Danny Norrington-Davies & Richard Chinn on Emergent Language
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Danny Norrington Davies and Richard Chinn have done extensive research on emergent language and have co-authored "Working with emergent language." Danny has over 25 years in the industry and is currently a CELTA and DELTA tutor. His first book "Teaching Grammar: From Rules to Reasons" was a best-seller. Richard has trained teachers all over the world and currently does pre-service and in-service training courses at IH London. He is also an associate professor at King's College London.
In this episode, Danny & Richard discuss:
the rise of emergent language
why many were resistant to the idea
the imbalance between research on error correction versus emergent language use
incidents that prevent language from emerging
the connections between emergent language and task-based learning
how teachers can develop their "emergent language muscle"
why the student's agenda supersedes the teacher's
how teachers can utilize emergent language even with beginners
why they decided to write a book on emergent language
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About Danny Norrington-Davies
Danny Norrington-Davies has 25 years of experience as an English language teacher and 15 years as a teacher trainer. His qualifications include the Cambridge Cert TEFL (1995), Cambridge DELTA (1999), and an MA in English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics (2013), for which he received a distinction. He is also an experienced conference speaker and has written articles on aspects of teaching and teacher training for ETP, Folio (the magazine of MATSDA, the Materials Development Association), HLT magazine, and the Teacher Trainer. Danny’s first book, Teaching Grammar: From Rules to Reasons was published by Pavilion in 2016 which quickly became a best-seller, and was shortlisted for a British Council ELTon Innovations in Teacher Resources Award in 2018. He now works on CELTA and DELTA courses as well as running training courses in the UK and overseas.
About Richard Chinn
Richard Chinn is an experienced teacher and teacher educator based in the UK. He works at International House London, where he trains teachers on initial and in-service teacher development courses; he is also a teaching associate at King’s College London, where he works on MA and BA courses. He has taught and trained teachers in a number of countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, Central and South America, and the Middle East. He regularly presents at conferences, and delivers workshops to teachers and trainers. His main professional interests are in classroom interaction, teacher education and teacher development.
About their book “Working with Emergent Language”
Ideas and activities for developing your reactive skills in class
This practical addition to the Teaching English series raises awareness of what emergent language (EL) is, highlights its importance and makes the case that focusing on EL is an essential part of learning a language and therefore a skill that every language teacher should possess or work to develop. It offers useful definitions and explains the pedagogy, alongside practical suggestions and opportunities for reflection, to help all teachers work with EL effectively and confidently.
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