Language teaching theory and methods Books
Cambridge University Press Think Level 2 Teachers Book with Digital Pack British English
£68.62
Cambridge University Press Think Level 4 Teachers Book with Digital Pack British English
£68.62
Cambridge University Press Think Level 5 Teachers Book with Digital Pack British English
£68.62
Cambridge University Press Empower IntermediateB1 Teachers Book with Digital Pack
£90.51
McGraw-Hill Education Conectate Introductory Spanish ISE
Book SynopsisThe philosophy behind Conéctate is simple: take what we know about second-language learning, combine it with the best practices in second-language teaching, and infuse it throughout with stimulating cultural content that challenges students to see themselves and the world in new ways. The overarching goal is to help instructors teach a highly effective, consistently engaging, and truly inspirational course in Spanish that is based on solid research.Meaning-based activities: At its core, language is a way of expressing meaning, so all activities in Conéctate guide students through the process of using Spanish meaningfully, either by understanding sentences that they hear or see, or by producing sentences that express what they want to communicate. Students are given myriad opportunities to engage in meaningful activities within a rich cultural context in all four skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. ActTable of ContentsCapítulo 1 En la claseCapítulo 2 Mis amigos y yoCapítulo 3 ¿Qué haces?Capítulo 4 ¡Qué bonita familia!Capítulo 5 Por la ciudadCapítulo 6 ¡A comer!Capítulo 7 Los recuerdos y la nostalgiaCapítulo 8 La ropa y la modaCapítulo 9 ¿Adónde te gustaría viajar?Capítulo 10 La vida profesionalCapítulo 11 ¡Estás en tu casa!Capítulo 12 El deporte y el bienestarCapítulo 13 La naturaleza y el medio ambienteCapítulo 14 La cultura y la diversiónCapítulo 15 Si la vida fuera diferenteCapítulo 16 La amistad y el amor
£56.99
McGraw-Hill Education Must Know High School ESL
Book SynopsisA user-friendly, concept-first approach to ESL helps you learn to read, write and speak English quickly and easilyAs part of our new Must Know series, Must Know High School ESL makes sure what you really need to know is clear up-front. Rather than starting with goals to be met like other study guides, chapters begin with the must know ideas, or concepts. The chapter then shows you how these important concepts will help you succeed in your studies.Written by an expert ESL educator with decades of experience, Must Know High School ESL provides useful examples to help explain and clarify each topic, then follows up with more challenging aspects and exceptions to any rules. Every chapter closes with reinforcing exercises to help you get the practice you need and the confidence you want. With a focus on the essentials and extensive, practical examples, Must Know High School ESL shows you that understanding the must-know concepts can help you speak, re
£14.65
McGraw-Hill Education 500 ACT English and Reading Questions to Know by
Book SynopsisAll the ACT English and Reading practice you needâupdated to match the latest exam and presented in an easy-to-use formatAchieve your highest score with 500 ACT English and Reading Questions to Know by Test Day, Third Edition. This book is packed with the latest ACT style questions and prompts covering all the essential English and Reading topics youâll see on the exam, accompanied by answers with detailed answer explanations for clarity. Itâs the perfect way to sharpen your skills and build your confidence for test day.Organized by subject with both multiple choice and free-response questions, 500 ACT English and Reading Questions to Know by Test Day provides excellent practice to help you make the most of your review time. With small bits of information presented for quick and easy review, this essential study guide is helpful for all types of students, whether youâre looking for a thorough refresh of topics or need extra help understanding speci
£13.38
McGraw-Hill Education College Writing Skills with Readings 2026 Release ISE
£50.39
McGraw-Hill Education Read Reason Write ISE
