Teaching Language In Context

Rating:
Summary: Ehhh
Review: This book is okay and only okay. It's not very practical; it does not really teach you how to teach a foreign language. The book errs regarding its definitions of language acquisition versus language learning. It is apparent to me as a reader and as a teacher that the author has not spent enough time in an actual classroom with actual language learners. The book is also lacking a 'why'. Why learn a new language? Why does this matter to students today? As any parent or teacher will tell you, why is the first, last and most asked question. "Ways With Words," by Shirley Brice Heath, has a lot more helpful information when it comes to language learning than this text.

Rating:
Summary: Loss of time
Review: Too theoretical. Omaggio explains all kinds of ways to teach, but nothing that would really help you to become a good teacher!