A systems approach to language pedagogy. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Akira Tajino, editor.
• Editors: Tajino, Akira
• Contents: Intro; Foreword; Preface; A Systems Approach to Language Pedagogy: Why This Book Now?; Language Pedagogy as a Human Activity System; Arranging Language Pedagogy for Communicative Purposes; Viewing Language Pedagogy from a Holistic Perspective; The Outline of This Volume; References; Contents; About the Editor and Contributors; Editor; Contributors; Toward Managing Language Pedagogy and Language Teaching Research; Introduction: Why We Need a Systems Approach; Language Pedagogy as a Human Activity System; Soft Systems Methodology Applying Soft Systems Methodology to Language Curriculum DevelopmentCurriculum Development at Kyoto University; The Problematic Situation; Developing an EAP Curriculum at the Undergraduate Level; Arranging Language Teaching Research for Collaboration with Five Ws and One H; Conclusion; References; Language Acquisition: A Systemic View from Cognitive Linguistics; Introduction: SSM, Complexity Theory, and Language Acquisition; Systems Views of Cognitive Linguistics: Constructions as Symbolic Continuums and Language as a Cognitive System; Language Acquisition and Usage-Based Model Usage-Based Acquisition of Word MeaningsUsage-Based Acquisition of Constructions; Compatibility of Usage-Based Model and Systems Thinking; Concluding Remarks; References; Teaching English Grammar for Communicative Purposes: A Systems Approach; Introduction: Grammar Instruction Viewed as Problematic; Learners Struggling with Grammar; Purposes of Grammar Instruction: Transformation Process Models; Building a Grammar-Instruction Model for Communicative Purposes; Starting with the English Clause Structure; Various Worldviews in Approaching English Clauses; The Order of Meanings: Five Ws and One H The Desirability and the Cultural Feasibility of Applying the Order of MeaningsThe Order of Meanings and the Seven Clause Types; The Order of Meanings and English Clauses; Taking Action: Utilizing the Order of Meanings to Teach Grammar; Toward Designing the Whole Picture of English Grammar; A Two-Dimensional Approach to Grammar: MAP Grammar; English Grammar Viewed in Two Dimensions; Teaching Auxiliaries, Tense, and Aspect; Conclusion; References; Vocabulary Teaching: A Systemic Perspective; Introduction; A Systemic Approach to Vocabulary Teaching; Vocabulary Teaching in a Broader System ConclusionReferences; Surveying the Landscape of Second Language Classroom Research; Terminology and Academic Writing Style in Flux; Systems Thinking and Systemic Analysis for Holistic Understanding; Sorting Out Key Terminology; What Is Research in Second Language Education?; What Is Teacher Research?; What Is Reflective Practice?; What Is Language Classroom Research?; Building the Model: How Do the Various Strands Connect?; Discussion; Conclusion: What Is the Picture for the Future?; References; A Soft Systems Approach to Lifelong Learning; Introduction: The Messiness of Education
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, color illustrations
• Subjects: 415; Cognitive grammar; Language acquisition; Language and languages -- Study and teaching; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811362729; 9811362726
• Related ISBNs: 9789811362712; 9811362718
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 9, 2019).
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