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About Language

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

About Language

By Scott Thornbury

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About the book

Tasks for teachers of English that help to develop language awareness and invite consideration of the pedagogical implications and classroom applications. This second edition has been fully revised and updated, incorporating recent developments in language description, whilst keeping the organisation and structure of the successful first edition. As before, the book asks: 'What is it that a teacher needs to know about English in order to teach it effectively?' It develops teachers' language awar...Show more

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9781107667198

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published year

2017

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1

Original title

About Language

Format

Paperback

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