Handbook of Foreign Language Communication and Learning (Handbooks of Applied Linguistics, Volume 6)

Frontmatter\n......Page 1
Contents......Page 19
1. Introduction. Developing foreign language communication: Principles and practices......Page 23
2. What makes a language foreign?......Page 43
3. Multilingualism and foreign language learning......Page 67
4. Foreign language teaching and educational policy......Page 101
5. Learning and teaching multiple languages......Page 131
6. Developing links between second language acquisition research and language teaching......Page 161
7. Language awareness......Page 185
8. The linguistic perspective......Page 215
9. Cultural perspectives on language learning and teaching......Page 241
10. The political perspective......Page 269
11. The cognitive perspective: Age effects and/or critical periods?......Page 301
12. Foreign language syllabus design......Page 331
13. The methodology of foreign language teaching: Methods, approaches, principles......Page 363
14. Autonomous language learning......Page 395
15. Teaching the spoken foreign language......Page 423
16. Teaching the written foreign language......Page 461
17. Principles of approach......Page 489
18. Communicative language teaching......Page 513
19. Language for specific purposes vs. general language......Page 539
20. Content and language integrated learning......Page 567
21. Computer assisted foreign language learning......Page 595
22. Principles of testing and assessment......Page 629
23. Issues in certification......Page 651
24. Evaluation and learning in language programmes......Page 685
Backmatter\n......Page 717