Teaching and Learning a Second Language: A Review of Recent Research

by Ernesto Macaro

There is increasingly wide agreement among teachers, researchers, inspectors, advisers and policy-makers that both teaching and research will benefit from being brought closer together. But how can this be achieved? Hard-pressed practitioners cannot be expected to review a constant flow of conference papers, journals and other publications, even if such items were accessibly written. This title synthesizes relevant research findings for the professional practitioner and highlights their implications for the quality of teaching and learning.

284 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2003

Reviews

[Megan]

Required text for Second Language Acquisition class

Author attempts to make current research accessible to teachers. Does an ok job of that...Author focuses mostly on classrooms in the UK. Good chapters on specific language skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing), though!