The Context of Language Teaching (Cambridge Language Teaching Library)

This is an important collection of papers by a distinguished personality in the field. Topics covered include second language acquisition, syllabus design, methodology and methods, listening, speaking, vocabulary and grammar. Issues in applied linguistics are summarised and presented with clarity and their practical implications explored, thus making the vital connection between theory and practice in language teaching. Language teachers and students of applied linguistics will find this collection contains a wide range of recent work in linguistics presented in a lucid and highly accessible form.Jack C. Richards is the author of 'The Context of Language Teaching (Cambridge Language Teaching Library)', published 1985 under ISBN 9780521265652 and ISBN 0521265657.