Principles of Language Learning and Teaching (5th Edition) 5th Edition

HEY, what can I tell you? I had to buy this book for a class I was forced to take in order to keep my teaching certificate. I read the book, took notes, and passed the class. Is it a great read full of fascinating, captivating material? Absolutely, if this type of book is your cup of tea and you enjoy reading this cure for insomnia. It did the job for what I needed so I am glad I purchased it. I quickly passed it on to another person who needed it for the same reasons. ENJOY!

I purchased this book as a class requirement. In past classes, I would only read the material needed to complete an assignment. This book is so well put together that i actually ENJOYED reading the book. The information is very valuable and the book flowed like water down a peacefful stream. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in linguistics,ESL, or any other English or language discipline.

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As a soon to be ESL teacher, this book helped me begin to understand the tools needed to address the complexities of teaching English and understanding the functional components of English, grammar, vocabulary, and syntax. If your an ESL instructor or want to be one and don't know this text, recommend you include in your library.

I'm reading this for a grad class. It is easy to understand and includes lots of tables with important information organized even more easily. Chapters are manageable lengths. I will probably hold on to it to use as a reference once I start teaching ESL.

There seems to be something wrong with academics in Linguistics and I think this book might exhibit some of what it is. The author seems to be a bit out of touch with reality. I echo the comments by others who refer to the pedantic and complicated or confusing style the author wrote in. I was into chapter 3 before I realized that this book might actually be one I really want to read. And I did really want to read it!I liked what others have said wondering if the author ever learned a foreign language himself? He clearly knows the theory behind all the new thinking, but I was surprised when I got to the end of the book and he had not actually said a word about the end users of the thinking: the students and teachers. There is not a word said about his customers. Nothing at all. And there is a sentence or two about the history of teaching language before the twentieth century. No more.A good author who wanted to tell the whole story would include accounts of how satisfied the end users were when approach A was used instead of approach B. Or about how one group liked a certain method and another group did not.Still the author is extremely knowledgeable and when I could actually understand what he was saying I was fascinated. I did find that I could not put the book down once I got into it. But there were a lot of times when I was left asking myself what was it that I just read. Don't really know quite what to make of this one. I am still very new to this whole field and this style of writing. And I still can't quite get over the fact that the end users were not even consulted.

This book was shipped just in time that I needed it for my class. It was also neatly wrapped and it was a decent price.

This book is the basis of SLA.Through it often takes me a long time to read, coz they are many factors I should pay attention to. The writor is good at writing I think.