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Brown, Alan V. – Modern Language Journal, 2009
Foreign language (FL) teachers and students may have very similar or disparate notions of effective teaching, and the intersection of the two sets of beliefs has ramifications for language learning and the effectiveness of instruction. Horwitz (1990), Kern (1995), and Schulz (1996) have argued that mismatches between FL students' and teachers'…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Teacher Effectiveness, Second Languages, Second Language Instruction
El-Koumy, Abdel-Salam Abdel-Khalek – Online Submission, 2004
The aim of this book is to provide a compromise between past and present theories of language teaching and learning. The book is organized into six main parts. In the first part, the author highlights the strengths and weaknesses of both the skills-based approach and the whole-language approach. He then presents a theory that emphasizes the…
Descriptors: Language Skills, English Instruction, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)