Book SynopsisRead, Reason, Write shows students how reading, argument, research, and analysis are interrelated and how these skills combine to develop each student''s critical-thinking ability. A rich collection of readings provides practice for these skills, and new ideas and insights for readers. In this thirteenth edition, the authors have given greater attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion in text and illustrations, and when choosing the authors and subject matter of readings. Half of the professional readings in the text are written by Black or Indigenous writers or people of color. Decades of classroom experience join composition and rhetoric research and theory to guide the text''s content and presentation. This combination has made the text a best-seller for now 13 editions. Read, Reason, Write 13e is completely aligned with MLA 9e and APA 7e.Table of ContentsSECTION 1 CRITICAL READING AND ANALYSISChapter 1 Writers and Their SourcesChapter 2 Responding Critically to SourcesSECTION 2 THE WORLD OF ARGUMENTChapter 3 Understanding the Basics of ArgumentChapter 4 Writing Effective ArgumentsChapter 5 Reading, Analyzing, and Using Visuals and Statistics in ArgumentChapter 6 Learning More about Argument: Induction, Deduction, Analogy, and Logical FallaciesSECTION 3 STUDYING SOME ARGUMENTS BY GENREChapter 7 Definition ArgumentsChapter 8 Evaluation ArgumentsChapter 9 The Position Paper: Claims of ValuesChapter 10 Arguments about CauseChapter 11 Presenting Proposals: The Problem/Solution ArgumentSECTION 4 THE RESEARCHED AND FORMALLY DOCUMENTED ARGUMENTChapter 12 Locating, Evaluating, and Preparing to Use SourcesChapter 13 Writing the Researched EssayChapter 14 Formal Documentation: MLA Style, APA StyleSECTION 5 A COLLECTION OF READINGSChapter 15 The Media: Image and RealityChapter 16 The Internet and Social Media: Their Impact on Our LivesChapter 17 Marriage and Gender Issues: The Debates ContinueChapter 18 American Education: Ongoing Issues and ConcernsChapter 19 The Environment: How Do We Sustain It?Chapter 20 Laws and Rights: Gun Control and Immigration DebatesChapter 21 America: Past, Present, FutureAppendix Understanding Literature
£53.09
Cambridge University Press Kids Box Starter Teachers Resource Book with Online Audio American English
Book SynopsisAn update of the well-loved course for young learners - now fully in line with the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. The fun course for seriously good results! This seven-level course delights children and inspires teachers with bright ideas for the English classroom. Perfect for general use Kid''s Box Second edition is now updated with new vocabulary and activities so that it fully covers the syllabus of the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. This Resource Book provides a huge bank of extension and reinforcement activities to accompany each unit of the Class Book, enabling teachers to cater for mixed-ability classes. Download the audio at cambridge.org/kidsbox
£42.99
Cambridge University Press Kids Box Level 2 Teachers Resource Book with Online Audio American English
Book SynopsisAn update of the well-loved course for young learners - now fully in line with the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. The fun course for seriously good results! This seven-level course delights children and inspires teachers with bright ideas for the English classroom. Perfect for general use Kid''s Box Second edition is now updated with new vocabulary and activities so that it fully covers the syllabus of the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. This Resource Book provides a huge bank of extension and reinforcement activities to accompany each unit of the Class Book, enabling teachers to cater for mixed-ability classes. Download the audio at cambridge.org/kidsbox
£42.99
Cambridge University Press Kids Box Level 3 Teachers Resource Book with Online Audio American English
Book SynopsisAn update of the well-loved course for young learners - now fully in line with the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. The fun course for seriously good results! This seven-level course delights children and inspires teachers with bright ideas for the English classroom. Perfect for general use Kid''s Box Second edition is now updated with new vocabulary and activities so that it fully covers the syllabus of the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. This Resource Book provides a huge bank of extension and reinforcement activities to accompany each unit of the Class Book, enabling teachers to cater for mixed-ability classes. Download the audio at cambridge.org/kidsbox
£42.99
Cambridge University Press Kids Box Level 5 Teachers Resource Book with Online Audio American English
Book SynopsisAn update of the well-loved course for young learners - now fully in line with the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. The fun course for seriously good results! This seven-level course delights children and inspires teachers with bright ideas for the English classroom. Perfect for general use Kid''s Box Second edition is now updated with new vocabulary and activities so that it fully covers the syllabus of the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. This Resource Book provides a huge bank of extension and reinforcement activities to accompany each unit of the Class Book, enabling teachers to cater for mixed-ability classes. Download the audio at cambridge.org/kidsbox
