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and techniques. This volume guides instructors in choosing among many possibilities to design an HEL course to match their own interests and institutions. The essays consider what subjects of HEL to include, how to organize the course, and what textbook to assign. They offer historical approaches and those that are not structured by chronology. Sample assignments provide opportunities for students
. The essays in this collection illuminate the realities of teaching language and literature courses online. Contributors present snapshots of their experiences with online pedagogies, realizing that, just as this year’s technology writes over last year’s, the approaches and teaching tools they have pioneered will also be obscured by future innovations. At the same time, the volume describes models
Janet Swaffar and Katherine Arens offer a holistic approach to postsecondary language teaching that integrates the study of literature and culture into every level of the curriculum. By studying multiple genres ranging from popular to elite, students gain an understanding of multiple communicative frameworks—and develop multiple literacies. Swaffar and Arens propose the use of a sequence of
is better in the classroom? The vibrant field of second language acquisition research is now carefully examining questions like these. Written for a nonspecialized audience—for readers who share an interest in foreign language teaching and learning— Learning Foreign and Second Languages addresses both theory and methodology. Administrators, department chairs, curriculum and materials developers
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