Teaching Advanced Language Skills through Global Debate: Theory and Practice (Mastering Languages through Global Debate) - Softcover

Brown, Tony; Bown, Jennifer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1626164304 ISBN 13: 9781626164307

Publisher: Georgetown University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Instructors are increasingly interested in using debate to develop advanced competency in a second language. Through debate, students learn how to make hypotheses, support their conclusions with evidence, and deploy the rhetoric of persuasion in the target language. While interest in this topic is strong, there are few materials available for instructors who wish to plan a curriculum focused on debate. This digital short provides both the theoretical argument for using debate in the foreign language classroom as well as practical advice for developing reading, listening, writing, and speaking skills through debate. It discusses task-based language learning and helps instructors design debate-related tasks for the classroom. The digital short can be used by any instructor who is working at the advanced level, and it could be used in courses for future language instructors. It can also be used by instructors who adopt one of our forthcoming Mastering Languages through Global Debate textbooks.

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About the Author

Tony Brown is a professor in the department of German and Russian at Brigham Young University. He has published articles in the Foreign Language Annals, Modern Language Journal, Russian Language Journal, and Language Policy. Jennifer Bown is an associate professor in the department of German and Russian at Brigham Young University. Her articles have appeared in such journals as Language Teaching, Foreign Language Annals, Modern Language Journal, and Innovation in Language Teaching and Learning.

Edition details

• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1626164304
• ISBN 13: 9781626164307
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80