£42.99
Cambridge University Press Kids Box Level 6 Teachers Resource Book with Online Audio American English
Book SynopsisAn update of the well-loved course for young learners - now fully in line with the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. The fun course for seriously good results! This seven-level course delights children and inspires teachers with bright ideas for the English classroom. Perfect for general use Kid''s Box Second edition is now updated with new vocabulary and activities so that it fully covers the syllabus of the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. This Resource Book provides a huge bank of extension and reinforcement activities to accompany each unit of the Class Book, enabling teachers to cater for mixed-ability classes. Download the audio at cambridge.org/kidsbox
£42.99
Cambridge University Press Kids Box Level 1 Teachers Resource Book with Online Audio British English
Book SynopsisAn update of the well-loved course for young learners - now fully in line with the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. The fun course for seriously good results! This seven-level course delights children and inspires teachers with its bright ideas. Perfect for general use Kid''s Box Second edition is now updated with new vocabulary and activities so that it fully covers the syllabus of the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. This Resource Book provides a huge bank of extension and reinforcement activities to accompany each unit of the Pupil''s Book, enabling teachers to cater for mixed-ability classes, as well as tests to prepare for Cambridge English: Starters. Download the audio at cambridge.org/kidsbox
£43.43
Cambridge University Press Kids Box Level 2 Teachers Resource Book with Online Audio British English
Book SynopsisAn update of the well-loved course for young learners - now fully in line with the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. The fun course for seriously good results! This seven-level course delights children and inspires teachers with its bright ideas. Perfect for general use Kid''s Box Second edition is now updated with new vocabulary and activities so that it fully covers the syllabus of the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. This Resource Book provides a huge bank of extension and reinforcement activities to accompany each unit of the Pupil''s Book, enabling teachers to cater for mixed-ability classes, as well as tests to prepare for Cambridge English: Starters. Download the audio at cambridge.org/kidsbox
£43.43
Cambridge University Press Kids Box Level 3 Teachers Resource Book with Online Audio British English
Book SynopsisAn update of the well-loved course for young learners - now fully in line with the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. The fun course for seriously good results! This seven-level course delights children and inspires teachers with its bright ideas. Perfect for general use Kid''s Box Second edition is now updated with new vocabulary and activities so that it fully covers the syllabus of the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. This Resource Book provides a huge bank of extension and reinforcement activities to accompany each unit of the Pupil''s Book, enabling teachers to cater for mixed-ability classes, as well as tests to prepare for Cambridge English: Movers. Download the audio at cambridge.org/kidsbox
£43.43
Cambridge University Press Unlock Basic Skills Teachers Book with
Book SynopsisUnlock is a five-level academic skills course that combines carefully scaffolded exercises, a comprehensive approach to critical thinking and motivating video. The Basic Skills Teacher''s Book with downloadable audio and video provides step-by-step lesson plans. Learning objectives for every lesson, Lead-ins and Optional Activities are included to give you flexibility. In addition, the Teacher''s Book provides Teaching tips and Additional speaking and writing activities.
£48.73
Cambridge University Press Unlock Basic Literacy Teachers Book with Downloadable Audio and Literacy Presentation Plus
Book SynopsisUnlock is a five-level academic skills course that combines carefully scaffolded exercises, a comprehensive approach to critical thinking and motivating video. The Basic Literacy Teacher''s Book with downloadable audio provides step-by-step lesson plans. Learning objectives for every lesson, Lead-ins and Optional Activities are included to give you flexibility. In addition, the Teacher''s Book includes a comprehensive author introduction on Helping Arabic speakers to develop literacy in English and integrated Literacy tips in every unit to give teachers support in teaching this challenging area.
