Books in the The Routledge E-Modules on Contemporary Language Teaching series

This module on SLA provides teachers with a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to key findings in the field, exploring mechanisms in the mind responsible for language acquisition, the roles that input and output play, how language develops in the learner's mind over time, and the many factors believed to impact the outcome of SLA.

This module provides novice and experienced instructors with pedagogical techniques to help L2 learners acquire formal elements of an L2 such as textual enhancement, structured input, and dictogloss. It also discusses how explicit information may play a supporting role in helping learners process input.

This module explores the content-driven approach to language teaching, or the teaching of non-linguistic content such as geography, history, or science using the target language. It lays out effective techniques that help facilitate students¿ comprehension of curricular content and also discusses how teacher collaboration and students¿ L1s affect this approach to language teaching. With an instructional sequence comprising noticing, awareness, and practice activities as well as examples of content-and-language integrated units, the Content-Based Language Teaching module is the ideal main textbook for instructors seeking a clear and practical treatment of the topic for their courses, which can also be taught in conjunction with other modules in the series.

This introductory module on computer assisted language learning examines research, L2 skill area instruction in technology-enhanced settings and teacher and learner standards for using CALL; guides readers on finding and evaluating CALL resources for specific instructional contexts; and introduces new areas in CALL such as gaming and fan fiction.

This module provides teachers with an overview of the nature of communication and explores the ways in which interactive tasks can promote communicative exchanges among students and teachers. The module provides guidelines for developing tasks, along with examples and options for their use in various types of language courses.

This module focuses on the pivotal role of vocabulary in language acquisition, communication, and instruction, the primary emphasis being on how language instructors can promote evidence-based vocabulary instruction in the classroom. A sample lesson based on the module's outlined approach to effective vocabulary instruction is also provided.