Expertise in Second Language Learning and Teaching

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Keith Johnson

      Pages 1-7

3. Expertise in General

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. The ‘General’ Study of Expertise

      • Keith Johnson

      Pages 11-33

4. Expertise in Language Learning and Use

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35

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   2. The Expert Language Learner: a Review of Good Language Learner Studies and Learner Strategies

      • Joan Rubin

      Pages 37-63

   3. Second Language Listening Expertise

      • Christine Goh

      Pages 64-84

   4. Reading and Expertise

      • Catherine Wallace

      Pages 85-103

   5. Oral Second Language Abilities as Expertise

      • Martin Bygate

      Pages 104-127

   6. Second Language Writing Expertise

      • Sara Cushing Weigle

      Pages 128-149

   7. Training Language Learning Expertise

      • Steven McDonough

      Pages 150-164

5. Expertise in Language Teaching

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165

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   2. Expertise in Teaching: Perspectives and Issues

      • Amy B. M. Tsui

      Pages 167-189

   3. Teacher Cognition in Language Teaching

      • Simon Borg

      Pages 190-209

   4. Expertise in Teacher Education: Helping Teachers to Learn

      • Alan Waters

      Pages 210-229

   5. Expertise in Pedagogic Task Design

      • Virginia Samuda

      Pages 230-254

6. Back Matter

   Pages 255-258

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Understanding what constitutes expertise in language learning and teaching is important for theoretical reasons related to psycholinguistic, and applied linguistic, enquiry. It also has many significant applications in practice, particularly in relation to the training and practice of language teachers and improvements in students' strategies of learning. In this volume, methodologies for establishing what constitutes expert practice are discussed and the contributions address the fields of listening, reading, writing, speaking and communication strategies, looking at common characteristics of the 'expert teacher' and the 'expert learner'.

• language
• Language Learning
• language teaching
• second language
• literary diction

'In a nutshell Expertise in Second Language Learning and Teaching as a whole is a book written by experts for experts in whose hands it will live many lives.' - ELT Journal

'...expertise has not received much in the way of a focused treatment in the field of second language acquisition. The appearance of this compact and tightly written text therefore marks a welcome addition to the field.' - Language and Education

• Department of Linguistics and English Language, University of Lancaster, UK

  Keith Johnson

SIMON BORG, School of Education, University of Leeds, UK MARTIN BYGATE, Department of Linguistics, University of Lancaster, UK CHRISTINE GOH, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore STEVEN McDONOUGH, Department of Languages and Linguistics, University of Essex, UK JOAN RUBIN, Joan Rubin Associates, USA VIRGINIA SAMUDA, Department of Linguistics, University of Lancaster, UK AMY B.M. TSUI, Faculty of Education, Hong Kong CATHERINE WALLACE, University of London, Institute of Education, UK ALAN WATERS, Department of Linguistics, University of Lancaster, UK SARA CUSHING WEIGLE, Department of Applied Linguistics, University of Georgia, USA.

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