Qs: Controversies in Language Acquisition and Teaching
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Date: 14-Dec-2007 From: Michal B. Paradowski <Michal.Paradowskiuw.edu.pl> Subject: Controversies in Language Acquisition and Teaching E-mail this message to a friend
I would be extremely grateful for bibliographical suggestions concerning sources which would be worth utilizing in a course on current controversies in language acquisition and teaching. Welcome will be recommendations itemizing general overviews, vehement 'position papers' which only present one camp in the debate, as well as any 'enjoyable' readings on the subject which may make the course more digestible. The topics envisaged include (but need not be limited to):
- bilingual education
- contrastive approaches to language teaching
- communicative methods (incl. Callan)
- CALL
- task-based learning
- corpus-based materials and data-driven learning; authentic or adapted materials
- language portfolios
- alternative testing
- language policy of the Council of Europe and directives of the CEF
- criteria of evaluating linguistic competence
- plurilingualism
- English as a lingua franca
- the utility of theoretical insights in teaching practice
- the critical/sensitive period
- the place and role of grammar in developing linguistic competence
Given the somewhat restricted access to linguistic sources at our university, I will be extremely obliged for all suggestions.
With many thanks in advance and warm holiday tidings,
Michal B. Paradowski
Institute of Applied Linguistics,
University of Warsaw
Linguistic Field(s):
Applied Linguistics
Language Acquisition
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