Introduction to TESOL

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

Part One: The Field of TESOL 3

1 What Is TESOL? 5

2 How Is TESOL an Academic Profession? 26

3 With Whom and Where Do Those Prepared in TESOL Work? 51

Part Two: TESOL Professionals' Knowledge of Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition 89

4 What Are the Five Areas of Linguistics and How Do They Help TESOL Educators? Why Do TESOL Educators Need a Working Understanding of Linguistics? 91

5 What Are the Various Areas of Second Language Acquisition Theory and How Do They Guide Instruction? 118

Part Three: TESOL Professionals' Knowledge of Instruction, Planning, and Assessment 145

6 How Does Theory Inform and Guide Instructional Practice? 147

7 What Do Educators Need to Know About Teaching the Language Skills of Listening and Reading When Using Integrated Language Skills? 169

8 How Do TESOL Educators Teach Speaking and Writing in Integrated Language Instruction? 195

9 Tools: Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation, and Spelling 226

10 What Themes, Topics, and Content Can I Employ? 267

11 How Has Digital Technology Changed Language Teaching and Learning? 287

12 What Are Ways of Planning for Second Language Instruction and Assessing Learning? 306

Part Four: Where Do We Go From Here? 337

13 How Does TESOL Develop Its Body of Knowledge and Share Professional Knowledge? 339

14 What Are the Current Situations in TESOL and New Directions To Be Taken? 360

Acronyms in TESOL/Applied Linguistics 372

Index 375

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