Communicative Language Teaching in Action

<p><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Communicative Language and Teaching in Action: Putting Principles to Work</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> serves as an engaging and informative guide for second and foreign language teachers in training or for those pursuing a new career as language educators. The text demonstrates principles and practices of communicative and task-based language teaching equipping readers with an innovative and effective approach to language instruction.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The conceptual foundation of the book is based upon theoretical and empirical findings drawn from second language acquisition research cognitive psychology and brain research. It emphasizes successful instructional practices in a communicative and task-based approach to language learning. The book features copious examples of learning activities in different languages and lessons developed by experienced language teachers.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Dedicated chapters cover the principles of communicative language teaching and task-based instruction; lesson planning; vocabulary and grammar in language learning; feedback and error correction; the development of listening oral communication reading and writing skills; and assessment.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The second edition features updated literature review in all chapters new and dynamic teacher-training tasks and reorganized and fresh content throughout the text as well as a new chapter on writing and language learning.</span></p><p><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Communicative Language Teaching in Action</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> is an ideal resource for courses and programs in foreign language education.</span></p>