Teaching Methodology Abbas Ali Zarei, Associate professor, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin Teaching Methodology Preface According to Richards and Rodgers (1986), the proliferation of approaches and methods is a prominent characteristic of contemporary second and foreign language teaching. To some, this reflects the strength of our profession because teachers can have a wider variety of methodological options to choose from. To others, however, the wide variety of method options currently available confuses rather than comforts. This is partly because methods appear to be based on very different views of language and the way it is learnt. The goal of this ...
Whitlam, John. Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar: A Practical Guide. New York: Routledge, 2011. Pp. xv, 475. ISBN: 978-0-415-56644-5 (0-415-56644-4) (pbk). John Whitlam has provided the Portuguese teaching profession with a must-have new pedagogical tool that bridges the gap between the precise structural linguistic descriptions of traditional grammar reference books and the pedagogical needs of communication-based classroom teaching to English-speaking learners. Although not comprehensive in its coverage of Portuguese grammar, it dedicates one half of the book to the functional application of the grammatical constructions presented. The volume contains two major parts, “Structures” and “Functions”. The former outlines a ...
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