Teacher Language Awareness (TLA) is an area of increasing interest to those involved in language teacher education. This book provides an introduction to the nature of TLA, assesses its impact upon teaching and its potential impact on learning. The book focuses specifically on grammar. It aims to encourage teachers and others involved in language education to think more deeply about the importance of TLA ad to adopt a more principled approach to the planning of those parts of their programmes assosciated with it.
Develop Your Assertiveness offers simple techniques to enable you to become more assertive. Packed with examples and exercises, it is a self-help guide covering topics such as: the importance of choice behavior; tension control, self-awareness and self-esteem; relationships; making and refusing requests; dealing with problem people.
Language Awareness in Language Education Selected papers originally presented at the International Language in Education Conference held at the University of Hong Kong, 14-16 December, 1994. ISBN 9628109022 , Issue date 1995
Interlanguage Pragmatic Development: The Study Abroad Context
Gila Schauer's study of interlanguage pragmatic development in English is situated in the context of studying abroad. It is the first book-length study of a common occurrence worldwide, but one that has not received the focus it deserves. Schauer examines the interlanguagepragmatic development of German learners of English at a British University over the course of a year. The focus is not only on the learners' productivepragmatic development, but also on their pragmatic awareness, which is compared with their grammatical awareness.
A three-level, story-based course with a rich package of teacher's resource materials.
Cookie and Friends gives teachers everything they need to create lively, well-structured, and varied language classes while focussing on key areas of child development, such as motor-skills and personal awareness.