Theory and Practice from a Cognitive Perspective: Teaching English in Greater China

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Author
Part I Teaching World English as a Second Language
1 Introduction
	1.1 Objective and Contents
	1.2 Concluding Thoughts
	References
2 The English We Teach and How We Taught It
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 Englishes
	2.3 Teaching English in the Chinese Context
	2.4 How We Taught English (and Other Languages)
	2.5 Concluding Thoughts
	References
3 How We Learn—Learning and Cognition
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Memory
		3.2.1 Declarative and Procedural Memory
	3.3 Aptitude
	3.4 Motivation
	3.5 Attention
	3.6 Affect and Personality
		3.6.1 Personality
		3.6.2 Personality and Learning Strategies
	3.7 Concluding Thoughts
	References
4 How We Teach—Usage-Based Methods
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Task Based Language Teaching (and Learning)
	4.3 Task Preparation
	4.4 Deductive Versus Inductive Teaching
		4.4.1 Deductive Teaching
		4.4.2 Inductive Teaching
		4.4.3 Mixing the Two
	4.5 Concluding Thoughts
	References
Part II A Cognitive Linguistics Teaching Approach
5 Introduction
	5.1 Cognition
	5.2 Embodiment
	5.3 Usage-Based
	5.4 Cognitive Linguistics in the Second Language Classroom
	References
6 Embodied Learning (and Teaching)
	6.1 Introduction
		6.1.1 Non-Communicative Gestures
	6.2 Teaching Embodied Beings
		6.2.1 Teachers' Gestures
		6.2.2 Students’ Gestures
	6.3 Concluding Thoughts
	References
7 Teaching Vocabulary with Cognition in Mind
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 Chunks
	7.3 Metaphors
	7.4 Similes
	7.5 Metonyms
	7.6 Phrasal Verbs
	7.7 Frames and Pragmatics
	7.8 Concluding Thoughts
	References
8 Teaching Usage-Based Grammar: Construal
	8.1 Introduction
	8.2 Perception and Viewpoint
		8.2.1 Deixis
	8.3 Attention: Ground and Figure
	8.4 Perspective
	8.5 Forces and modality
	8.6 Concluding Thoughts
	References
Part III Integrating Theory and Practice
9 Planning It All
	9.1 Introduction
	9.2 Planning
	9.3 Structuring the lesson
	9.4 The space
		9.4.1 Grouping Students
	9.5 Concluding Thoughts
	References
10 Lesson Plans
	10.1 Introduction
	10.2 Lesson Plan I: Leisure “Inactivities”—Or How to Relax and Do Nothing
	10.3 Lesson Plan II: The Story of Nian
	10.4 Lesson Plan III: Metaphors
	10.5 Lesson Plan IV: Festivals
	10.6 Lesson Plan V: Restaurants
	10.7 Lesson Plan VI: The Future: Will
	10.8 Lesson Plan VII: Health Advice
	Lesson Plan I: Leisure Inactivities—Or How to Relax and Do Nothing
	Lesson Plan II: The Story of Nian (Additional Documents)
	Lesson Plan III: Metaphors
	Lesson Plan IV: Festivals
	Lesson Plan V Restaurants
	Lesson Plan VI: The future—will
	Lesson Plan VII: Health Advice
	References
Key Points, Conclusions and Further Reading
Key Points
Conclusions
Further Reading
Reference
Index