Welcoming Linguistic Diversity in Early Childhood Classrooms: Learning from International Schools
Added by: Anonymous | Karma: | Only for teachers, Non-Fiction | 11 June 2014
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In schools where young English language learners speak a variety of home languages, welcoming them into the classroom can be very challenging for the teacher and her English-speaking pupils. This long awaited book, written by teachers well experienced in addressing the needs of this young and vulnerable group, will come as a boon to new teachers presented with a multilingual classroom for the first time.
English for Life: Reading B1+ Intermediate & Resources for Teachers
Added by: Anonymous | Karma: | Coursebooks, Grammar, Only for teachers | 11 June 2014
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English for Life: Reading B1+ Intermediate & Resources for Teachers
To read fluently in all situations you need to practise reading different kinds of texts. Collins Reading presents 20 different texts with exercises to help you develop the skills to read anything you come across. Reading features authentic texts and a wide variety of styles to help you develop your reading skills, such as reading for general understanding and reading for detail.
Insights into Non-native Vocabulary Teaching and Learning
Added by: Anonymous | Karma: | Only for teachers, Non-Fiction, Linguistics | 11 June 2014
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In a field like L2 vocabulary teaching and learning where interest and research studies are burgeoning, this book offers a useful collection of papers that contains new ways of investigating vocabulary development, techniques for vocabulary teaching such as the Focus on Form hypothesis, word associations, and the use of concordance data. In addition, it tackles recent areas of analysis such as the treatment of vocabulary in teaching materials-an area of almost complete neglect in the literature. The book is divided into three parts. Part one provides the overview and deals with the development.
Language Teacher Education for a Global Society: A Modular Model for Knowing, Analyzing, Recognizing, Doing, and Seeing
Added by: Anonymous | Karma: | Only for teachers, Non-Fiction | 10 June 2014
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The field of second/foreign language teacher education is calling out for a coherent and comprehensive framework for teacher preparation in these times of accelerating economic, cultural, and educational globalization. Responding to this call, this book introduces a state-of-the-art model for developing prospective and practicing teachers into strategic thinkers, exploratory researchers, and transformative teachers. The model includes five modules: Knowing, Analyzing, Recognizing, Doing, and Seeing (KARDS).
Principles and Practices for Teaching English as an International Language
Added by: Anonymous | Karma: | Only for teachers, Non-Fiction | 9 June 2014
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What general principles should inform a socioculturally sensitive pedagogy for teaching English as an International Language and what practices would be consistent with these principles?
This text explores the pedagogical implications of the continuing spread of English and its role as an international language, highlighting the importance of socially sensitive pedagogy in contexts outside inner circle English-speaking countries.
Designed for pre-service and in-service teachers of English around the world, Principles and Practices for Teaching English as an International Language fills a critical need in the field.