£48.25
Broadview Press Ltd The Broadview Book of Common Errors in English
Book SynopsisThe ESL edition of Common Errors in English offers a comprehensive survey of the sorts of difficulties second language learners most often experience with English—and provides real help to students in overcoming them. The body of the book is organized according to grammatical categories, covering such topics as Verb Tense difficulties; Word Order Problems; Negation; Gerunds and Direct Objects; Singular and Plural Difficulties; and Direct and Indirect Speech. Included as well is a comprehensive section on usage and meaning, and a list of words commonly misspelled.The authors take care to avoid the harshly prescriptive; the book is informed throughout by a sympathetic understanding both of the difficulties that face every ESL student and of the particular problems faced by individuals from different linguistic backgrounds as they learn the peculiarities of English grammar and usage. The book includes a generous selection of exercises informed by these principles, and an accompanying answer key.Common Errors in English: ESL Edition will be an invaluable reference text for second language learners at a wide variety of levels.Trade Review“A practical, well-organized and straightforward guide. This book is a must for every ESL teacher and every ESL student.” — Mark Angerilli, ESL Teacher Training Program, University of British Columbia.“An excellent easy-to-use reference guide for all students. Especially helpful are the exercises which address specific problems of students who speak certain specific foreign languages.” — Sister Marie Lorraine Bruno, Immaculata CollegeTable of ContentsPrefaceVerbsTensesActive and PassiveNegativesCommandsQuestionsDangling ConstructivesIrregular VerbsOmmision of VerbsIndirect SpeechNounsGenderArticlesPluralsPronounsOther Parts of SpeechAdjectivesAdverbsPrepositionsPhrasal VerbsConjunctionsNegationWord OrderUsage and MeaningHomonymsOther Easily Confused WordsConfusing AdjectivesInterchangeable AdjectivesProblems with UsageAffixesTwo words or one?Infinitives, Gerunds, and Direct ObjectsCapitalizationSpellingSpelling and SoundPunctuationThe PeriodThe CommaThe Question MarkThe Exclamation MarkThe Semi-ColonThe ColonThe DashParenthesesThe ApostropheSpecific Language DifficultiesThe Problems of English Problems of specific languages and language groupsLanguage and GenderExercisesPart I: Exercises on specific grammatical pointsPart II: General Diagnostic and Language Specific ExercisesAnswer Key to Exercises
£29.66
Christian Publishers LLC Readers Theatre in the Middle School & Junior
Book SynopsisA teacher''s guidebook of ideas introducing Readers Theatre to young students. Includes step-by-step instructions on a variety of ways to use Readers Theatre in the classroom: Circle, Instant and Co-operative readings. Provides a springboard of ideas for storytelling, writing and creative drama. Allows teachers to build theme units for co-operative learning, special education and English as a second language.
£13.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Engaging the Arts: Participation Patterns Across
Book SynopsisThe environment in which arts organisations function has changed dramatically in the 29 years since the first National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA). Alternatives for arts and entertainment activities have proliferated, and expectations for personalisation and individual control over those experiences have increased. The proliferation of new technologies for interacting with digital content is occurring at a heightened pace, while the nation''s demographic characteristics grow increasingly diverse. This book provides an overview of the SPPA, which was first conducted in 1982, and serves as the longest-standing resource for studying U.S. adult levels of arts attendance, personal arts creation and performance, and arts participation through electronic media.
£146.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Teaching Language Skills
Book SynopsisThis is a book written for language teachers, prospective teachers, students in the language teaching departments and researchers working in this field. This book includes the issues related to language teaching, how to do it effectively and how to focus on different language skills such as listening, speaking, reading and writing in the language classroom. It is believed that this book will facilitate the process of teaching English as a foreign and/or language in different language teaching contexts all around the world. It consists of thirteen chapters which are concerned with important issues to be taken into account while teaching a second and/or foreign language.
£159.74
In Print Publishing Ltd Teaching English in Spain
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£4.99
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Multilingual Content and Language Integrated
Book SynopsisThis book is directed at both researchers and teachers with an interest to establish a multilingual and cosmopolitan culture within classrooms; it contributes to research in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) on multiple levels. The theoretical part sketches a conceptual framework with a competence model for the promotion of global discourse competence as the center of gravity for multilingual CLIL in the social sciences. Along the leitmotif of climate change, the construction of 'cosmopolitan classroom glocalities' for supporting learners' 21st century skills is suggested. Besides defending design-based action research as a research method for bridging the gap between theory and practice, two empirical contributions from a German 10th grade CLIL classroom with English as target language make the preceding theoretical framework tangible. One chapter deals with more language-related issues, whereas the subsequent chapter takes a subject turn. At first, a comprehensive model for multilingual CLIL is presented. It builds on the novel concept of translanguaging, adapted to 'trans-foreign-languaging' for facilitating multilingualism as a daily norm. Thereafter, the model's effect on political judgments is investigated. This chapter concludes in proposing the genesis of a 'perfect equilibrium of emotional and rational learning' for promoting empathy, solidarity, and justice within a democratic and transnational civil society.Trade Review"A great piece of academic research with high practical relevance." -- Karim Touati, Teacher of Politics & Economics, Frankfurt am Main
£27.90
Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd Unlock Their Future: A Skills-Based Approach to
Book SynopsisEnglish is an important subject today. It is also a difficult subject to teach. Large heterogeneous classes, anachronistic syllabi, boring textbooks boringly taught and purposeless examinations demotivate students from taking English seriously at college. In the twenty-first century there is a need for professionals to be adept at writing, speaking and understanding English because they have to communicate well with native English-speaking clients. Our graduates need to be trained in these linguistic competencies while in college. This book offers practical methods and strategies for preparing students from the metros as well as the small towns in English language skills required in their professional lives.
