Real Life brings English to life and makes learning English enjoyable and achievable through practical tasks and evocative topics. Real Life gives students English to talk about issues that are important to their lives. * Real contexts to practise everyday functional language * Real language and opportunities to share ideas with classmates about goals, dreams and global issues * Real strategies for success in their educational career, including speaking and writing skills and exam preparation
Introducing the USA is a very useful reader for elementary to intermediate students who want to expand their basic vocabulary and grammar structures within a realistic context. Each unit (28 in total) is an independent reader which focuses on a particular icon of the United States that range from politics, wildlife, geography, history, people, food, inventions and much more and is followed by a set of very basic grammar exercises to fix vocabulary, reading comprehension and grammar.
What does an integrated primary curriculum look like? How can cross-curricular work help children to learn more effectively? With practical ideas on how to join-up the primary curriculum, Cross-Curricular approaches to the primary curriculum uses history and geography to explore different contexts and strategies for making links between subjects, so that learning is more integrated and relevant to learners. It also demonstrates how these subjects can serve as the basis upon which values can be developed in the curriculum. There are powerful case studies, including examples of pupils' work and talk, and teachers' reflections.
Constructive Talk in Challenging Classrooms - Strategies for Behaviour Management and Talk-Based Tasks
Constructive Talk in Challenging Classrooms gives the practising teacher advice on how to make learning fun through the use of ‘talk’ and collaborative group work. Using clear examples, tried and tested in some of the most challenging classrooms in inner city schools, the book offers practical and honest advice on both the difficulties and rewards that can be gained when employing all forms of talk-based teaching in the classroom.
