This set of colourful pictures will help you prepare your students for the YLE exams. The material offers teachers and students a good chance to have language practised in lively creative classes
This ELD resource features a balance of systemic English language instruction with strong emphasis on vocabulary development and a focus on language arts standards. The Interactive Reader has three types of selections: literature, informational texts, and documents that students may encounter in various activities. All selections include the same basic preparation, support, and review materials. Vocabulary previews, skill descriptions, graphic organizers, review questions, and other tools help understand and enjoy the selections. Moreover, tips and questions in the side margins ensure that students can apply and practice the skills they are learning as they read.
10 Things I Hate About You explores this energetic and accessible film, opening up its themes and issues for students in a practical way, moving from concrete details of plot and characters through to more complex considerations of issues, themes and contemporary relevance. It provides background information about the film and other relevant texts. Technical considerations such as scripting, camera work and soundtrack are demystified and placed in context, providing students with the critical vocabulary for discussion of film.
Creative Questions: Lively Uses of the Interrogative
This resource book deals with one of the major barriers to fluency and accuracy in English - question forms. It integrates question practice into all areas of language teaching - grammar, vocabulary, the four skills, register, cross-cultural training, and others - empowering students to ask questions accurately and appropriately, and enabling them to become active learners. There are over 70 activities, from five-minute warm ups to full lessons, for students from beginning to advanced levels.
The author draws on her teaching experience to show how an interesting lead-in to a text-based lesson can unlock a treasury of linguistic usage and stimulate students' curiosity and motivation to learn. The one hundred original pre-text activities are designed to improve students' learning abilities and strengthen their linguistic confidence. They should also help improve students' motivation and confidence by bringing the text to life. The book features activities for use with almost any text, from short articles and poems to full-length novels and plays and is suitable for all levels and abilities. Many activities include little or no preparation and use a "recipe" format.
