Teacher's Handbook Revised: Contextualized Language Instruction

by Judith L. Shrum, Eileen W. Glisan

Teacher's Handbook emphasizes real-world practice by presenting a concise theoretical review followed by provocative case studies that ask new and experienced instructors to judge for themselves how best to promote ESL and foreign language proficiency.

432 pages, Paperback

First published July 28, 1993

Reviews

[Kamila Kozhabayeva · Rating 5 out of 5]

Shrum and Glisan did a good job combining explicit theory descriptions with practical implications. 

Most exercises and strategies for various contexts, and will be of significant relevance to both pre- and in-service FL teachers.

[CORSAK fan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some thoughts:

After reading this book for a class, I'm definitely equipped with some helpful and constructive ideas about foreign language teaching now.

I'm also convinced that applied linguistics is just as theoretical as theoretical linguistics. The acronym count in this book, while not a bad thing, is through the roof. PACE, TBLT, EB, TEFL, TESL, TESOL, ACTFL, AAL, and on and on. Applied linguistics builds from educational psychology, education, and theoretical linguistics, but seems to not want to admit it.

Hmmm...

You'll learn about different lesson planning methods, how to teach different types of communication, and what standards are helpful to hold your students to. A helpful book but not enough to warrant 5 stars.