English Language Teaching in Its Social Context: A Reader (Teaching English Language Worldwide)

by Christopher N. Candlin

English Language Teaching in its Social Context presents four major principles of English language * focusing on the roles played by teachers and learners * recognizing the individuality of language learners * supporting teachers in the provision of active guidance for students' learning * examining both positive and negative patterns of interaction between learners and teachers.

Paperback

First published November 23, 2000

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very relevant collection of readings.

[Matthew · Rating 5 out of 5]

I suspect that the theoretical nature of this book would turn most people off. But I found it to be very engaging. The editors did a great job of collecting a fairly wide variety of perspectives and the variety of issues alluded to and treated is fairly wide. Probably most distinctly, this is a collection of essays that are well-written. A lot of material in this field is not actually very well written. 95% of this collection is top notch writers at their peak.