Teaching ESL/EFL Listening and Speaking (Esl & Applied Linguistics Professional)

Using a framework based on principles of teaching and learning, this guide for teachers and teacher trainees provides a wealth of suggestions for helping learners at all levels of proficiency develop their reading and writing skills and fluency. By following these suggestions, which are organized around four strands - meaning-focused input, meaning-focused output, language-focused learning, and fluency development - teachers will be able to design and present a balanced program for their students."Teaching ESL/EFL Reading and Writing", and its companion text, "Teaching ESL/EFL Listening and Speaking", are similar in format and the kinds of topics covered, but do not need to be used together. Drawing on research and theory in applied linguistics, their focus is strongly hands-on, featuring easily applied principles, a large number of useful teaching techniques, and guidelines for testing and monitoring. All certificate, diploma, masters and doctoral courses for teachers of English as a second or foreign language include a teaching methods component. The texts are designed for and have been field tested in such programs.

Teaching ESL/EFL Reading and Writing (Esl & Applied Linguistics Professional)

Using a framework based on principles of teaching and learning, this guide for teachers and teacher trainees provides a wealth of suggestions for helping learners at all levels of proficiency develop their reading and writing skills and fluency. By following these suggestions, which are organized around four strands - meaning-focused input, meaning-focused output, language-focused learning, and fluency development - teachers will be able to design and present a balanced program for their students.

This practical guide offers valuable support for student-teachers and teachers in their early professional development. Divided into three sections, it covers: key pedagogical issues and planning; developing key skills, knowledge and understanding; and broadening your perspective. Teaching is rapidly becoming a more research and evidence-informed profession and the materials in this book are specifically designed to support developments in the (pedagogical) knowledge base in teaching.

If there is currently a more lucid overview available of all significant approaches to language teaching, I'll be very surprised.' - EL Gazette A fully revised and updated edition of this popular introduction to language teaching methodology, which describes different methods and approaches in language teaching. It provides practical, step-by-step guidance for new teachers and introduces more experienced teachers to new approaches and teaching ideas. Fully updated, An accessible introduction to different methods and approaches in language teaching, Provides practical, step-by-step guidance for new teachers. Clear and jargon-free, Suitable for in-service and initial teacher training, and pre-course reading for MA students, Introduces more experienced teachers to new approaches and teaching ideas, Cartoons and illustrations, redrawn for this edition.
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