Introduces core concepts in teaching methods and approaches. This book shows you how to link research to practice in TESOL methodology. Covering core topics from vocabulary and grammar to teaching, writing, speaking and listening, it emphasises how interpretations have impacted on the language classroom worldwide.
Provides an incentive for learners to write, edit, and reformulate their writing. Encourages learners to read more appreciatively. Encourages the development of critical, evaluative, and analytical abilities which can be transferred to other subjects.
Exploring reading through four distinct lenses—linguistic process, personal experience, collective experience, and classroom practice—this book offers valuable insights for educators and readers. It aims to enhance understanding of reading's role in language development and the cultivation of a lifelong reading habit, making it a beneficial resource for anyone looking to deepen their appreciation of the reading experience.
Focusing on multilingual education, this book showcases case studies from five schools worldwide, including locations from Hawaii to Kenya, that are implementing radical changes to embrace students' home languages and cultures. Each school, while unique in its context, shares a commitment to viewing language diversity as a valuable resource. The authors provide both theoretical insights and practical tips, making this an essential resource for educators, policymakers, and scholars interested in multilingualism and second language acquisition.
Uncovering aspects of university culture which are often hidden or misunderstood, this book brings together international perspectives, showing the matches and mismatches between experience and expectation, as both staff and student face new academic cultures. Drawing on the stories of students and members of staff in the higher education sector as starting points for analysis, this book considers aspects such as the dynamics and pragmatics of university settings, from tutorial to lecture; the assignment and multiple text types from reflective logs to essays; different interpretations of grades, grading and feedback. Topics are explored with examples from critical incidents and narratives in international contexts - both where staff or students cross cultures and borders, and where they are functioning within the university culture with which they are most familiar. Ideal both for those new to learning and teaching in higher education, and those seeking to refresh their practice, this must-read book uses case studies and narratives to illustrate key challenges academics and students face. With consideration given to learning across cultures, the narratives and topics lead to enquiries which the reader can ask and research for themselves to find helpful answers to explain their own university experiences.
'Creative Poetry Writing' has been written to give teachers practical ideas for teaching language through poetry. It includes: a wide variety of simple to use activity types sample poems written by students and published poets suitable activities for teenagers and adults for elementary to advanced level activities which encourage students to experiment with sound and rhythm specific forms of language practised in a creative manner gradual progression from sounds through words to more complex structures an extra element of production and performance to add to the language syllabus The popular RESOURCE BOOKS FOR TEACHERS series gives teachers practical advice and guidance, along with resource ideas and materials for the classroom. The tasks and activities are clearly presented, and offer teachers the information they need about level, time, preparation, materials, classroom management, monitoring, and follow-up activities. Each book offers up to 100 ideas, as well as variations that encourage teachers to adapt the activities to suite their individual classrooms.