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This is part of a paper about my teaching style written in 2003 for my Master of Applied Linguistics Program at the University of Southern Queensland. I've divided my paper into 5 parts:

  • The Nature of Language

  • Second Language Acquisition

  • Teacher and Learner roles

  • Roles of learning materials

  • References

    References

    Brown, H.D. 2000. Principles of Second Language Learning and Teaching. (4th ed.). White Plains, NY: Addison, Wesley, Longman, Inc.

    Crookes, G. & Chaudron, C. 2001. Guidelines for Language Classroom Instruction. In M. Culce-Murcia (Ed.), Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language (3rd ed., pp. 55-65).
    Boston, MA: Heinle & Heinle.

    Davies, P. & Pearse, E. 2000. Success in English Teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

    Dornyei, Z. 1998. Motivation in second and foreign language learning. Language Teaching, 31, pp.117-135.

    Fromkin, V., Rodman R., Hyams, N. 2003. An Introduction to Language. (7th ed.). Boston, Massachusetts: Heinle & Heinle.

    Lyons, J. 1981. Some Definitions of 'Language'. In Language and Linguistics (p. 3-8). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.


    Manghubhai, F., 2003. LIN5000. The Nature of Language. Study Book, Distance Education Centre, USQ, Toowoomba.

    McDonough, J. & Shaw, C. 1993. Materials and Methods in ELT. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers Inc.

    Nunan, D. 1989. Designing Tasks for the Communicative Classroom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    Robinson, P. 1997. 'Generalizability and Automaticity of Second Language Learning Under Implicit, Incidental, Enhanced, and Instructed Conditions.' Studies in Second Language Acquisition 19/1: 223-247.

    Schumann, J.H. 1986. Research of the acculturation model for second language acquisition. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 7(5), pp.379-392.

    Simpson, J.M.Y. 1979. A First Course in Linguistics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

    Skehan, P. 1998. A Cognitive Approach to Language Learning. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

    Vale, D., Scarino, A., & McKay, P. 1991. Pocket ALL. Carlton South Vic: Curriculum Corporation.



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