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David Nunan
Researcher at University of Hong Kong
Publications - 117
Citations - 15864
David Nunan is an academic researcher from University of Hong Kong. The author has contributed to research in topics: Language education & Language assessment. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 99 publications receiving 15186 citations. Previous affiliations of David Nunan include Macquarie University & Anaheim University.
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The Cambridge Guide to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Ronald Carter,David Nunan +1 more
TL;DR: This chapter traces the development of SLA from its origins in contrastive analysis, followed by a selective review of research, focusing on product-oriented studies of stages that learners pass through as they acquire another language, as well as investigations into the processes underlying acquisition.
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Second Language Teaching & Learning
TL;DR: This book discusses the conceptual and empirical basis of second language teaching and learning, as well as the importance of focus on the Learner in the development of a second language teacher.
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The learner-centred curriculum : a study in second language teaching
TL;DR: The teacher as curriculum developer helps students and teachers understand and adopt a learner-centred curriculum and the role of teachers in the development of this curriculum.
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Communicative Tasks and the Language Curriculum
TL;DR: This paper reviewed the influence of the communicative task on curriculum development and summarized the research base for task-based language teaching, and an agenda for future research is set out in the final part of the paper.