£9.49
Qualis Books Quick and Easy Way to Learn Chinese
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£5.48
Museum Tusculanum Press Discipline & Interdisciplinarity: in Foreign
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£32.39
HarperCollins Publishers COLLINS COBUILD POCKET ENGLISHENGLISHURDU DICTIONARY Collins Cobuild Pocket Diction
Book SynopsisThe Collins Cobuild Pocket English-English-Urdu Dictionary is a brand new, illustrated dictionary aimed at learners of English.
£13.29
HarperCollins Publishers Key Words for Electrical Engineering B1 Collins COBUILD Key Words
Book SynopsisCollins COBUILD Key Words for Electrical Engineering is a brand-new vocabulary book aimed at anyone who wants to study or work in the field of electrical engineering. The title contains the 500 most important words and phrases you will need to succeed and includes practice material to make sure you really learn them.
£9.99
Oxford University Press, USA Focus On ContentBased Language Teaching
Book SynopsisFocus on Content-Based Language Teaching highlights important research and evidence-based instructional practices that can overcome these challenges. Extracts from classroom data provide real-life examples of teachers and students interacting with each other in different approaches to content-based language teaching, showing how theory relates to practice. The book includes: Spotlight Studies, highlightingimportant research on learning andteachingClassroom Snapshots, featuring descriptions of teachers and students engaged in different approaches to learning and teachingActivities which encourage comparison and reflection, helping you to relate research and theory on content-based language teaching to your own teaching context. This book is part of the Oxford Key Concepts for the Language Classroom series, focusing on key topics for teachingEnglish as a second or foreign language. Theseresearch-led instructional guides link the theories of second language acquisition and pedagogy with classroom practice, helping you to reflect on what needs to happen in the language classroom. Author Patsy M. Lightbown is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Applied Linguistics at Concordia University, Montreal. She is co-author of the award-winning How Languages are Learned, now in its fourth edition.Trade Review"educational and comprehensive... this is a timely book, appearing just when the need is felt for more clarification regarding the various approaches encompassed by CBLT and for more detailed definitions with respect to its unique features and differences." * System *"... readers [who are not familiar with CBLT approaches] will be delighted to come across Focus on Content-Based Language Teaching, written by Patsy M. Lightbown, renowned co-author of the well-known Second Language Acquisition textbook, How Languages are Learned... Overall, this 164-page book provides a clear and concise overview of CBLT and its implementation in different settings for both language majority and language minority students, as well as a comprehensive review of classroom-based research on CBLT with both young learners and adolescent learners." * RELC Journal *"With Focus on Content-Based Language Teaching, I am delighted to find accounts of such a wide scope of content-based programs for both language majority and language minority students. This book is well-researched and well-written, and succeeds in making complex material very accessible." * Marguerite Ann Snow, Professor in TESOL, California State University, Los Angeles *"As CBLT has gained unprecedented attention and adoption globally, this book is timely, identifying and demystifying its characteristic features. This book is tailor-made, easily accessible and invaluable to anyone interested in CBLT. It provides the crucial background and practical information one needs to know about this educational approach. By examining studies conducted all over the world (e.g. Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Canada and Spain), this book reveals the strengths and pitfalls of CBLT implementation in different contexts, allowing readers to identify and refine pedagogy which suits their unique circumstance, and to ultimately help their learners to benefit from the essence of CBLT: improving and achieving the necessary language proficiency for subject matter learning such that the second language is not a hindrance to academic achievement." * International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism *
£31.23
Oxford University Press Focus on Grammar and Meaning
