Group Dynamics in the Language Classroom

This innovative book offers practical advice on how to manage language learner groups so that they develop into cohesive and productive teams.

Zoltán Dörnyei (Author), Tim Murphey (Author)

9780521529716, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 16 October 2003

204 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.338 kg

The study of 'group dynamics' is a vibrant academic field, overlapping diverse disciplines. It is also highly relevant to language education because the success of classroom learning is very much dependent on how students relate to each other, what the classroom climate is like, what roles the teacher and the learners play and, more generally, how well students can co-operate and communicate with each other. This innovative book addresses these issues and offers practical advice on how to manage language learner groups in a way that they develop into cohesive and productive teams.

Subject Areas: ELT: English for academic purposes [ESF], ELT: teaching theory & methods [EBA]