Foreign language teaching in Asia and beyond : current perspectives and future directions / edited by Wai-Meng Chan, Kwee Nyet Chin and Titima Suthiwa.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1. FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING IN ASIA AND BEYOND: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK -- PART 1: THEORETICAL FOUNDATION AND RESEARCH -- Chapter 2. PREPARING LANGUAGE TEACHERS TO TEACH LEARNING STRATEGIES -- Chapter 3. DISCOURSE POLITENESS THEORY AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION -- Chapter 4. INTEGRATING GENERAL PURPOSE AND VOCATIONALLY-ORIENTED LANGUAGE LEARNING (VOLL) -- NEW GOALS FOR LANGUAGE AND TEACHER TRAINING -- Chapter 5. PRAGMATICS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING: REFLECTIONS ON THE TEACHING OF CHINESE IN CHINA -- Chapter 6. DEVELOPMENT OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANXIETY MODEL -- Chapter 7. FACILITATING STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF ENGLISH NEWS: PEER SCAFFOLDING IN AN EFL LISTENING CLASSROOM -- Chapter 8. VOCABULARY LEARNING STRATEGIES AMONG ADULT FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNERS -- PART 2: CLASSROOM PRACTICE AND EVALUATION STUDIES -- Chapter 9. TECHNOLOGY IN THE SERVICE OF CONSTRUCTIVIST PEDAGOGY: NETWORK-BASED APPLICATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION -- Chapter 10. PEDAGOGICAL CONCERNS: SOME COMMON FEATURES OF CONTENT-BASED INSTRUCTION, TASK-BASED LEARNING AND BUSINESS CASE STUDY, AND THEIR ROLES IN AN EBP CLASS -- Chapter 11. MEMORIZING DIALOGUES: THE CASE FOR "PERFORMATIVE EXERCISES" -- Chpater 12. THE WHOLE WORLD COMMUNICATES IN ENGLISH, DO YOU? -- EDUCATIONAL DRAMA AS AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN JAPAN -- Chapter 13. FROM ORAL INTERVIEW TEST TO ORAL COMMUNICATION TEST: ALLEVIATING STUDENTS' ANXIETY -- AUTHORS AND THEIR AFFILIATIONS -- Index.

This book, comprising two parts, is concerned with both the science and the art of foreign language teaching, with a particular, but not exclusive, focus on Asia. Under the theme of "Theoretical foundation and research", Part 1 of this book informs the readers about recent efforts in theoretical and empirical research which have had an impact on foreign language teaching or promise to yield results that will shape its future. These studies, not just from the domain of foreign language teaching but also its primary feeder disciplines of linguistics and second language acquisition, offer the necessary theoretical and conceptual foundation for both current and future research and practice. As its theme "Classroom practice and evaluation studies" suggests, Part 2 focuses on new and innovative developments in curricular and classroom practice, all built upon insights from research in the above-mentioned disciplines and poised to become standard practices. These projects include qualitative and quantitative evaluation studies which have yielded insightful data for the refinement and continued development of the projects and their underlying theoretical concepts

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