Thinking about language teaching : selected articles 1982-2011

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE Pedagogic and academic articles1.A critical look at the Communicative Approach (1)2.A critical look at the Communicative Approach (2)3.Where is the language going?4.The textbook: bridge or wall?5.Design criteria for pedagogic language rules6.Language teaching is teaching language7.The influence of the mother tongue on second language vocabulary acquisition and use8.Legislation by hypothesis: the case of task-based instruction9.Chunks in the classroom: let's not go overboard10.English teaching in the nineteen-sixties and seventies11.Teaching grammar-does grammar teaching work?12.Two out of three ain't enough: the essential ingredients of a language course13.History is not what happened: the case of contrastive analysis A follow-up to Claire Kramsch's review of Linguistics across Cultures14.Grammar, meaning and pragmatics: sorting out the muddleContents note continued: 15.Talking sense about learning strategies16.We do need methods17.Using texts constructively18.Grammarpt. TWO Satirical pieces19.The use of sensory deprivation in foreign language teaching20.Brief abstracts21.Module 2: Critical text study. Paper 1: Cross-examining the text22.Notes from the broom cupboard23.Trajectories of identity construction24.Pigtesol25.Learning the piano in Fantasia.