Language Teaching: Linguistic Theory in Practice

Melinda Whong

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Paper, 208 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-7486-3635-8
$32.00

March, 2011
Cloth, 208 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-7486-3634-1
Edinburgh University Press
$105.00

When it comes to language studies where do theory and practice meet? Written by Melinda Whong, an experienced ELT lecturer, this textbook is the first to provide a linguistics-based perspective on language teaching.

The text offers a brief historical survey on the ways in which language has been viewed and highlights the implications of these perspectives for language teaching. Current linguistic approaches are described — formal, functional and cognitive — and how these perspectives translate into classroom practice.

Related Subjects

• Language & Linguistics

About the Author

Melinda Whong is a lecturer in ELT Methodology in the Department of Linguistics and Phonetics at the University of Leeds.

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