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Title: Principles of Language Learning and Teaching, Fourth Edition by H. Douglas Brown ISBN: 0-13-017816-0 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 06 March, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $46.60 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: One-stop resource on language learning
Comment: Language learning and language teaching are complex and difficult subjects. H. Douglas Brown provides a good summary of key elements in the field in his newest (4th) edition of "Principles of Language Learning and Teaching".
This book provides a good introduction to current theories of language teaching, including critical evaluations of such popular theories as Krashen's Input Hypothesis. Brown couches each discussion in an overall view of the bevaviorist / cognitivist debate and refers to these larger theories regularly.
As a classroom textbook, this edition provides discussion questions and case studies for analysis.
The bibliography is extensive and up to date and the index points to all major topics covered.
I recommend this book to university students and to language teachers who want to refresh their understanding of the field.
Rating: 4
Summary: Principles of Language Learning and Teaching
Comment: I found this book very helpful in my ESL classroom. Brown does an excellent job in chapter 3 comparing and contrasting first and second language acquisition. I believe this book is a must not only for ESL teachers, but all teachers. As our country becomes more diverse, it is important to know how to teach English to students of all ages. This would also be a good book for businesses who are struggling with employees with limited English. This book could also be useful for English teachers of all grades because it does go into great detail about how the first language is acquired. One important chapters for educators is chapter 10 on language testing. I would definately recommend this book and I will keep it for years to come as I have already referred back to it several times in my classroom.
Rating: 4
Summary: great analysis of theoretical lingusitcs
Comment: I believe the author has made great strides in showing many of the pitfalls in teaching languages in the years past (thirty-five to be exact). Dollars and cents is another issue that he brings foward in understanding what it takes to run a good teaching/learning program whether here or across our borders.
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Title: Teaching by Principles, Second Edition by H. Douglas Brown ISBN: 0130282839 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 15 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $46.00 |
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Title: Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching (Cambridge Language Teaching Library) by Jack C. Richards, Theodore S. Rodgers, Michael Swan ISBN: 0521008433 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 12 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: How Languages Are Learned (Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers) by Patsy M. Lightbown, Nina Spada ISBN: 0194370003 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching (Teaching Techniques in English as a Second Language) by Diane Larsen-Freeman ISBN: 0194355748 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Readings on Second Language Acquisition by H. Douglas Brown, Susan T. Gonzo ISBN: 0131022601 Publisher: Pearson ESL Pub. Date: 16 June, 1994 List Price(USD): $43.93 |
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