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The Experience of Language Teaching

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Undergraduate students, Graduate students, Pre/in-service teacher training

Through the words of more than 100 practising language teachers, The Experience of Language Teaching provides a detailed picture of teaching and learning in communicative classrooms. Using a teacher-generated framework it covers a range of aspects of classroom life: how teachers create environments suitable for language practice, how they get students 'on-side', how they manage tricky students, how they enhance the learning experience, how they develop and maintain a spirit of community.

The book demonstrates how paying attention to both the learning and social needs of their class groups enables language teachers to behave in flexible ways that promote learning.

This book will be of interest to teachers, teacher educators, researchers and to anyone interested in finding out what it is like to be a language teacher at the present time.

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Reviews

"The book contains a wealth of experience supported by theory presented in a way that is both easily accessible and refreshing....I recommend this book be on the library shelf of both every committed language school and teacher."

"There's definitely something for every language teacher in this book." Nicola Harris, IH Johannesburg

"I have no doubt teachers everywhere will find this a useful, confirming and thought provoking book. In its depth, breadth and reality it celebrates the wonder of language teaching and language teachers." Marie McClenaghan, TAFE SA English Language Services

"This book is a real gem and one I am going to recommend to all of the teachers I have worked with in the past and will work with in the future." Sandee Thompson