Learner-centredness as Language Education

A collaborative approach to language teaching which takes account of the individual and cultural identities of the learners involved.

Ian Tudor (Author)

9780521485609, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 27 March 1997

296 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.616 kg

In this book, learner-centredness is presented as an approach to language teaching which takes account of the learning goals, subjective needs and the culturally-based expectations which learners bring with them to the language classroom. Learner-centred teaching involves a collaborative approach to course development in which teachers and learners share their respective knowledge and insights into the learning process. The book stresses that a learner-centred approach cannot therefore be made synonymous with any one set of teachings procedures: it will assume different forms in response to the individual and cultural identities of the learners involved and the settings in which learning takes place.

Subject Areas: Applied linguistics for ELT [EBAL]