Language Awareness in the Classroom

Carl James, Peter Garrett, Peter Garett (Lecturer In Linguistics University Of Wales, Bangor), Christopher N. Candlin

• The ContributorsPrefaceAcknowledgementsSection I: Introduction1. The scope of Language Awarness, Carl James and Peter GarrettSection II: Language Awareness in teacher training and education2. Language Awareness in teacher education, Christopher Brumfit3. Teacher's views of language knowledge, Rosamond Mitchell4. Linguistic diversity and Language Awareness: the views of primary school teachers, Guy Merchant5. Language Awareness in teacher education programmes for non-native speakers, Tony Wright6. Language Awareness and second language development, Howard NicholasSection III: Language Awareness in schools7. Language Awareness and the teaching of English language in the upper secondary school, Tony Tinkel8. Old problems and new solutions: LA work in GCSE foreign language classrooms, Gillian Donmall9. Authentic texts, pedagogical grammar and Language Awareness in foreign language learning, David Little and David Singleton10. The potential of Language Awareness as a focus for cross-curricular work in the secondary school, Jim Anderson11. Switching off: learners' perception of the appropriacy of input, Elizabeth Toncheva12. Learners' awareness of their learning, Nicholas ChryshochoosSection IV: Language Awareness at tertiary level13. Consciousness-raising about the writing process, Romy Clark and Roz Ivanic14. Language Awareness and EAP courses, Nicki Hedge and Hugh Gosden15. Talking about learning: establishing a framework for discussing and changing learning processes, John Holmes and Rosinda Ramos16. Language Awareness on area studies degrees, Lindsay Silvester17. Language Awareness and the computer, Phil ScholfieldSection V: Evaluation of Language Awareness18. Evaluating the effectiveness of an LA course, Brian Heap19. The effect of explicit instruction on the acquisiton of English grammatical structures by Chinese learners, Zhou Yan-Ping20. A Brazilian view of LA, Mike Scott21. Language learning and Linguistic Awareness: the relationship between proficiency and acceptability judgements in L2, Diana MasnySection VI: Conclusion22. Language Awareness: a way ahead, Peter Garrett and Carl JamesComposite bibliographyIndex