Discourse and Context in Language Teaching: A Guide for Language Teachers

by Marianne Celce-Murcia and Elite Olshtain

Book Overview

Discourse and Context in Language Teaching supports teachers who wish to implement a communicative approach in their classroom. This book recommends that language teachers incorporate an awareness of discourse and pragmatics in their teaching if they wish to implement a communicative approach in their classrooms. After two introductory chapters on discourse and pragmatics, the authors show how a discourse perspective can enhance the teaching of traditional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521648378
• ISBN13: 9780521648370
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.9" x 9.9"