David Nunan Knihy

In July 1934, Frank 'Dodger' Price, a prominent local businessman, rises to his feet in the courtroom of a provincial Australian city.

Focusing on the idea that teachers must take charge of their own professional growth, this book delves into reflective teaching. It offers practical guidance for educators to critically assess and enhance their teaching methods, emphasizing the importance of self-evaluation in fostering professional development.

This text provides a detailed account of current approaches to the education of teachers of second languages. The paperback edition provides a detailed account of current approaches to the education of teachers of second languages. It offers valuable ideas on the observation and supervision of classrooms, on self-evaluation by teachers, and on teaching itself. Its emphasis reflects the shift in orientation from teacher training to teacher education, in which teachers are involved in developing their own theories of teaching, understanding the nature of teacher decision making, and developing strategies for critical self-evaluation. The book is aimed at teachers, teacher educators, and workshop facilitators involved both in pre-service and in-service education of teachers of second and foreign languages.

The updated edition features a solid foundation in task design while incorporating significant enhancements, including four new chapters that expand on contemporary practices and insights. This refresh aims to provide readers with the latest methodologies and tools for effective task creation, making it a valuable resource for educators and practitioners seeking to improve their approaches.

Research Methods in Language Learning helps readers understand and critique research.

Demonstrates the principles involved in planning and designing an effective syllabus. This book examines important concepts, such as needs analysis, goal-setting, and content specification, and serves as a useful introduction for teachers who want to gain an understanding of syllabus design in order to modify the syllabuses with which they work.

Designing Tasks for the Communicative Classroom provides a balanced introduction to both the theoretical and practical aspects of communicative task design, and is aimed at all second and foreign language teachers who want to develop their own tasks, or adopt/adapt those of others. The major purpose is to integrate recent research and practice in language teaching into a framework for analysing learning tasks. This framework should help teachers select, adapt or create their own communicative tasks. The ideas presented are relevant to teachers working in or preparing for a range of teaching situations with a variety of learner types.

High-interest tasks support the development of receptive and productive skills while including critical listening and learning strategies.

This book presents a lively, rich, and concise introduction to the key concepts and tools for developing clarity and coherence in academic writing. Well-known authors and linguists David Nunan and Julie Choi argue that becoming an accomplished writer is a career-long endeavor.

Using a task-based approach, Expressions' integrated four-skills syllabus provides learners with abundant opportunities for communicative and meaningful language practice.