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Principles of language learning and teaching
432 pages
A comprehensive, structured journey through the cognitive and practical foundations of how we learn and teach languages.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like sitting in a well-structured, engaging university lecture hall. The pace is steady and methodical, guiding the reader through complex linguistic theories with clear definitions, helpful charts, and thought-provoking questions. It masterfully balances high-level academic concepts, such as Vygotsky's theories, connectionism, and corpus linguistics, with grounded, practical insights that make the research feel immediately applicable to real-world teaching. The mood is deeply intellectual and focused, creating an atmosphere of rigorous but accessible study that spirals foundational ideas into advanced understanding. It is an essential, foundational experience that will delight future educators, language teachers, and linguistics students who crave a deep, organized, and comprehensive grasp of second language acquisition and the mechanics of pedagogy.
- Mood
- intellectual
- structured
- contemplative
- Tone
- authoritative
- informative
- analytical
- encouraging
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- second language acquisition · pedagogical theory · cognitive development · intercultural communication · classroom application
- The writing
- Clear, methodical, and academic, utilizing definitions, charts, and spiraling concepts to break down complex research.
- The arc
- Moves from foundational curiosity about linguistic theory to a confident readiness for practical classroom application.
- Who it's for
- Future educators, language teachers, and linguistics students seeking a comprehensive, research-backed foundation in language acquisition.
About the book
"Principles of Language Learning and Teaching, Fifth Edition, by H. Douglas Brown, is the classic second language acquisition text used by teacher education programs worldwide. Principles introduces key concepts through definitions of terms, thought-provoking questions, charts, and spiraling. New "Classroom Connections" encourage students to consider the implications of research for classroom pedagogy. An up-to-date bibliography and new glossary provide quick access to important works and key terminology in the field. The fifth edition takes a comprehensive look at foundations of language teaching through discussions of the latest research in the field, including: -Vygotsky's and Bakhtin's theories - Thorndike's law of effect - error treatment, noticing, recasts - intercultural communication - language policy and politics - corpus linguistics - "hot topics" in SLA - connectionism and emergentism -flow theory, willingness to communicate - strategies-based instruction - contrastive rhetoric - attribution theory, self-efficacy - output hypothesis."--BOOK JACKET.
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