International Handbook of English Language Teaching

Front Matter....Pages i-lvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction: The Global Scope and Politics of ELT: Critiquing Current Policies and Programs....Pages 3-11
ELT and Colonialism....Pages 13-24
Ideology, Language Varieties, and ELT....Pages 25-36
Tensions Between English and Mother Tongue Teaching in Post-Colonial Africa....Pages 37-50
A Critical Discussion of the English-Vernacular Divide in India....Pages 51-61
ELT Policy Directions in Multilingual Japan....Pages 63-73
English Language Teaching in Korea....Pages 75-86
The National Curriculum Changes and Their Effects on English Language Teaching in the People’s Republic of China....Pages 87-105
ELT and Bilingual Education in Argentina....Pages 107-121
English, No Longer a Foreign Language in Europe?....Pages 123-136
Common Property: English as a Lingua Franca in Europe....Pages 137-153
Teaching English as a Third Language....Pages 155-167
Protecting English in an Anglophone Age....Pages 169-183
Adult Immigrant ESL Programs in Canada....Pages 185-198
Focus on Literacy....Pages 199-210
Methods, Meanings and Education Policy in the United States....Pages 211-228
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Introduction: The Goals and Focus of the ELT Program: Problematizing Content and Pedagogy....Pages 231-235
The Goals of ELT....Pages 237-248
Integrating School-Aged ESL Learners into the Mainstream Curriculum....Pages 249-269
Communicative Language Teaching....Pages 271-288
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Language Instruction Through Tasks....Pages 289-301
Knowledge Structures in Social Practices....Pages 303-315
Accelerating Academic Achievement of English Language Learners....Pages 317-331
Predicting Second Language Academic Success in English Using the Prism Model....Pages 333-348
Four Keys for School Success for Elementary English Learners....Pages 349-364
Collaborating in ESL Education in Schools....Pages 365-377
Organization of English Teaching in International Schools....Pages 379-389
English for Specific Purposes....Pages 391-402
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Adults English in the Workplace....Pages 403-412
Front Matter....Pages 413-413
Introduction: Assessment and Evaluation in ELT: Shifting Paradigms and Practices....Pages 415-420
Standards-Based Approaches to the Evaluation of ESL Instruction....Pages 421-438
The Standards Movement and ELT for School-Aged Learners....Pages 439-456
High-Stakes Testing and Assessment....Pages 457-471
New Directions in Testing English Language Proficiency for University Entrance....Pages 473-485
The Impact of Testing Practices on Teaching....Pages 487-504
Classroom-Based Assessment: Possibilities and Pitfalls....Pages 505-520
The Power of Language Tests, The Power of the English Language and the Role of ELT....Pages 521-531
Different Definitions of Language and Language Learning....Pages 533-548
Front Matter....Pages 613-613
Introduction: The Learner and the Learning Environment: Creating New Communities....Pages 615-623
ESL Learners in the Early School Years....Pages 625-638
Front Matter....Pages 613-613
The Adolescent English Language Learner....Pages 639-653
What about the Students? English Language Learners in Postsecondary Settings....Pages 655-667
Imagined Communities, Identity, and English Language Learning....Pages 669-680
Academic Achievement and Social Identity Among Bilingual Students in the U.S.....Pages 681-691
Sociocultural Theory....Pages 693-700
Mediating Academic Language Learning Through Classroom Discourse....Pages 701-718
Creating a Motivating Classroom Environment....Pages 719-731
Autonomy and Its Role in Learning....Pages 733-745
Creating a Technology-Rich English Language Learning Environment....Pages 747-762
The Internet and English Language Learning....Pages 763-774
Front Matter....Pages 775-775
Introduction: Constructs of Language in ELT: Breaking the Boundaries....Pages 777-782
Psycholinguistic Perspectives on Language and Its Acquisition....Pages 783-795
Academic Language....Pages 797-810
Teaching Implications of L2 Phonology Research....Pages 811-825
Current Perspectives on Vocabulary Teaching and Learning....Pages 827-841
Changing Approaches to the Conceptualization and Teaching of Grammar....Pages 843-858
Extending Our Understanding of Spoken Discourse....Pages 859-873
New Directions in Student Academic Writing....Pages 875-890
From Literacy to Multiliteracies in ELT....Pages 891-905
Technology and Writing....Pages 907-917
Front Matter....Pages 775-775
Multimodal Pedagogies, Representation and Identity: Perspectives from Post-Apartheid South Africa....Pages 919-930
Approaches to Genre in ELT....Pages 931-943
Researching and Developing Teacher Language Awareness....Pages 945-959
Front Matter....Pages 961-961
Introduction: Research and Teacher Education in ELT: Meeting New Challenges....Pages 963-972
Qualitative Approaches to Classroom Research with English Language Learners....Pages 973-986
Action Research....Pages 987-1002
Narrative Inquiry and ELT Research....Pages 1003-1016
Conversation Analysis: Issues and Problems....Pages 1017-1032
Poststructuralism and Applied Linguistics....Pages 1033-1052
What Shapes Teachers’ Professional Development?....Pages 1053-1066
Appropriating Uncertainty....Pages 1067-1084
Teacher Education for Linguistically Diverse Communities, Schools, and Classrooms....Pages 1085-1100
Challenges and Opportunities for the Teaching Profession....Pages 1101-1112
Teachers’ Roles in the Global Hypermedia Environment....Pages 1113-1124
Preparing Teachers for Technology-Supported ELT....Pages 1125-1138
Back Matter....Pages 1139-1266