Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching 3rd edition
Marti Anderson
Diane Larsen-Freeman
Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers
Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching has influenced the way thousands of teachers have taught English. This classic guide to developing the way you teach has been an essential resource to new and experienced teachers worldwide, and is now in its third edition. Each chapter focuses on a different teaching approach, describing it being used in the classroom, analyzing what happened, and helping you think how you could apply it to your own teaching. New features of the third edition include: a new discussion on the political dimensions of language teaching, a new digital technology chapter, and extended coverage of content-based and task-based approaches. On this site you will find additional resources, including author videos in which Diane Larsen-Freeman and Marti Anderson talk about the background to the book and new innovations in language teaching which are discussed in the third edition.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors and publisher are grateful to those who have given permission to reproduce the following extract of copyright material: p.214 Screenshot from Facebook (http://www.facebook.comhttp://www.facebook.com (http://www.facebook.com/)). Reproduced by kind permission of Facebook.
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Illustrations by: Chris Pavely pp. 26, 38, 53, 56, 72, 87, 89, 106, 118, 135, 153, 172, 183, 188, 193.
This title originally appeared in the series Teaching Techniques in English as a Second Language, edited by Russell N Campbell and William E Rutherford (First Edition 1986; Second Edition 2000).
In memory of my parents, Elaine and Randolph Larsen, with heartfelt gratitude for their love and encouragement
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In memory of my mother, Mavis Anderson, and in honor of my father, Elmer Anderson, who both inspired me to be curious and compassionate
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Acknowledgments
We thank the readers of the first and second editions of this book. Your invaluable feedback and input have helped to shape this third editi