The Developing Language Learner by Dick Allwright
This book-length treatment of Exploratory Practice introduces five propositions about learners as practitioners of learning who are capable of developing their expertise through conducting research in and on their own classroom learning lives.-
Intercultural Interaction
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Language Testing and Validation
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Researching Vocabulary
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Community Interpreting
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Corpora and Language Education
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Literature in Language Education
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Teaching Business Discourse
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Classroom Management in Language Education
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Sign Language in Action
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English Pronunciation Teaching and Research
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Online Communication in Language Learning and Teaching
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Business Discourse
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Exploring Discourse in Context and in Action
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Researching Communication Disorders
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Language for Specific Purposes
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Exploratory Practice in Language Teaching
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Children Learning Second Languages
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Tasks in Second Language Learning
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Language Policy
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Program Evaluation in Language Education
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Exploring Literacies
DICK ALLWRIGHT is now retired from teaching applied linguistics at Lancaster University, UK. Once an enthusiast for observational classroom research, he has in recent years developed Exploratory Practice, a form of practitioner research involving teachers and learners working together, during language lessons, to explore and develop their own understandings of their classroom lives. He is the author of Observation in the Language Classroom, and (with Kathleen M. Bailey) Focus on the Language Classroom: An Introduction to Classroom Research for Language Teachers.
JUDITH HANKS has been a teacher, teacher trainer, course director, director of studies, and a learner of languages for many years. She has worked in Italy, Singapore, London, Lancaster and is currently Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Leeds, UK. A founder member of the EPCentre Team, she has given a number of workshops, talks and presentations on Exploratory Practice and is particularlyinterested in Teacher Development and in Learner (under-) Performance.
JUDITH HANKS has been a teacher, teacher trainer, course director, director of studies, and a learner of languages for many years. She has worked in Italy, Singapore, London, Lancaster and is currently Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Leeds, UK. A founder member of the EPCentre Team, she has given a number of workshops, talks and presentations on Exploratory Practice and is particularlyinterested in Teacher Development and in Learner (under-) Performance.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781403985323 |
| ISBN 10 | 1403985324 |
| Title | The Developing Language Learner |
| Author | Dick Allwright |
| Series | Research And Practice In Applied Linguistics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Palgrave USA |
| Year published | 2008-12-17 |
| Number of pages | 312 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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