Foreign Language Teaching in Asia and Beyond : : Current Perspectives and Future Directions / / ed. by Wai Meng Chan, Kwee Nyet Chin, Titima Suthiwan.

This book, comprising two parts, is concerned with both the science and the art of foreign language teaching, with a particular, but not exclusive, focus on Asia. Under the theme of “Theoretical foundation and research”, Part 1 of this book informs the readers about recent efforts in theoretical and...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Studies in Second and Foreign Language Education [SSFLE] , 3
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Physical Description:1 online resource (327 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • Chapter 1. FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING IN ASIA AND BEYOND: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK
  • PART 1: THEORETICAL FOUNDATION AND RESEARCH
  • Chapter 2. PREPARING LANGUAGE TEACHERS TO TEACH LEARNING STRATEGIES
  • Chapter 3. DISCOURSE POLITENESS THEORY AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
  • Chapter 4. INTEGRATING GENERAL PURPOSE AND VOCATIONALLY-ORIENTED LANGUAGE LEARNING (VOLL) – NEW GOALS FOR LANGUAGE AND TEACHER TRAINING
  • Chapter 5. PRAGMATICS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING: REFLECTIONS ON THE TEACHING OF CHINESE IN CHINA
  • Chapter 6. DEVELOPMENT OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANXIETY MODEL
  • Chapter 7. FACILITATING STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF ENGLISH NEWS: PEER SCAFFOLDING IN AN EFL LISTENING CLASSROOM
  • Chapter 8. VOCABULARY LEARNING STRATEGIES AMONG ADULT FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNERS
  • PART 2: CLASSROOM PRACTICE AND EVALUATION STUDIES
  • Chapter 9. TECHNOLOGY IN THE SERVICE OF CONSTRUCTIVIST PEDAGOGY: NETWORK-BASED APPLICATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION
  • Chapter 10. PEDAGOGICAL CONCERNS: SOME COMMON FEATURES OF CONTENT-BASED INSTRUCTION, TASK-BASED LEARNING AND BUSINESS CASE STUDY, AND THEIR ROLES IN AN EBP CLASS
  • Chapter 11. MEMORIZING DIALOGUES: THE CASE FOR “PERFORMATIVE EXERCISES”
  • Chpater 12. THE WHOLE WORLD COMMUNICATES IN ENGLISH, DO YOU? – EDUCATIONAL DRAMA AS AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN JAPAN
  • Chapter 13. FROM ORAL INTERVIEW TEST TO ORAL COMMUNICATION TEST: ALLEVIATING STUDENTS’ ANXIETY
  • AUTHORS AND THEIR AFFILIATIONS
  • Index