The Bilingual Reform
eBook - PDF

The Bilingual Reform

A Paradigm Shift in Foreign Language Teaching

  1. 260 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Bilingual Reform

A Paradigm Shift in Foreign Language Teaching

About this book

With this book, change has come to foreign language teaching. The mother tongue taboo, which has been the perceived didactical correctness for so many years and in so many countries, is swept away. At the same time, this book combines theory with practice, advice and guidance to teachers. Since the mother tongue issue touches upon all the major domains of teaching – vocabulary, grammar, texts, communication, emotional aspects – a new synthesis of theory and practice has been developed. An invaluable resource both for the novelty and diversity of the teaching techniques presented and for the clarity of its writing.

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Yes, you can access The Bilingual Reform by Wolfgang Butzkamm, Prof. Dr. John A. W. Caldwell in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & German Language. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Table of contents
  4. Chapter 1: Teaching English through English –with the help of the mother tongue
  5. Chapter 2: How learners break into the speech code:the principle of dual comprehension
  6. Chapter 3: We only learn language once
  7. Chapter 4: Communicative equivalence andcross-linguistic networks
  8. Chapter 5: The mother tongue as the magic keyto foreign grammars
  9. Chapter 6: How to teach structures the bilingual way
  10. Chapter 7: Dialogues, drama and declamation
  11. Chapter 8: Language learning as skill learning
  12. Chapter 9: Maximising high-quality input viathe mother tongue
  13. Chapter 10: Translation as a fifth skill – a forgotten art
  14. Chapter 11: More bilingual practice
  15. Chapter 12: The ‘natural’ method
  16. Chapter 13: Ideas for multilingual classes
  17. Chapter 14: Directions for future work
  18. Epilogue: Capitalising on a priceless legacy
  19. Bibliography
  20. Subject Index