| Description |
xiii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge language education |
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Cambridge language education.
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| Contents |
Introduction: The language teaching challenge -- 1. A context for classroom action -- 2. The planning process -- 3. Classroom talk -- 4. Classroom dynamics -- 5. Instructional groups -- 6. Managing resources -- 7. Affective issues in the language classroom -- 8. Monitoring and evaluation -- Appendix: Language learning in action |
| Summary |
Advances in second language teaching methodology, including new emphases on communicative language teaching and learner-centeredness, have significantly changed the roles teachers play in the classroom, making ever greater demands upon their classroom management skills. For Nunan and Lamb, "management" refers to the planning and creation of a positive pedagogical environment which facilitates learning. They focus on the kinds of professional decisions teachers must make to ensure that learning takes place effectively. The ultimate aim of the book is to help teachers and teachers-in-preparation become "self-directed" by providing them with the knowledge and skills needed to take effective control of the teaching and learning processes in their classrooms |
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The Self-directed Teacher prepares teachers to make independent decisions in key areas such as lesson planning, teacher talk, group work, error correction, resource management, and evaluation. The text uses a task-based approach, and the material presented is well supported by theory and research |
| Analysis |
Program administration |
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Schools Curriculum Language |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-291) and indexes |
| Subject |
Languages, Modern -- Study and teaching.
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Language teachers -- Training of.
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| Author |
Lamb, Clarice.
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| LC no. |
94049134 |
| ISBN |
9780521497732 paperback |
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0521497167 hardback |
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0521497736 paperback |
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