Developing Professional-Level Language Proficiency - 9780521816571

Developing Professional-Level Language ProficiencyAuthor(s): Betty Lou Leaver, Boris Shekhtman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521816571, 978-0521816571\nSynopsis\nThis comprehensive 2002 book examines approaches to teaching students who aim to make the leap from 'advanced' or 'superior' proficiency in a foreign language to 'near-native' ability. While there are copious publications on classroom techniques and methods for lower levels of instruction, virtually nothing exists about this transition, which is vital for those who intend to use foreign languages in high-level international arenas. This book, by leading practitioners in this area of foreign language teaching, aims to fill this gap and assist those developing language programmes at the 'advanced to distinguished' level. Divided into three parts which provide information on different aspects of teaching at this level\n- theory of advc