Author Description

"World language pedagogy is contantly evolving, and teachers' understanding of it should be growing accordingly. As informed practitioners, we need to frequently reconsider the best ways to forster language development, assess students' progress, meet their individual needs, make the best use of technology, and enact socially just practices. This volume was written by educators for educators and offers a dozen chapters on timely topics with four sections in each chapter: a contextualization of each issue, clear explanations and common misperceptions, concrete demonstrations of classroom activities, and suggested 'dos and don'ts'. The expert authors use reader-friendly language and focus on practical applications that can be adapted to the wide variety of teaching contexts in which world language teachers hone their craft day after day."--inside back flap.