Book SynopsisFocus on Grammar and Meaning explores how to teach grammar effectively to second or foreign language learners aged 5-18. It provides teachers with research insights that will help them to reflect on their classroom practice and enable them to experiment with different ways of teaching grammar. Taking a ''systemic-functional'' approach, the authors emphasize the importance of linking language and meaning in teaching. Key research studies on grammar instruction are featured, examples from real classroom practice are discussed, and activities are provided to help teachers relate the content to their own teaching context. Additional online resources at www.oup.com/elt/teacher/fogmTrade Review"Focus on Grammar and Meaning illustrates the centrality of language in the life of classrooms. I recommend this excellent and engaging book not only to specialist second language teachers but to all teachers who want to learn more about how the language of their classrooms impacts on student learning." * Dr Pauline Gibbons, Associate Professor, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia *"The innovative Oxford Key Concepts for the Language Classroom series links research and practice, and focuses on learners aged five to eighteen. This book draws on work by the linguist Michael Halliday and argues for a functional approach to grammar. This does not follow a traditional list of grammatical structures. Instead, teachers start with a focus on meaning, then help students to explore the grammatical forms which make that meaning, such as connectors and referencing. A useful glossary explains relevant terms such as noticing, metalanguage and recasting - feedback which reformulates learner errors. The insights provided into a meaning-based approach to grammar should be of interest to all language teachers. The final chapter 'What we know now' is particularly helpful. This book is practical, challenging, and well argued." * EL Gazette November 2015 *"...anchors grammar teaching in the wider context of the learning goals that teachers have for their students... the book covers many aspects of a complicated subject in a readable and accessible way, and I can recommend it to anyone tasked with the job of teaching grammar in primary and secondary schools." * English Teaching Professional *
£31.23
Oxford University Press Focus On Reading
Book SynopsisOxford Key Concepts for the Language Classroom focuses on key topics for teaching English as a second or foreign language. These instructional guides are informed by research in second language acquisition and language pedagogy, and show the relevance of theory to the practising teacher.This series is for teachers of English as a second or foreign language for learners aged 5-18. It is suitable for students working towards MA TESOL, graduate certificate, or diploma qualifications, and for practising teachers' professional development programs.Trade ReviewFocus on Reading dissects key research on L2 reading and provides implications and resources for incorporating them into instructional practice. The authors dispel myths about L2 reading by closely examining relevant research and theory. This book will be of high utility for dual language, ESL and reading teachers who work with diverse English language learners. * Margarita Calderón, Professor Emerita, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore *'This particular title aims to equip teachers and teachers in training with the practical skills they will need to teach second language reading to students with different learning needs... This book covers many aspects of the subject in a readable and accessible way, and I can recommend it to anyone who teaches reading to students in primary and secondary schools.' * English Teaching Professional *"The coherent and easy-to-follow organisation of this book, the reference to up-to-date research material, and the inclusion of a variety of activities, make it an invaluable resource." * Modern English Teacher *"Like other books in this innovative series, Focus on Reading links research and practice... I enjoyed learning about the characteristics of online reading and 'assistive technologies', and the transition between 'learning to read' and 'reading to learn'. The 10-page glossary is helpful. Fascinating." * EL Gazette *This title specifically addresses many of the factors involved in teaching second language reading skills... Focus on Reading is a suitable resource for teachers who are working to develop effective reading and assessment strategies for second language reading students with a variety of learning needs. * Canadian Teacher Magazine *The coherent and easy-to-follow organisation of this book, the reference to up-to-date research material, and the inclusion of a variety of activities, make it an invaluable resource. * Modern English Teacher *Like other books in this innovative series, Focus on Reading links research and practice... I enjoyed learning about the characteristics of online reading and 'assistive technologies', and the transition between 'learning to read' and 'reading to learn'. The 10-page glossary is helpful. Fascinating. * EL Gazette *
£31.23
Oxford University Press Fairness Justice and Language Assessment Oxford
