Defining Issues in English Language Teaching

Oxford Applied Linguistics

by Henry G. Widdowson

This book goes back to basics by investigating fundamental assumptions about the way English should be defined and taught as a school subject. It looks at different attitudes to English, and developments in its description, and it critically examines current proposals for the specification of course content and classroom methodology, with particular reference to ideas about authenticity and task-based learning.

Genres: Linguistics, Language

Unknown Binding

First published April 17, 2003

About the author

Henry Widdowson is Emeritus Professor of Education, University of London and Honorary Professor at the University of Vienna, Austria.