Full Description
Grammar Instruction and Second Language Development presents a theoretical and practical framework for how classroom instruction may affect learners' linguistic development in a second language. It will push opposing theoretical positions toward greater accountability to the realities that classroom teachers face as instructional designers. This book will appeal to both second language graduate students and researchers, regardless of the target language they work in.
Contents
PART I Theoretical underpinnings. Chapter 1: Grammar and communicative competence. Chapter 2: Communicative competence from a cognitive perspective. Chapter 3: Communicative competence from a social perspective. Chapter 4: Bridging the socio-cognitive divide. PART II Implications for classroom practice. Chapter 5: Grammar and task-based lesson planning.Chapter 6: Modulating task difficulty and providing linguistic support.Chapter 7: Grammar rules, processing, and feedback.Chapter 8: Whole-class and small-group discourse. Chapter 9: The teacher and learners as members of a discourse community.



