A Systems Approach to Language Pedagogy

Buch | Hardcover

149 Seiten

2019 | 1st ed. 2019
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-13-6271-2 (ISBN)

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This volume represents the first attempt in the field of language pedagogy to apply a systems approach to issues in English language education. In the literature of language education, or more specifically, second or foreign language learning and teaching, each topic or issue has often been dealt with independently, and been treated as an isolated item. Taking grammar instruction as an example, grammatical items are often taught in a sequential, step-by-step manner; there has been no “road map” in which the interrelations between the various items are demonstrated. This may be one factor that makes it more difficult for students to learn the language organically.
The topics covered in this volume, including language acquisition, pedagogical grammar, and teacher collaboration, are viewed from a holistic perspective. In other words, language pedagogy is approached as a dynamic system of interrelations. In this way, “emergent properties” are expected tomanifest. This book is recommended for anyone involved in language pedagogy, including researchers, teachers, and teacher trainers, as well as learners.

Akira Tajino, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus at Kyoto University, is currently a Professor of Educational Linguistics at Nagoya University of Foreign Studies, Japan. His research interests include EAP, classroom research, and pedagogical grammar. He is a former Director of International Academic Research and of the Resource Center for Language Education at Kyoto University, and is a recipient of the JACET (Japan Association of College English Teachers) Award for excellence in teaching (2011) and the JACET Award for excellence in academic publication (2014). He is the author/editor of more than 20 books, including Researching Language Teaching and Learning: An Integration of Practice and Theory (Peter Lang, 2009), Team Teaching and Team Learning in the Language Classroom: Collaboration for Innovation in ELT (Routledge, 2016), and A New Approach to English Pedagogical Grammar: The Order of Meanings (Routledge, 2018). He has served on the editorial boards of severaljournals, including ELT Journal (Oxford University Press).

Chapter 1: Toward Managing Language Pedagogy and Language Teaching Research.- Chapter 2: Language Acquisition: A Systemic View from Cognitive Linguistics.- Chapter 3: Teaching English Grammar for Communicative Purposes: A Systems Approach.- Chapter 4: Vocabulary Teaching: A Systemic Perspective.- Chapter 5: Surveying the Landscape of Second Language Classroom Research.- Chapter 6: A Soft Systems Approach to Lifelong Learning.- Chapter 7: A “Softer” Instructional Systems Design for Language Pedagogy.- Chapter 8: Team Teaching and Team Learning: SSM applied to the team-taught classroom.- Chapter 9: Interaction in the Language Classroom: A Systems Approach.- Chapter 10: Systems Thinking: An ESP Genre Approach.

Erscheinungsdatum	26.04.2019
Reihe/Serie	Translational Systems Sciences ; 17
Zusatzinfo	57 Illustrations, black and white; XVI, 149 p. 57 illus.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Künstliche Intelligenz / Robotik
Schlagworte	Language pedagogy • Meaning-order Approach to Pedagogical Grammar (MAP Grammar) • Soft Systems Methodology • Systemic Approach • systems thinking
ISBN-10	981-13-6271-8 / 9811362718
ISBN-13	978-981-13-6271-2 / 9789811362712
Zustand	Neuware