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Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning
About this book
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning is an authoritative reference dealing with all aspects of this increasingly important field of study. Offering a comprehensive range of articles on contemporary language teaching and its history, it has been produced specifically for language teaching professionals and as a reference work for academic studies at postgraduate level.
In this new edition, every single entry has been reviewed and updated with reference to new developments and publications. Coverage has been expanded to reflect new technological, global and academic developments, with particular attention to areas such as online and distance learning, teacher and learner cognition, testing, assessment and evaluation, global English and teacher education.
Themes and disciplines covered include:
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- Methods and materials, including new technologies and materials development
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- Contexts and concepts, such as mediation, risk-taking in language learning and intercomprehension
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- Influential figures from the early days of language teaching to the contemporary
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- Related disciplines, such as psychology, anthropology and corpus linguistics
It covers the teaching of specific languages, including Japanese, Chinese, Arabic and African languages, as well as English, French, German and Spanish.
There are thirty five overview articles dealing with issues such as communicative language teaching, early language learning, teacher education and syllabus and curriculum design. A further 160 entries focus on topics such as bilingualism, language laboratories and study abroad. Numerous shorter items examine language and cultural institutions, professional associations and acronyms. Multiple cross-references enable the user to browse from one entry to another, and there are suggestions for further reading.
Written by an international team of specialists, the Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning is an invaluable resource and reference manual for anyone with a professional or academic interest in the subject.
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Index
- Aboriginal languages, migrant and heritage languages 467
- ACALAN see African Academy of Languages
- Accelerated Learning see Suggestopedia
- accountability, assessment and testing 56
- acculturation 1–3
- adult language learning 11
- anthropology 32
- attitudes 59
- fossilisation 250, 251
- intercultural communication 344
- psychology 571
- translation theory 742
- Achebe, Chinua 438, 605
- achievement tests 3–4
- diagnostic tests 193
- placement tests 529
- proficiency tests 559
- validity 761
- acquisition and teaching 4–6
- acculturation 1–2
- age factors 22–25
- alternation hypothesis 28
- attitudes 59
- autonomy 73
- Chomsky, Noam 107
- Common European Framework of Reference 130
- cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis 180
- direct method 200
- Esperanto 228
- Gouin, François 281
- graded objectives 284
- Handlungsorientierter Unterricht (holistic and action-oriented learning and teaching) 294
- history, Reform Movement to 1945 309
- intensive language courses 338
- journals 372
- mental lexicon 463
- neurolinguistics 507
- pedagogical grammar 525
- politeness 543
- psychodramaturgy 565–67
- Reform Movement 589
- research methods 596
- schema and script theory 609
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Epigraph
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Editorial board
- Acknowledgements
- List of Contributors
- List of Entries
- Thematic list of entries
- Introduction to the second edition
- Introduction to the first edition
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Index