文档介绍：Essentials for essful
English Language
Teaching
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Essentials for
essful
English Language
Teaching
Thomas S. C. Farrell and
e M. Jacobs
Continuum International Publishing Group
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© Thomas S. C. Farrell and e M. Jacobs 2010
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ISBN: 978-1-8470-6441-7 (hardback)
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Contents
Acknowledgments vi
About the Authors vii
Preface ix
1 Essentials for essful English Language Teaching 1
2 Encourage Learner Autonomy 15
3 Emphasize the Social Nature of Learning 29
4 Develop Curricular Integration 42
5 Focus on Meaning 57
6 Celebrate Diversity 70
7 Expand Thinking Skills 83
8 Utilize Alternative Assessment Methods 97
9 Promote English Language Teachers as Co-learners 111
10 English Language Education: The Essentials 122
References 130
Index 137
Acknowledgments
By writing this book we acknowledge that we are standing on the shoulders
of giants and we are really only fine tuning what the giants of our field have
already postulated. In particular we are grateful for the mentorship of
Professor