Understanding Language Teaching From Method to Postmethod

By N. Pérez. 2017

457 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Kumaravadivelu's book on language teaching aims to illustrate "the pattern that connects the various elements of learning, teaching, and teacher education" in language teaching (p. xiii). As can be deduced from the title, the major theme of the book cites the emergence of a postmethod condition in the literature on teaching second/foreign languages. This emerging postmethod state has been commented on by other writers such as Brown (2002), Richards (2001) and Adamson (2004). However, Kumaravadivelu has what I perceive to be a very personalized vision of language teaching and the "postmethod" state of English language teaching. He illustrates this by first grounding the reader in the concepts of language, language acquisition, and language teaching, as well as a comprehensive discussion of methodology in language teaching.

Subfields: Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory

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Citations in the corpus

• The Routledge handbook of English language teaching (2018, unknown): “/Here is little something I thought you might like ) is based on our conceptualisation of time in spatial terms: because the use of the past tense creates distance from the present, the present request/suggestion becomes less imposing, hence more polite.”
• Challenges Faced by Bachelor Level Students While Speaking English (2021, unknown): “Kumaravadivelu (2006) stated that culture and learning are an inseparable part of each other.”
• FACTORS AFFECTING STUDENTS' SPEAKING PERFORMANCE AT LE THANH HIEN HIGH SCHOOL (2015, unknown): “Then, in 1983 Canale and Swain add the fourth component named discourse competence (Kumaravadivelu, 2006).”