Principles of Language Learning and Teaching

PrinciplesofLanguageLearningandTeaching,FifthEdition,byH.DouglasBrown,istheclassicsecondlanguageacquisitiontextusedbyteachereducationprogramsworldwide.Principlesintroduceskeyconceptsthroughdefinitionsofterms,thought-provokingquestions,charts,andspiraling.New"ClassroomConnections"encouragestudentstoconsidertheimplicationsofresearchforclassroompedagogy.Anup-to-datebibliographyandnewglossaryprovidequickaccesstoimportantworksandkeyterminologyinthefield.Thefiftheditiontakesacomprehensivelookatfoundationsoflanguageteachingthroughdiscussionsofthelatestresearchinthefield,including:*Vygotsky'sandBakhtin'stheories*Thorndike'slawofeffect*errortreatment,noticing,recasts*interculturalcommunication*languagepolicyandpolitics*corpuslinguistics*"hottopics"inSLA*connectionismandemergentism*flowtheory,willingnesstocommunicate*strategies-basedinstruction*contrastiverhetoric*attributiontheory,self-efficacy*outputhypothesisAlsobyH.DouglasBrown:TeachingbyPrinciples:AnInteractiveApproachtoLanguagePedagogyLanguageAssessment:PrinciplesandClassroomPracticesStrategiesforSuccess:APracticalGuidetoLearningEnglish