Discourse and Context in Language Teaching: A Guide for Language Teachers

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Discourse and Context in Language Teaching supports teachers who wish to implement a communicative approach in their classroom. This book recommends that language teachers incorporate an awareness of discourse and pragmatics in their teaching if they wish to implement a communicative approach in their classrooms. After two introductory chapters on discourse and pragmatics, the authors show how a discourse perspective can enhance the teaching of traditional areas of linguistic knowledge and the teaching of language processing skills. This awareness of discourse is then carried over to curriculum development, assessment, and classroom research. With discussion questions and activities at the end of each chapter, this book can be used in methods courses or in-service training programs.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Part 1 Background
• Chapter 1 Introduction to Discourse Analysis
• Chapter 2 Pragmatics in Discourse Analysis
• Part II Language Knowledge
• Chapter 3 Phonology
• Chapter 4 Grammar
• Chapter 5 Vocabulary
• Epilogue to Part II: Interrelationships among the language resources
• Part III Language Processing
• Chapter 6 Listening
• Chapter 7 Reading
• Chapter 8 Writing
• Chapter 9 Speaking
• Epilogue to Part III: Integration of Language Skills and Discourse Processing
• Part IV Implementation
• Chapter 10 Curriculum Design and Materials Development
• Chapter 11 Assessment
• Chapter 12 Discourse Training for Teachers and Learners