Interactive Language Teaching /
edited by Wilga M. Rivers.
- 1st ed.
- New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 1987.
- xviii, 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Cambridge Language Teaching Library .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-218) and index.
SECTION I: WHAT IS INTERACTIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING? Interaction as the key to teaching language for communication / Wilga M. Rivers Interactive discourse in small and large groups / Claire J. Kramsch SECTION II: LANGUAGE IN THE CLASSROOM Speaking and listening: imaginative activities for the language class / Stephen A. Sadow Motivating language learners through authentic materials / Bernice S. Melvin and David F. Stout Interactive oral grammar exercises / Raymond F. Comeau Interaction of reader and text / Anthony Papalia Writing: an interactive experience / Gloria M. Russo Poetry and song as effective language-learning activities / Alan Maley 'The magic if' of theater: enhancing language learning through drama / Richard Via Interactive testing: time to be a test pilot / Marlies Mueller SECTION III: THE WIDER WORLD Culturally diverse speech styles / Gail L.N. Robinson The use of technology: varying the medium in language teaching / Karen Price Interaction outside the classroom: using the community / Peter Strevens Interaction in the computer age / Robert Ariew and Judith G. Frommer Preparing the language student for professional interaction / Anne R. Dow and Joseph T. Ryan, Jr.
"Teachers and writers describe the approaches and techniques they have incorporated into their own teaching. The paperback edition is designed to help classroom teachers make language classes more participatory and communication oriented. A distinguished group of innovative teachers and writers describe, in a collection of essays, the approaches and techniques they have incorporated into their own teaching." (Publisher's Website)
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Language and languages--Study and teaching. Social interaction.