A to Z of ELT by Scott Thornbury

A to Z of ELT by Scott Thornbury

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A practical, informative guide indispensable to teachers and teacher trainers of all levels of experience. Entries provide summaries of the major issues in ELT as well as their practical implications. New teachers can check the meanings of new terms whilst experienced teachers will gain a more wide-ranging understanding of topics of interest.

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A to Z of ELT by Scott Thornbury

An A-Z of ELT is a fully cross-referenced, alphabetical guide to ELT that defines and explains essential language concepts and terminology from fields including grammar, linguistics, discourse analysis, phonology, etc. It describes language teaching techniques and theories and summarises the major issues and debates associated with each concept. The entries are clear, concise and readable, accessible to users with little or no specialist knowledge. A practical, informative guide indispensible to teachers and teacher trainers of all levels of experience. Entries provide summaries of the major issues in ELT as well as their practical implications. New teachers can check the meanings of new terms whilst experienced teachers will gain a more wide-ranging understanding of topics of interest.
Scott Thornbury teaches on the on-line MATESOL program at the New School, New York. He has also taught and trained in Spain (where he lives), Egypt, the UK and in his native New Zealand. His present interests include discourse and corpus analysis, classroom interaction, second language emergence and critical pedagogy. You can follow his current thoughts on his Blog at www.scotthornbury.wordpress.com .
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ISBN 13 9781405070638
ISBN 10 1405070633
Title A to Z of ELT
Author Scott Thornbury
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Macmillan Education
Year published 2006-05-17
Number of pages 264
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