Introduction to Foreign Language
Learning & Teaching, 2nd edition

By Keith Johnson
Pearson Education
Distributed By Trans-Atlantic Publications
June 2008
ISBN: 9781405836173
392 pages
$49.50 Paper Original

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Description

“a very fine book...well-informed and coherent” ELT Journal

“...a soundly written text that would be very appropriate for prospective FL teachers at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. The content is appropriate, uncomplicated, and engaging.” The Modern Language Journal

Written by a leading authority in the field of language teaching, this updated new edition is for all teachers of all languages.

Now completely up to date with the latest developments in teaching theory and practice,  this book is the complete handbook for language learning.

Contents

PART 1  BACKGROUND

1.  Five learners and five methods
2.  What is there to learn?
3.  Some views of language and language learning

PART 2  LEARNING

4.  Learners and their errors
5.  Input, interaction and output
6.  Some learning processes
7.  Individual language learners: some differences
8.  Good language learners and what they do

PART 3 TEACHING

9.  Language teaching: a brisk walk through recent times
10.  Contexts
11.  Plans and programmes
12.  Ways and means
13.  Skills
14.  Tests
15.  When all has been said: preparing and managing lessons

Features

• This new edition will re-position the book at the cutting edge of developments in both academic theory and classroom practice.
• Keith Johnson is established as one of the leading contributions in the field of language learning and teaching
• There are over 4,000 students studying linguistics in the UK (excluding those learning EFL courses).
• Written for all teachers of all languages

Author

Keith Johnson is Professor of Linguistics and Language Education at the University of Lancaster. Respected throughout the world, he has written many books on language learning and language teaching, for children, for students and for adults. He is founding editor of the journal Language Teaching Research.

Reviews

Reviews of the first edition:

“a very fine book...well-informed and coherent” ELT Journal

“...a soundly written text that would be very appropriate for prospective FL teachers at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. The content is appropriate, uncomplicated, and engaging.”The Modern Language Journal

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