Language Intake: Understanding and Improving Language Learning and Teaching
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The book defines each of the contributing factors of intake in turn and demonstrates the principles of language intake through interviews with successful language learners, in order to encourage teachers to take these factors into consideration so as to maximise intake of the target language.
The author proposes that all these multiple factors contribute to what might be called the βIntake Hypothesisβ, which can be outlined as a practicable framework to support teachers in providing rich, interesting, and extensive input, affording opportunities for interaction, respecting learner identity, and offering a motivating environment to encourage and sustain investment of time and effort, thereby contributing to intake.
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Carol Griffiths has been a teacher, manager, and teacher trainer of English Language Teaching for many years. She has taught in many places around the world, including New Zealand, Indonesia, Japan, China, North Korea, Turkey, the UK, and North Cyprus. She has presented at numerous conferences and published widely.
