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Essentials for Successful English Language Teaching

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Essentials for Successful English Language Teaching offers a practical guide to teaching English as a second language, centred on the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach. It presents eight key principles including Learner Autonomy, Social Learning, Integrated Curriculum, and Teacher Co-learning, across twelve chapters, blending theory with classroom practice. This revised edition adds a chapter on technology and collaboration, updated examples from diverse global contexts, and vignettes to illustrate best practices. The book assumes no prior linguistic knowledge, making it an energising and accessible resource for language educators.
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This book is ideal for language practitioners, including novice and experienced English language teachers, TESOL students, teacher trainers, and those interested in applied linguistics, especially those seeking a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to CLT principles and their practical application in diverse classroom settings.

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This book is about how to teach English as a second language and how second language students learn. With Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) at its centre, it takes a practical approach to second language teaching backed up by clearly explained theory.

Presenting eight essential principles across twelve chapters, the book covers Learner Autonomy, Social Learning, Integrated Curriculum, Meaning, Diversity, Thinking Skills, Alternative Assessment, and Teacher Co-learning, and shows how technology and reflective teaching can be used to support and enhance these essentials in the classroom.

Combining theory and practice, Essentials for Successful English Language Teaching explains how these principles interweave and support each other within the CLT paradigm, demonstrating why they are best implemented as a whole, rather than one at a time.

Now revised and brought fully up to date, this new edition includes:

  • A brand new chapter covering technology and cooperation in teaching practice and how they support CLT-based activities
  • Vignettes for each essential principle to consolidate theory and demonstrate best practice
  • Updated real-world examples, drawing on teaching experiences from North America, Africa, and Asia

Taking a 'big picture' view that assumes no prior knowledge of linguistics or language education, Essentials for Successful English Language Teaching is an energising and fun guide for language practitioners.

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The book is hailed as an essential resource for both new and experienced second language teachers, praised for its clear language and systematic presentation of CLT foundations. Reviews from TESL Canada and the U.S. Linguistics Journal commend it for addressing the dynamic nature of language teaching and learning, and for being suitable across a broad spectrum of educational and cultural backgrounds, including TESOL students, trainers, and applied linguistics graduate students.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350093393

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 November 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: 4 bw illus

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 340g

Pages: 192

About the Author

Thomas S.C. Farrell is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Brock University, Canada.

George M. Jacobs is an independent scholar and engaged educator in Singapore.

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