1st Edition

Interaction in the Language Curriculum Awareness, Autonomy and Authenticity

By Leo Van Lier Copyright 1996
260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

Interaction in the Language Curriculum offers an innovative theory of language education integrating curriculum practice, research and teaching. It emphasises the interdependence of knowledge and values and stresses the central importance of learning as a social process. Leo van Lier argues that moral as well as intellectual and practical principles must underlie curriculum development and... Read more
1. The AAA curriculum
2. The curriculum as a theory of practice
3. The growth of proficiency
4. Language awareness and learning to learn
5. Motivation, autonomy, and achievement
6. Authenticity
7. Contingency
8. The curriculum as interaction
9. The profession of teaching development and research
References
Index

Biography

Leo van Lier is Professor of Educational Linguistics at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA.