As is widely accepted, language learning success is best predicted by two factors: learners’ aptitude and motivation. As teachers are key stakeholders in shaping learners’ motivation, they play the major part in the foreign language education game. Although no chapter discusses teacher education explicitly, the implications from these studies are hoped to be obvious and relevant.
More than any other field in education, the social and cultural foundations of education reflect many of the conflicts, tensions, and forces in American society. This is hardly surprising, since the area focuses on issues such as race, gender, socioeconomic class, the impact of technology on learning, what it means to be educated, and the role of teaching and learning in a societal context.
Listen and Learn 101 American English idioms (Book+Audio) Publication Date: 1996 Primary Category: Citizenship/American Culture. Language Level: Intermediate Education Sector. High School, Pre-University (Intensive type programs), Adult Education How much dirt is there in a hole exactly one foot deep and one foot wide? None. A hole is empty! Students' minds will be far from empty with this humorous book! Riddles provide a wealth of opportunity to gain new insights into the American English language and culture. Each one is accompanied by text that helps ESL students master the underlying linguistic and cultural reasons why the joke is funny. For example, How do you keep a rhinoceros from charging? (Take away his credit cards) points out the double meaning of the word charge. Categories include riddles whose solutions depend on a play on words or cultural understanding, or those that present a logic problem. Comic art makes this a delightful way to learn English! • Audio CD: The audio CD contains readings of each of the 101 idioms, so you can hear how American English sounds and practice what you have learned.
The Encyclopedia of American Education Third Edition is designed as an easy-to-use reference for the entire educational community: above all, students of education, but also teachers, librarians, parents, school administrators, school board members, legislators and all others directly or indirectly affiliated with or interested in education and the education process. With more than 2,500 entries, the encyclopedia was honored by the American Library Association as one of the best new reference works when the first edition appeared in 1996.
Student writing is at the cener of teaching and learning in higher education. Students are assessed by what they write, and are only accepted within an academic discipline when they have mastered the writing conventions and style necessary for that discipline. Teaching Academic Writing is a "toolkit" to help higher education lecturers and tutors teach student writing. Containing a range of diverse teaching strategies, the book offers both practical activities to help students develop their writing skills, and guidelines to help lecturers and tuthors think in more depth aboiut the feedback they give to students.
