Language Teaching and Skill Learning

by Keith Johnson

This book argues controversially that second-language acquisition has much in common with other forms of skill learning, and that there is much to be learned about the business of language teaching by considering the views and practices of teachers in other domains. For many Applied Linguists, language is unique among human skills, incomparable in its acquisition and use to other forms of behaviour. Their study of second-language learning and teaching...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 063116877X
• ISBN13: 9780631168775
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"