Communicative Language Teaching

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E D I T E D B Y S A N D R A J . S AV I G N O N Interpreting Communicative Language Teaching CONTEXTS AND CONCERNS IN TEACHER E D U C AT I O N Yale University Press New Haven & London Copyright ∫ 2002 by Yale University. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. Publisher: Editorial Assistant: Manuscript Editor: Marketing Manager: Marketing Assistant: Production Coordinator: Mary Jane Peluso Emily Saglimbeni Noreen O’Conner-Abel Mary Coleman Michelle Schrag Maureen Noonan Set in Minion type by Keystone Typesetting. Printed in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Interpreting communicative language teaching : contexts and concerns in teacher education/edited by Sandra J. Savignon. p. cm.—(Yale language series) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-300-09156-7 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Languages, Modern—Study and teaching. 2. Language teachers—Training of. 3. Communicative competence in children. I. Savignon, Sandra J. II. Series. lb1578 .i56 2002 418%.0071—dc21 2001056761 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Prologue ix 1 Communicative Language Teaching: Linguistic Theory and Classroom Practice Sandra J. Savignon 1 Part I. Case Study: Japan 29 2 Teacher Education for Curricular Innovation in Japan Minoru Wada 31 3 Practical Understandings of Communicative Language Teaching and Teacher Development Kazuyoshi Sato 41 4 Zen

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