The Elements of Foreign Language TeachingThis text presents an integrated description of learning and teaching foreign languages in general, and French and German in particular. Vocabulary, pronunciation, listening, reading, speaking and writing are discussed with a threefold approach: through a linguistic description, an analysis of the learning process and many practical suggestions for teaching. |
Contents
Linguistic Perspectives | 1 |
Implications for Teaching | 15 |
Teaching Vocabulary at Different Stages | 24 |
Grammar | 34 |
Problems for English Learners and Implications | 48 |
The Learning of Grammar in L1 and L2 as the Learning of a Cognitive | 58 |
Extrapolating from | 77 |
Teaching Different Kinds of Grammar Rules in French and German | 99 |
Pronunciation | 141 |
Teaching the Pronunciation of French | 156 |
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Teaching the Pronunciation of German | 174 |
EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVES | 181 |
The Contributions of Foreign Language Study to Education at School | 235 |
Concluding Remarks | 249 |
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