The Linguistic Toolkit for Teachers of English
Author | : Rolf Kreyer |
Publisher | : Narr Francke Attempto Verlag |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2023-10-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783823396116 |
ISBN-13 | : 3823396110 |
Rating | : 4/5 (110 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Linguistic Toolkit for Teachers of English written by Rolf Kreyer and published by Narr Francke Attempto Verlag. This book was released on 2023-10-23 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contrast to literary or cultural studies linguistics is not taught in the EFL classroom, yet, it plays a major role in any English language teaching degree. Given this discrepancy it does not come as a surprise that students sometimes ask: "I want to be a teacher! Why do I need all this?" The main goal of this textbook is to demonstrate the relevance of linguistic expertise for the EFL classroom. It explores a wide range of topics (phonetics/phonology, lexis, corpus linguistics, text linguistics and the power of language) with a clear focus on providing a convincing answer to the question above. With its highly accessible style and layout, a wealth of examples and exercises as well as a large range of additional innovative online materials this textbook sets out to convince its readers that they will be better teachers if they are good linguists.