Teaching Languages: A Way and Ways

by Earl W. Stevick, Irene Dutra, Dieter Stroinigg

This tour de force, Teaching Languages: A Way and Ways by Earl W. Stevick, is a penetrating exploration of the language learning process. Stevick presents incisive accounts of the writings and unconventional methods of teaching of the prominent leaders Gattegno, Curran, and Lozanov. Their methods are detailed and clearly shown in accounts of classroom practice and techniques, interpreted by references to Becker, Gallwey, Dostoevsky, and others. The book is a major contribution to the fields of language teaching, psychology, sociology, sociolinguistics, and even to lay students of language. Chapter titles include One View of the Learner, One View of Teaching, Some Basic Ideas Behind the Silent Way, Counseling, Counseling-Learning and Community Language Learning, On Going From One Language to Another. Some Firsthand Experiences, The Monitor Model and the Levertov Machine, The Language Teacher and Dostoevsky's "Grand Inquisitor." On another level, this book is a personal and original statement about the role of the language teacher and the experience of learning a language.

Stevick's inimitable Memory, Meaning, and Method has become a classic, as predicted by John B. Carroll before its publication in the spring of 1976. And now Newbury House Publishers is proud to make available to a broad teaching and reading audience Earl Stevick's newest classic!

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

Reviews

[Reuel · Rating 3 out of 5]

A classic at the time.