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Linguistics and Language Pedagogy : The State of the Art Georgetown University Round Table On Languages and Linguistics (Series) ; 1991 Alatis, James E. Georgetown University Press 0878401261 9780878401260 9780585223315 English Linguistics--Congresses, Language and languages--Study and teaching--Congresses, Language acquisition--Congresses. 1991 P53E38 1991eb 301.21 Linguistics--Congresses, Language and languages--Study and teaching--Congresses, Language acquisition--Congresses.
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Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 1991 Linguistics and Language Pedagogy: The State of the Art
James E. Alatis, Editor Georgetown University Press, Washington, D.C.
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Bibliographic notice The title of the series includes the year of a Round Table and omits both the monograph number and the meeting number, thus: Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 1991, with the regular abbreviation GURT '91. Full bibliographic references should show the form: Byrnes, Heidi. 1991. In search of a sense of place: The state of the art in language teaching methodology. In: Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 1991. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. Copyright © 1991 by Georgetown University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Catalog Number: 58-31607 ISBN 0-87840-126-1 ISSN 0186-7207
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Contents Welcoming Remarks James E. Alatis, Dean, Georgetown University School of Languages and Linguistics, and Chair, Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 1991
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Some Words of Greeting Rita Esquivel, Director, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs, U.S. Department of Education
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H.G. Widdowson: An Introduction James E. Alatis, Dean, Georgetown University School of Languages and Linguistics
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In Memoriam Peter D. Strevens, 1922-1989/
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The Description and Prescription of Language H.G. Widdowson, University of London
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`Mistaken Constructs': Re-Examining the Nature and Assumptions of Language Teacher Education Donald Freeman, School for International Training
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What Can Peers Provide? Mary McGroarty, Northern Arizona University
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What Counts as Formal Language Instruction? Problems in Observation and Analysis of Classroom Teaching Craig Chaudron, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
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Reflective Teachers Vicki Galloway, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Content Knowledge and Instructional Practice in Second Language Teacher Education Jack C. Richards, City Polytechnic of Hong Kong
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Teaching Vocabulary: The Current Word Edward M. Anthony and Lionel Menasche, University of Pittsburgh
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Second Culture Acquisition Gail L. Robinson, San Diego State University
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Page iv Dangerous Liaisons: Pitfalls in Second Language Reading Research Sandra Silberstein, University of Washington
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A Pedagogy of Corporate-Level ESP Training for International Scientists and Engineers Sandra C. Browne, Language Consultant