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Collaborative language learning and teaching / edited by David Nunan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge language teaching libraryPublisher: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992Description: viii, 272 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0521416876
  • 9780521416870
  • 0521427010
  • 9780521427012
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 418 23
LOC classification:
  • P53.42 .C65 1992
Online resources:
Contents:
Experiential language learning : second language learning as cooperative learner education / Viljo Kohonen -- Literacy skills or literate skills? : considerations for ESL/EFL learners / Shirley Brice Heath -- Collaboration : constructing shared understandings in a second language classroom / Donald Freeman -- Context and cooperation in academic tasks / Bernard Mohan and Sondra Marshall Smith -- Collaborative writing as a literacy event : implications for ESL instruction / Denise E. Murray -- Collaborative language teaching : a co-investigation / Nora B. Shannon and Bonnie Meath-Lang -- Team teaching : a case study from Japan / Peter Sturman -- Some reflections on collaborative language teaching / Kathleen M. Bailey, Ted Dale and Benjamin Squire -- The power of observation : "Make a wish, make a dream, imagine all the possibilities!" / Jerry G. Gebhard and Akiko Ueda-Montonaga -- A teacher research group in action / Sandra R. Schecter and Rafael Ramirez -- Putting a process syllabus into practice / Roger Budd and Tony Wright -- Toward a collaborative approach to curriculum development : a case study / David Nunan.
Summary: "The aim of this book is to present, in an accessible manner, current theory and resources relating to cooperative learning. Collaborated research team teaching, experiential learning, teacher research, learner-centered classrooms, and learning how to learn are some of the topics discussed. The book is written for teachers, learners, educators, and researchers who are interested in experimenting with alternative ways of organizing teaching and learning, or who are concerned with promoting a philosophy of cooperation, and who wish to create an environment in which teachers, learners and researchers can work together and learn from one another."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-267) and index.

Experiential language learning : second language learning as cooperative learner education / Viljo Kohonen -- Literacy skills or literate skills? : considerations for ESL/EFL learners / Shirley Brice Heath -- Collaboration : constructing shared understandings in a second language classroom / Donald Freeman -- Context and cooperation in academic tasks / Bernard Mohan and Sondra Marshall Smith -- Collaborative writing as a literacy event : implications for ESL instruction / Denise E. Murray -- Collaborative language teaching : a co-investigation / Nora B. Shannon and Bonnie Meath-Lang -- Team teaching : a case study from Japan / Peter Sturman -- Some reflections on collaborative language teaching / Kathleen M. Bailey, Ted Dale and Benjamin Squire -- The power of observation : "Make a wish, make a dream, imagine all the possibilities!" / Jerry G. Gebhard and Akiko Ueda-Montonaga -- A teacher research group in action / Sandra R. Schecter and Rafael Ramirez -- Putting a process syllabus into practice / Roger Budd and Tony Wright -- Toward a collaborative approach to curriculum development : a case study / David Nunan.

"The aim of this book is to present, in an accessible manner, current theory and resources relating to cooperative learning. Collaborated research team teaching, experiential learning, teacher research, learner-centered classrooms, and learning how to learn are some of the topics discussed. The book is written for teachers, learners, educators, and researchers who are interested in experimenting with alternative ways of organizing teaching and learning, or who are concerned with promoting a philosophy of cooperation, and who wish to create an environment in which teachers, learners and researchers can work together and learn from one another."--Publisher description.

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