【简介】
《变化中的TESOL:教师教育的挑战/世界知名TESOL专家论丛》每种致力于教师教育发展的一个研究专题,从国际范围的广阔视野,对英语教师的教学、科研和职业发展等领域的热点话题进行深入探讨,既有丰富的理论知识,又有鲜活的课堂实例,旨在为国内高校外语教师教育与发展提供切实有效的理论指导和实践借鉴。
【作者简介】
H·道格拉斯·布朗,现为旧金山州立大学ESL荣誉教授。1980―1981年担任世界英语教师协会,2001年获TESOL协会颁发的、James E.Alatis杰出贡献奖。本书汇集了作者在TESOL领域五十多年的研究成果。涵盖了TESOL的历史回顾与前景展望、教学法研究、教学实践探索、教师培养、案例分析、札记等。全书语言精练。视角独特,阐释深入,对于从事TESOL教学和科研的广大读者必有裨益。
【Contents】
Introduction: Forks in the Road: Embarking on the Professional Journey
Part I Psychosocial Factors
1. Cognitive Pruning and Second Language Acquisition
2. Affective Variables in Second Language Acquisition
3. The Optimal Distance Model of Second Language Acquisition
4. M&Ms for Language Classrooms? Another Look at Motivation
Part II Timelines
5. The Next 25 Years: Shaping the Revolution
6. TESOL in a Changing World: The Challenge of Teacher Education
7. TESOL at Twenty-Five: What Are the Issues?
Part III Methodology
8. Some Limitations of the C-L/CLL Models of Second LanguageTeaching
9. Some Practical Suggestions for Strategies-Based Instruction
10. Teachers as Collaborators: What Can We Learn from Each Other?
11. English Language Teaching in the “Post-method” Era: Toward Better Diagnosis, Treatment, and Assessment
Part IV Whimsy
12. The Joy of Language
13. “The Gambler” Dedicated to Strategies-Based Instruction (SBI)
14. Out on a Limb: An Arboreal Metaphor of SLA
15. Better Mousetraps for English Language Teaching? — A brief look back at 50 years of English language teaching
16. The Wizard of Oz: A TESOL Tale — A Musical Celebration of TESOL’s 50th Anniversary
Part V Social Responsibility
17. The Place of Moral and Political Issues in Language Pedagogy
18. Moral Imperatives and Dilemmas in Our Agendas for Social Responsibility— Guidelines for dealing with controversial issues in the classroom
Post Script: The Passion of Language Teaching