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Becoming A Language Teacher: A Practical Guide to Second Language Learning and Teaching
Elaine K Horwitz

ISBN-10: 0205430821
ISBN-13: 9780205430826

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paper; 272 pp
Published: 01/26/2007

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Becoming a Language Teacher is a comprehensive guide to the knowledge and classroom skills teachers need to meet the needs of all language learners. The book encourages each reader to develop a personal approach to language teaching.

 

A much-needed resource in an era when all mainstream classroom teachers need to always be focusing on language, Becoming a Language Teacher recognizes that the development of academic literacy is the goal of many language teachers and essential to the school success of English language learners–unlike most methods books, which concentrate on language for communication purposes rather than for academic needs.


Employing a warm and supportive tone, respected author Elaine K. Horwitz clearly explains fundamental knowledge about second language acquisition and language teaching, as well as answers practical questions such as: How do I plan a lesson? How will I know if the students are learning? How do I teach language when I am also teaching content material?  How do I effectively use technology in language teaching? How can I ensure the academic success of my students? By considering actual classroom situations, students learn how to make instructional decisions in their own teaching settings.


Becoming a Language Teacher addresses the latest trends in language teaching including effective approaches for teaching language in content classes, as well as the curriculum Standards for ESL and Languages Other Than English.  This books is also appropriate for foreign language methods courses!

  • Focus on teaching language through content and the development of academic literacy throughout the book and especially in chapters 6, 7, and 8 allows students to acquire techniques that focus specifically on teaching language in content settings.

 

  • “Voices from the Classroom” Vignettes in every chapter offer students real-world examples of language teaching and help students “see” teaching approaches and learn how to analyze teaching interactions.

 

  • Integration of second language acquisition theory and practical teaching suggestions offers students concrete examples and guidelines for applying theory in the classroom. Each chapter begins with relevant second language acquisition research and progresses through general applications of the theory and finally to specific teaching suggestions. 

 

  • Integration of teaching and assessment helps students plan coherent lessons which include the assessment of their students’ language progress and make students see that assessment is an essential part of the teaching process. Chapters 4 through 8 focus on the teaching and testing of various aspects of language–listening (4), speaking (5), reading (6), writing (7), and academic language (8).  In addition, Chapter 9 offers a general overview of important concepts and trends in language testing as well as the testing guidelines offered by the ESL and LOTE standards.

 

  • Teaching Guidelines Checklists at the end of each chapter help students apply what they have learned from each chapter in planning their own lessons.

 

  • Reflection questions and space to record personal reflections at the beginning and end of each chapter help students identify their personal teaching goals and encourage them to think about their own language learning experiences and their students’ specific language learning needs so that they can be better prepared for the instructional decisions they will need to make in their own teaching settings. For example, students complete the Beliefs about Language Learning Inventory for themselves and then for their likely students to prepare teachers for the language learning beliefs they will likely encounter.

 

  • Important concepts are repeated in boxes throughout the chapters, see for example, the boxes in chapter 3 linking second language acquisition theories with language teaching methodologies.

<>Preface: A Word to the New Language Teacher

Acknowledgements

Dedication

SECTION  1 WHAT DO LANGUAGE TEACHERS THINK ABOUT?


CHAPTER 1: WHAT SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND LANGUAGE TEACHING SETTINGS?

 

The Beliefs about Language Learning Inventory (BALLI)

                        The Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS)

The Teacher Foreign Language Anxiety Scale (TFLAS)

 

CHAPTER 2: WHAT SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES?

 

CHAPTER 3: WHAT SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT LANGUAGE TEACHING METHODOLOGIES? 

                       

SECTION 2:  HOW DO YOU TEACH A LANGUAGE?


CHAPTER 4: WHAT SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT TEACHING LISTENING?


CHAPTER 5: WHAT SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT TEACHING SPEAKING?


CHAPTER 6: WHAT SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT TEACHING READING?


CHAPTER 7: WHAT SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT TEACHING WRITING?

 

CHAPTER 8: WHAT SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT TEACHING ACADEMIC ENGLISH IN CONTENT CLASSES?

 

SECTION  3: HOW DO I KNOW WHAT TO TEACH?


CHAPTER 9:  HOW DO I ASSESS LANGUAGE LEARNING ?

 

            ESL Standards, K-12

            Standards for Foreign Languages

 

CHAPTER 10: How Do I Plan My Classes?


SECTION  4:  WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE?


CHAPTER 11: So, Am I Now a Language Teacher?


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A much-needed resource in an era when all mainstream classroom teachers need to be constantly focusing on language, Becoming a Language Teacher recognizes that the development of academic literacy is the goal of many language teachers and essential to the school success of English language learners–unlike most methods books, which concentrate on language for communication purposes rather than for academic needs.

 

Reviewers Praise this New Addition to the ELL/EFL field:

 

“The strength of this book is the practical suggestions that it provides as far as teaching writing, reading, listening, and speaking to second and foreign language learners.”

–Eva Yerende, University of Texas at Arlington

 

“The style of writing is very readable and comprehensible.  The author includes activities and strategies that many students want and need to help them connect to theory.”

–Carol L. Butterfield, Central Washington University

 

 “[This book] is thorough and concise.  It is practical and insightful for both preservice and inservice teachers.”

–Gerald McCain, Southern Oregon University

 

 

Employing a warm and supportive style, respected author Elaine Kolker Horwitz clearly explains fundamental knowledge about second language acquisition and language teaching and answers practical questions such as:

  • How do I plan a lesson?
  • How will I know if the students are learning?
  • How do I teach language when I am also teaching content material? 
  • How do I effectively use technology in language teaching?
  • How can I ensure the academic success of my students?

 

By considering actual classroom situations, students learn how to make instructional decisions in their own teaching settings. This resourceful text will surely become a must-have for any language teacher.

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