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21 - Reading and Good Language Teachers

from Part III - Instructional Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2020

By
Tan Bee Tin
Edited by
Carol Griffiths  and
Zia Tajeddin
Carol Griffiths
Affiliation:
University of Leeds
Zia Tajeddin
Affiliation:
Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
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Summary

Chapter 21 deals with the gap between the theory and practice of teaching reading. The author describes the practices in a reading class in two different contexts in order to revisit principles of good practice while teaching reading.

Keywords

readingecologicalaffordanceethnographicteacher talkstorytelling
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Lessons from Good Language Teachers , pp. 273 - 285
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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