Teaching English: Theory and Practice from Kindergarten to Grade Twelve
This book offers teachers of English fresh insights into how to get children involved in their reading of poetry and fiction. Donald Gutteridge describes the unique way we read poetry and fiction and offers concrete ideas about how English can be best taught in schools. He argues that students should read literature in the same spirit in which it is written--aesthetically.
A unique resource pack for teachers using "English Explorer" and "Matura Explorer" coursebooks. Contains additional material for carrying out classes - videos, audio, scripts, module and placement tests, lesson plans, evaluation criteria, cultural activities, methodology tips, curriculum guides, answer keys, exam tasks etc.
The Child's Changing Consciouness as the Basis of Pedagogical Practice
These talks were given in 1923-three and a half years after the founding of the first Waldorf school-to an audience of Swiss school teachers, most of whom have little knowledge of anthroposophy. This is the context of these lectures, among Steiner's most accessible on education. A teacher who attended the lectures wrote in the Berne School Paper: Every morning, as we listened anew to Dr. Steiner, we felt we had come closer to him and understood better what he had to say and how he had to say it.
Teaching Grammar in Second Language Classrooms: Integrating Form-Focused Instruction in Communicative Context
Recent SLA research recognizes the necessity of attention to grammar and demonstrates that form-focused instruction is especially effective when it is incorporated into a meaningful communicative context. Designed specifically for second-language teachers, this text identifies and explores the various options for integrating a focus on grammar and a focus on communication in classroom contexts and offers concrete examples of teaching activities for each option
