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Principles of Language Learning and Teaching

H. Douglas Brown
3.89/5 (653 ratings)
Principles of Language Learning and Teaching , Fifth Edition, by H. Douglas Brown, is the classic second language acquisition text used by teacher education programs worldwide. Principles introduces key concepts through definitions of terms, thought-provoking questions, charts, and spiraling. New "Classroom Connections" encourage students to consider the implications of research for classroom pedagogy. An up-to-date bibliography and new glossary provide quick access to important works and key terminology in the field.

The fifth edition takes a comprehensive look at foundations of language teaching through discussions of the latest research in the field, including:

• Vygotsky's and Bakhtin's theories
• Thorndike's law of effect
• error treatment, noticing, recasts
• intercultural communication
• language policy and politics
• corpus linguistics
• "hot topics" in SLA
• connectionism and emergentism
• flow theory, willingness to communicate
• strategies-based instruction
• contrastive rhetoric
• attribution theory, self-efficacy
• output hypothesis

Also by H. Douglas Brown:

Teaching by Principles: An Interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy

Language Assessment: Principles and Classroom Practices

Strategies for Success: A Practical Guide to Learning English
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
2006
Publisher:
Edition:
Fifth Edition
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0131991280
ISBN13:
9780131991286
kindle Asin:
0131991280

Principles of Language Learning and Teaching

H. Douglas Brown
3.89/5 (653 ratings)
Principles of Language Learning and Teaching , Fifth Edition, by H. Douglas Brown, is the classic second language acquisition text used by teacher education programs worldwide. Principles introduces key concepts through definitions of terms, thought-provoking questions, charts, and spiraling. New "Classroom Connections" encourage students to consider the implications of research for classroom pedagogy. An up-to-date bibliography and new glossary provide quick access to important works and key terminology in the field.

The fifth edition takes a comprehensive look at foundations of language teaching through discussions of the latest research in the field, including:

• Vygotsky's and Bakhtin's theories
• Thorndike's law of effect
• error treatment, noticing, recasts
• intercultural communication
• language policy and politics
• corpus linguistics
• "hot topics" in SLA
• connectionism and emergentism
• flow theory, willingness to communicate
• strategies-based instruction
• contrastive rhetoric
• attribution theory, self-efficacy
• output hypothesis

Also by H. Douglas Brown:

Teaching by Principles: An Interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy

Language Assessment: Principles and Classroom Practices

Strategies for Success: A Practical Guide to Learning English
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
2006
Publisher:
Edition:
Fifth Edition
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0131991280
ISBN13:
9780131991286
kindle Asin:
0131991280