Joseph Siegel - Böcker

Teaching L2 English in secondary and upper secondary school can be challenging for a number of reasons. Not only are students going through adolesence; they often have varying experiences with L2 English and need support with different parts of it. This book provides a summary of fundamental concepts in the field of L2 teaching and learning. The aim is to stimulate interest in the various aspects and decisions that contribute to being successful and confident teachers of successful and confident learners.The content covers a broad range of essential topics, including Communicative Language Teaching, L2 materials analysis, and language learning psychology as well as the four main language skills, listening, speaking, reading and writing. Each chapter provides an overview of key concepts, issues, and terms related to the respective topic, meant to stimulate curiosity about how L2 teaching and learning can be framed, organized, and accomplished.Teaching English in Secondary School is intended as an introduction to L2 teaching for those new to the field and as a reference book for practicing teachers.

Developing Notetaking Skills in a Second Language combines theoretical perspectives with an analysis of empirical classroom studies and offers a detailed discussion that increases pedagogical awareness of factors impacting second language (L2) notetaking performance and instruction. Based on original research and including descriptions of classroom practices and samples of student work, the book provides insights on a range of topics relevant to L2 notetaking. The book emphasizes the challenges that many students from different international backgrounds face when taking notes in an L2 and outlines a five-stage pedagogic cycle for notetaking that can be applied to any listening text. It also explores the dialogic potential of notes for stimulating class discussion about notetaking strategies.This book will be of great interest for teachers, academics, scholars, and postgraduate students in the fields of applied linguistics, L2 and foreign language education. It will also be a useful resource for those in charge of teacher education and postgraduate TESOL, L1, and L2 listening researchers and psycholinguists.

Developing Notetaking Skills in a Second Language combines theoretical perspectives with an analysis of empirical classroom studies and offers a detailed discussion that increases pedagogical awareness of factors impacting second language (L2) notetaking performance and instruction. Based on original research and including descriptions of classroom practices and samples of student work, the book provides insights on a range of topics relevant to L2 notetaking. The book emphasizes the challenges that many students from different international backgrounds face when taking notes in an L2 and outlines a five-stage pedagogic cycle for notetaking that can be applied to any listening text. It also explores the dialogic potential of notes for stimulating class discussion about notetaking strategies.This book will be of great interest for teachers, academics, scholars, and postgraduate students in the fields of applied linguistics, L2 and foreign language education. It will also be a useful resource for those in charge of teacher education and postgraduate TESOL, L1, and L2 listening researchers and psycholinguists.

Listening in a second language is challenge for students and teachers alike. This book provides a personal account of an action research intervention involving listening strategy instruction that investigated the viability of this innovative pedagogy in the Japanese university context.

This book offers a range of perspectives and insights from around the world on the teaching and learning of listening, speaking, reading and writing.