language and languages -- Study and teaching.
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| Author |
Nunan, David.
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| LC no. |
91035573 |
| ISBN |
0521416876 |
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0521427010 (paperback) |
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