Cook, Guy

Translation in language teaching : an argument for reassessment / Guy Cook. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xxiii, 177 p. ; 24 cm. - Oxford applied linguistics. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-170) and index.

Introduction -- Part One. History -- 1. The rejection :'reform' and direct method -- 2. The long silence : from direct method to meaning focus -- 3. A climate for revival : the recognition of bilingualism -- 4. What is translation? -- Part Two. Arguments -- 5. Evidence-based arguments -- 6. Educational arguments -- 7. Pedagogical arguments.

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Language and languages--Study and teaching.
Translating and interpreting.
Applied linguistics.