Tim Giesler

List of John Benjamins publications in which Tim Giesler is involved.

Title

Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching: Historical perspectives

Edited by Richard Smith and Tim Giesler

By adopting a historical perspective, this edited collection of papers takes a fresh look at a key concept in applied linguistics, that of innovation. A substantial introduction advocates historical re-evaluation of this notion via exploration of its rise to prominence, while the ten subsequent… read more

[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 20] 2023. x, 220 pp.

Articles

Giesler, Tim and Sabine Doff 2023 Chapter 7. Change without innovation? Language teaching in late 19th-century Germany Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching: Historical perspectives, Smith, Richard and Tim Giesler (eds.), pp. 122–136 | Chapter

In the context of language education, innovation seems a problematic concept. Although there is no doubt that teaching methods have changed in the 200 or so years that modern foreign languages have been taught in schools, it is usually highly debatable that they were as “new” as claimed when… read more

Smith, Richard and Tim Giesler 2023 Chapter 1. How can perspectives from Applied Linguistic Historiography improve our understanding of innovation? Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching: Historical perspectives, Smith, Richard and Tim Giesler (eds.), pp. 2–22 | Chapter

As an emerging interdisciplinary, plurilingual and intercultural field (McLelland & Smith, 2018), the History of Language Learning and Teaching – and associated considerations of Applied Linguistic Historiography (Smith, 2016) – can be expected to provide useful perspectives on innovation: how,… read more