What English Language Teachers Need to Know Volume I: Understanding Learning

What English Language Teachers Need to Know Volume I: Understanding Learning
(ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series)
by Denise E. Murray, MaryAnn Christison
Hardcover: 240 pages
ISBN-10: 0415806380
ISBN-13: 978-0415806381

Designed for pre-service teachers and teachers new to the field of ELT, Volume I and its companion textbook, Volume II, are organized around the key question: What do teachers need to know and be able to do in order for their students to learn English? All English language teachers need to understand the nature of language and language learning, and with that understanding they need to be able to facilitate student learning.

Volume I, on understanding learning, provides the background information that teachers need to know and be able to use in their classroom:

the characteristics of the context in which they work
how English works and how it is learned
their role in the larger professional sphere of English language education