Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (GURT) 1991: Linguistics and Language Pedagogy : The State of the Art

James E. Atlatis, Editor. Papers Presented At The Georgetown University Round Table On Languages And Linguistics 1991. Gurt '91.--p. [ii]. Includes Bibliographical References. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 2 ISBN......Page 3 Contents......Page 4 Acknowledgments and Permissions......Page 8 Welcoming Remarks......Page 9 Some Words of Greeting......Page 13 H.G. Widdowson: An Introduction......Page 17 The Description and Prescription of Language......Page 19 `Mistaken Constructs': Re-Examining the Nature and Assumptions of Language Teacher Education......Page 33 What Can Peers Provide?......Page 48 What Counts as Formal Language Instruction?Problems in Observation and Analysis of Classroom Teaching......Page 64 Reflective Teachers......Page 73 Content Knowledge and Instructional Practice in Second Language Teacher Education......Page 84 Teaching Vocabulary: The Current Word......Page 108 Second Culture Acquisition......Page 122 Dangerous Liaisons: Pitfalls in Second Language Reading Research......Page 131 A Pedagogy of Corporate-Level ESP Training for International Scientists and Engineers......Page 139 Perspectives on English for Academic Purposes......Page 151 Strategic Reading......Page 175 The State of the Art in Teaching Pronunciation......Page 187 Teaching Listening: Ends and Means......Page 202 Teaching Languages Communicatively: An Examination of the Presentation of Phonology to First-Year Students of French......Page 223 Language and Communication: A Time for Equilibrium and Integration......Page 231 Instructional Balance: From Theories to Practices in the Teaching of Writing......Page 246 Looking at and Towards the Future in French Textbooks......Page 258 Consensus and Divergence on the Content, Role, and Process of Teaching Grammar......Page 268 Writing in Foreign Language Classrooms: Process and Reality......Page 281 Linguistics, Language Pedagogy, and Teachers' Technical Cultures......Page 297 Metacognitive Strategies in L2 Writing: A Case for Task Knowledge......Page 310 Social Attitudes: The Key to Directing the Evolution of Grammar Teaching......Page 331 Ann, Bert, Carla, Derek, and Oakley's Thesis......Page 343 An Analysis of Text in Video Newscasts: A Tool for Schemata Building in Listeners......Page 351 In Search of a Sense of Place: The State of the Art in Language Teaching Methodology......Page 363 Second-Language Learning: Engaging, Simulating, and Converting......Page 376 The Shifting Sands of Bilingual Education......Page 387 Normative Language and Language Use: The Separate Implications for Instructional Practices and Materials......Page 394 X-Raying the International Funny Bone: A Study Exploring Differences in the Perception of Humor Across Cultures......Page 405 The Input Hypothesis: An Update......Page 417 A Look at Foreign Language Testing in the Secondary Schools: The State of the Art in 1990......Page 440 Content-Based Instruction: A Method with Many Faces......Page 470 Literacy, Language, and Multiculturalism......Page 480 Soviet Phraseology: Problems in the Analysis and Teaching of Idioms......Page 493 Shared Knowledge......Page 498 Second Language Teaching in Poland Prior to the Reform of 1990......Page 510 Greek Diglossia to Greek Dimorphia: A New Dilemma for Linguists and Teachers......Page 518 Language Awareness: The Common Ground Between Linguist and Language Teacher......Page 537 The Relevance of Linguistic Theory for Language Pedagogy: Debunking the Myths......Page 556 What Can Real Spoken Data Teach Teachers of English?......Page 564 Lexicography and Syntax: The State of the Art in Learner's Dictionaries of English......Page 576 Language Teaching and Learning: Folk Linguistic Perspectives......Page 593 Metaphors we are Healed By: On the Use of Metaphors in Medical Language......Page 613