Language Teaching Methodology Linguistics

Didactics of Modern Languages in classroom environment

Dr. Paschalis Chliaras (author-researcher)

Edizioni La Creazione (Publishing House)

This is an introduction to language teaching methodology describing various methods and approaches in language teaching. In addition various topics are included: Written language versus Spoken language and arguments for the primacy of speech (bilingual, multilingual students, L2 teaching and learning), Teaching and Learning Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Writing and Reading tasks through Communication, Native speakers, L2, bilingual and multilingual users, Concurrent teaching of two kindred languages in the same classroom, etc.

It provides practical step-by-step guidance for new teachers, and introduces more experienced teachers to new approaches and teaching ideas.

Innovative Language Teaching Approaches

Dr. Paschalis Chliaras (author-researcher)

Edizioni La Creazione (Publishing House)

This volume presents a historical overview of language teaching and all language trends in 20th-century language teaching. In addition, various innovative and alternative teaching approaches are presented: structural, functional, interactive, proprietary methods plus further teaching techniques and further teaching approaches. On top of those, detailed presentation of "concurrent teaching of two kindred languages in the same classroom" research of the author occurs.

Italian-English False Friends in bi- and multilingual class environment

Dr. Paschalis Chliaras (author-researcher)

Edizioni La Creazione (Publishing House)

English words that resemble words in Italian but have different meanings and cause bafflement and mistaken usage.

The book contains definitions of False Friends, Cognates and Partial Cognates, some examples of Italian-English False Friends and Italian and English Expressions, Italian-English False Friends and Semantics/Pragmatics and English and Italian language varieties. In addition, readers may read about Synonymy, Polysemy, Homonymy, Homoglyphy and Pseudo-anglicisms.