Mastering Reading and Language Skills with the Newspaper
Readers seeking to build their critical thinking and comprehension skills will appreciate this challenging collection of articles. Ideal for native and non-native English speakers alike, it draws news and features from the pages of the International Herald Tribune, the most widely distributed English-language daily newspaper in the world.
The Internet and Young Learners (Resource Books for Teachers)
Who is this book for? This book is for anyone teaching English to young learners interested in enhancing their courses through the use of the Internet. The book does not assume sophisticated knowledge of computers or programming. It is not a technical how-to manual. Anybody with a general knowledge of basic word processing and web navigation can use these activities in the classroom. For those teachers with strong computer skills, the activities can serve as a creative stimulus to build impressive e-projects and tasks.
Entry 1 Skills for Life ESOL Teacher's Book is the FIRST level in a series of five for new arrivals in the UK wishing to study English. (Note: do not be confused by the illogical naming of the level by the DfES!) It is an adult course that takes students from beginner/starter level to a point equivalent to a GCSE in English. The course is designed to help new arrivals in the UK learn communicative English as quickly as possible. I focusses on real life scenarios for those living in the UK. It thus contains a lot of material and subjects not normally covered in general English coursebooks.
Writing with Children (Resource Books for Teachers)
There is a quantum leap between acquiring the ability to speak and understand a language and learning to read and write it. Writing is not a natural activity in the way that speaking is. Many children experience difficulty in crossing the bridge from oral competence to literacy, even in their first language. In a foreign or other language the problems are that much greater. This book offers an approach to developing the complex set of cognitive and motor skills needed if children are to be able to write in the foreign language. The approach is carefully gradual, offering teachers a rich array of activities for developing literacy skills.
