Exclusive in its socio-cultural approach to language learning, this comprehensive book builds on the National Communication Standards for foreign language learning. Its goal is to equip readers with the necessary knowledge and skills to establish and maintain effective classroom communities of foreign language learners. Communication; Communicative Development; Creating Communities of Learners in the Classroom; Classroom Discourse; Planning Instruction and Assessment; The Interpersonal Mode; The Interpretive Mode; The Presentational Mode; Professional Development. For junior high and high school teachers of modern foreign languages.
