Developing Professional-Level Language Proficiency by Betty Lou Leaver (English)

Description: Developing Professional-Level Language Proficiency by Betty Lou Leaver, Boris Shekhtman This book examines approaches to teaching students making the transition from advanced or superior proficiency in a foreign language to near-native ability, a level which has been much neglected in the professional literature. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book examines approaches to teaching students making the transition from advanced or superior proficiency in a foreign language to near-native ability. Author Biography Betty Lou Leaver is Senior Specialist in Curriculum and Faculty Development at the American Councils for International Education and Fellow at the National Foreign Language Center. Boris Shekhtman is President of the Specialized Language Training Center and Lecturer in the Department of Modern Languages at Howard University. Table of Contents Foreword Richard Brecht; Part I. Principles, Practices, and Theory: 1. Principles and practices in teaching superior-level students: not just more of the same Betty Lou Leaver and Boris Shekhtman; 2. Toward academic-level foreign language abilities: reconsidering foundational assumptions, expanding pedagogical options Heidi Byrnes; Part II. Programs: 3. Contexts for advanced language learning : a report on an immersion institute Heidi Byrnes; 4. Bridging the gap between language for general purposes and language for work: an intensive superior-level language/skill course for teachers, translators, and interpreters Claudia Angelelli and Christian Degueldre; 5. Learning Chinese in China: programs for developing superior- to distinguished-level Chinese language proficiency in China and Taiwan Cornelius C. Kubler; 6. Developing professional-level oral proficiency: the Shekhtman method of teaching communication Boris Shekhtman and Betty Lou Leaver with Natalia Lord, Ekaterina Kuznetsova, and Elena Ovtcharenko; 7. The reading four project: applied technology at the higher levels of foreign language acquisition Catherine W. Ingold; 8. In the quest for level 4+ in Arabic: training level 2–3 learners in independent reading Elsaid Badawi; 9. Teaching high-level writing skills in English at a Danish University Tim Caudery; 10. Heritage speakers as learners at the superior level: differences and similarities between Spanish and Russian student populations Claudia Angelelli and Olga Kagan; 11. Teaching Russian language teachers in eight Summer institutes in Russian language and culture Zita Dabars and Olga Kagan; Part III. Learners: 12. Understanding the student at the superior-distinguished threshold Madeline Ehrman; 13. Achieving multilingualism: preliminary findings from a study of twenty distinguished-level language users Betty Lou Leaver and Sabine Atwell. Review Betty Lou Leaver and Boris Shekhtmans recent book Developing Professional-Level Language Proficiency is a significant contribution to the research in foreign language education. The book is a landmark in that it is the first of its kind to address the special problems and concerns relevant to teaching at the advanced, superior and distinguished levels according to the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Proficiency Scale. Benjamin Rifkin ... informative and thorough in providing a descriptive overview of successful language programs at the upper levels ... the authors almost unanimously attend to the learner, and to the sociolinguistic and sociocultural aspects of language learning and teaching in their practice ... I recommend this volume to language instructors, program managers, researchers and advanced learners who seek to learn more about what might be on offer to them. Huamei Han, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at University of Toronto Promotional This 2002 book examines approaches to teaching students making the transition from advanced or superior proficiency in a foreign language to near-native ability. Review Quote ... informative and thorough in providing a descriptive overview of successful language programs at the upper levels ... the authors almost unanimously attend to the learner, and to the sociolinguistic and sociocultural aspects of language learning and teaching in their practice ... I recommend this volume to language instructors, program managers, researchers and advanced learners who seek to learn more about what might be on offer to them. Huamei Han, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at University of Toronto Promotional "Headline" This 2002 book examines approaches to teaching students making the transition from advanced or superior proficiency in a foreign language to near-native ability. Description for Bookstore This 2002 book examines approaches to teaching students making the transition from advanced or superior proficiency in a foreign language to near-native ability, a level which has been much neglected in the professional literature. This book aims to assist those developing language programmes at this level by filling this serious gap. Description for Library This 2002 book examines approaches to teaching students making the transition from advanced or superior proficiency in a foreign language to near-native ability, a level which has been much neglected in the professional literature. This book aims to assist those developing language programmes at this level by filling this serious gap. Details ISBN0521016851 Short Title DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL-LEVEL Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English ISBN-10 0521016851 ISBN-13 9780521016858 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2002 Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Betty Lou Leaver Author Boris Shekhtman Pages 324 Affiliation Howard University, Washington DC DOI 10.1604/9780521016858 UK Release Date 2002-09-26 AU Release Date 2002-09-26 NZ Release Date 2002-09-26 Publication Date 2002-09-26 Alternative 9780511606465 DEWEY 418.0071 Illustrations 16 Tables, unspecified; 3 Line drawings, unspecified Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:91377828;

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