Τίτλος: Teaching Chunks of Language
Συγγραφέας: Seth Lindstromberg and Frank Boers
Σελίδες: 176
Θεματική Κατηγορία: Resource Books>The Resourceful Teacher Series
Teaching Chunks of Language is a motivating new resource book based on the fundamental assumptions of the so-called lexical (or ‘chunk teaching’) approach. Language, as used by native speakers, consists substantially of memorized multi-word chunks (e.g. by the way). For learners of a foreign language, knowledge of chunks is strongly associated with important aspects of proficiency such as oral fluency and naturalness of expression.
The challenging question for foreign learners, therefore, is this: How can many chunks be committed to active, long-term memory?
Teaching Chunks of Language suggests a communicative approach to the teaching of chunks of language. Most of the activities presented are decidedly communicative and involve a lot of speaking and listening as well as intensive reading and some writing.
Teaching Chunks of Language is organised in 4 chapters:
Seth Lindstromberg teaches at Hilderstone College, where he runs language and methodology courses for teachers of English as a foreign language. He also specialises in the teaching of CLIL.
Frank Boers teaches at Erasmus College University in Bruxelles. He was previously director of the English Teacher Training Department at the University of Antwerp and now does research into psycholinguistics and applied linguistics.