1st Edition

Linguistics and the Teacher

Edited By Ronald Carter Copyright 2012
16 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

Linguistics and the Teacher is a collection of essays by linguists on different aspects of the relationship between linguistics and education. All the contributors are united in their belief that linguistics should be a central element in the education of teachers, and argue for principled and systematic analysis in the study of the role of language in learning. The essays range from... Read more

General Editor’s preface Acknowledgements Notes on contributors Introduction 1. Linguistics in Teacher Education Michael Halliday 2. Linguistics and the Teacher John Sinclair 3. Linguistics for Education Mike Riddle 4. Do linguists have anything to say to teachers? Arthur Brookes and Richard Hudson 5. The Spoken Language Gillian Brown 6 Responding to Children’s Writing Peter Gannon 7. The Assessment of Linguistic Difficulty in Reading Material Katherine Perera 8. The Language Demands of School Learning Katherine Perera 9. What is English? Modern English Language in the Curriculum Michael Stubbs 10. Sociolinguistics in the Integrated English Lesson Ron Carter Glossary Bibliography Index.

Biography

Ronald Carter