History

- Created in Rabat , 1979
- Organised its first annual conference, 1980
- Has regularly organised an annual conference since its creation
- Has been awarded the patron of His Majesty the King since 1989
- Has run national as well as international events
- Won the Worldaware Business Award, 2004.
- Objectives
MATE aims to: 
- contribute to the improvement of the teaching of English in Morocco .
- encourage contacts among teachers in Morocco on the one hand,  and between these teachers and teachers of English in other countries on the other hand.
- encourage research in the field of teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) in Morocco.

 

Non-native language teachers have often been viewed as an unavoidable fate of the profession, rather than an asset worth exploring and investigating. Now that non-natives are increasingly found teaching languages, and particularly English, both in ESL and EFL contexts, the identification of their specific contributions and their main strengths has become more relevant than ever.

As a result, there has recently been a surge of interest in the role of non-native teachers but little empirical research has been published so far. This volume is particularly rich in providing different approaches to the study of non-native teachers: NNS teachers as seen by students, teachers, graduate supervisors, and by themselves. It also contributes little explored perspectives, like classroom discourse analysis, or a social-psychological framework to discuss conceptions of NNS teachers.

Language in the Schools: Integrating Linguistics Knowledge into K-12 Teaching addresses two important questions:

*What aspects of linguistic knowledge are most useful for teachers to know?

*What kinds of activities and projects are most effective in introducing those aspects of linguistic knowledge to K-12 students?

The volume focuses on how basic linguistic knowledge can inform teachers' approaches to language issues in the multicultural, linguistically diverse classroom. The text also includes examples of practical applications of language awareness to pedagogy, assessment, and curriculum construction, which support the current goals of language arts, bilingual, and ESL education.

Language in the Schools: Integrating Linguistics Knowledge into K-12 Teaching contributes to the resources on linguistics and education by taking prospective teachers beyond basic linguistics to ways in which linguistics can productively inform their teaching and raise their students' awareness of language.

It is intended as a text for students in teacher education programs who have a basic knowledge of linguistics.

This book contains over sixty of the best loved English nursery rhymes, arranged according to themes and beautifully illustrated in full colour.

A special section at the back of the book includes the music for the songs as well as notes for the parents and teachers. These give suggestions on how to use the rhymes with their children, at home and in the classroom.