ABSTRACT

The second edition of this bestselling text, Teaching ESL/EFL Reading and Writing, is a fully updated and expanded guide for teaching learners at all levels of proficiency how to develop their reading and writing skills and fluency. Practical and accessible, this book covers a diverse array of language teaching techniques suitable for all contexts.

Updated with cutting-edge research and theory, the second edition is an essential and engaging text. Key insights and suggestions are organised around four strands – meaning-focused input, meaning-focused output, language-focused learning, and fluency development – to allow teachers to design and present a balanced programme for their students. Bringing together research and theory in applied linguistics and education, the text includes useful examples and practical strategies and features new topics related to technology, assessment, and genre. The second edition includes new tasks and further reading sections in every chapter.

Teaching ESL/EFL Reading and Writing is designed for practising and pre-service teachers of all levels, and is ideal for certificate, diploma, masters, and doctoral courses in English as a second or foreign language.

chapter 1|14 pages

Learning to Read in Another Language

ByI.S.P. Nation, John Macalister

chapter 2|15 pages

Using the Four Strands to Plan a Reading or Writing Course

ByI.S.P. Nation, John Macalister

chapter 3|25 pages

Intensive Reading

ByI.S.P. Nation, John Macalister

chapter 4|15 pages

Extensive Reading

ByI.S.P. Nation, John Macaliste

chapter 5|13 pages

Reading Faster

ByI.S.P. Nation, John Macalister

chapter 6|18 pages

Assessing Reading

ByI.S.P. Nation, John Macalister

chapter 7|20 pages

Helping Learners Write

ByI.S.P. Nation, John Macalister

chapter 8|14 pages

The Writing Process

ByI.S.P. Nation, John Macalister

chapter 9|10 pages

Writing and Digital Technology

ByI.S.P. Nation, John Macalister

chapter 10|9 pages

Information Transfer and Topic Types

ByI.S.P. Nation, John Macalister

chapter 11|13 pages

Responding to Written Work

ByI.S.P. Nation, John Macalister

chapter 12|11 pages

Applying Principles to Reading and Writing Courses

ByI.S.P. Nation, John Macalister