Interactive Language Teaching

Preface List of abbreviations Part I. What is Interactive Language Teaching?: 1. Interaction as the key to teaching language for communication Wilga M. Rivers 2. Interactive discourse in small and large groups Claire J. Kramsch Part II. Language in the Classroom: 3. Speaking and listening: imaginative activities for the language class Stephen A. Sadow 4. Motivating language learners through authentic materials Bernice S. Melvin and David F. Stout 5. Interactive oral grammar exercises Raymond F. Comeau 6. Interaction of reader and text Anthony Papalia 7. Writing: an interactive experience Gloria M. Russo 8. Poetry and song as effective language-learning activities Alan Maley 9. 'The magic if' of theater: enhancing language learning through drama Richard Via 10. Interactive testing: time to be a test pilot Marlies Mueller Part III. The Wider World: 11. Culturally diverse speech styles Gail L. N. Robinson 12. The use of technology: varying the medium in language teaching Karen Price 13. Interaction outside the classroom: using the community Peter Strevens 14. Interaction in the computer age Robert Ariew and Joseph T. Ryan, Jr. Bibliography Index.