Book SynopsisThe series attracts single or co-authored volumes from authors researching at the cutting edge of this dynamic field of interdisciplinary enquiry. The titles range from books that make such developments accessible to the non-specialist reader to those which explore in depth their relevance for the way language is to be conceived as a subject, and how courses and classroom activities are to be designed. As such, these books not only extend the field of applied linguistics itself and lend an additional significance to its enquiries, but also provide an indispensable professional foundation for language pedagogy and its practice. The scope of the series includes: second language acquisitionbilingualism and multi/plurilingualismlanguage pedagogy and teacher educationtesting and assessmentlanguage planning and policylanguage internationalization technology-mediated communicationdiscourse-, conversation-, and contrastive-analysispragmaticsstylisticslexicographytranslationTrade ReviewMcNamara et al.'s Fairness, Justice and Language Assessment constitutes a solid introduction to Rasch analysis...Being written in a straightforward and instructive manner, the book is accessible for students and scholars who wish to gain an elementary understanding of how Rasch models can be used to address issues of fairness. What makes this book particularly useful are the excellent supplementary materials through which the reader obtains a guided hands-on experience with the different Rasch models...Fairness, Justice and Language Assessment is generally well organised and particularly well written. * Dr. Carmen Ebner, Cambridge Assessment, Linguist List *
£49.05
Oxford University Press Mixedability teaching Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers
Book SynopsisMixed-Ability Teaching is designed to support teachers working with mixed-ability English language groups. This book will provide practical tools for discovering and freeing the potential of mixed-ability groups through differentiation activities, support for classroom management, and collaborative and cooperative working models. This title is part of the highly regarded Into the Classroom series - short, practical guides that help teachers who work in the primary and secondary school setting to make sense of new teaching tools, techniques, and educational policy, with ideas for implementing them in the classroom.Trade Review"This is a very useful book which deals thoroughly with all aspects of the challenges of teaching mixed-ability classes and provides a huge variety of strategies and techniques that teachers can use to maximise the potential of all their students." * English Teaching Professional *"The book shows how collaborative ways of working can promote a positive classroom atmosphere. It provides differentiated learning activities and is packed with practical ideas... Recommended." * EL Gazette *"This book is a valuable resource for any teacher's professional development. It not only sees some positives in mixed-ability teaching and suggests strategies and differentiated tasks to help cope with the difficulties that arise, it also supports teachers looking for ways of developing learner autonomy. Although the activities provided in the book are primarily intended for primary and secondary school students, when they are creatively developed they can be easily transferred to other groups of students." * Modern English Teacher *"This is an excellent resource on teaching mixed-ability primary and secondary language classes... Although it is geared towards new teachers, it also offers fresh ideas for more experienced instructors who may be looking for new ways to teach." * ELT Journal *
£20.52
Oxford University Press, USA Young Learners Resource Books for Teachers
Book SynopsisThis popular series addresses the needs of primary teachers, teacher trainers, and trainee teachers.Trade Review'A necessary addition to the library of every teacher of young learners.' * IATEFL Young Learners SIG Newsletter *Table of ContentsNote: A full contents list at the front of the book provides a complete list of the activities, the suggested level and age-group for each activity, and an approximate guide to the time an activity will take. The summary below aims to give a general idea of the book's organization. ; The author and series editor ; Foreword ; Introduction ; How to use this book ; 1. Listening (8 activities) ; 2. Speaking (7 activities) ; 3. Reading (7 activities) ; 4. Writing (6 activities) ; 5. Vocabulary and grammar (8 activities) ; 6. Games (9 activities) ; 7. Songs and chants (3 activities) ; 8. Creative activities (10 activities) ; 9. Video (5 activities) ; 10. Putting it all together ; Classroom management ; Lesson content ; Lesson planning ; Photocopiable worksheets ; Further reading ; Index
£34.58
Oxford University Press, USA Applied Linguistics Oxford Introduction to Language Study Series
£24.31
Oxford University Press, USA Putting CLIL into Practice
Book SynopsisPutting CLIL into Practice offers a new methodological framework for the CLIL classroom, focusing on how to guide input and support output. ContentsWhat is CLIL?Defining parametersThe content - language relationshipPrinciples and practice of language in CLILGuidinginputSupporting output Designing materials for CLILAssessment inCLILManaging CLIL in schoolsTraining teachers for CLIL Extra resources, including discussion questions and links to all of the resources described in the book, are available on the website. This book is part of Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers, the highly regarded series covering the topics languageteachers want to know more about. Recommended for reference, or for language teachereducators to use as a basis for teacher education courses and seminars. Recommended for:Practising language teachersLanguage teacher educatorsELT and TESOL Masters and Diploma studentsAbout the authorsPhil Ball is a CLIL author and teacher trainer based in northern Spain. KeithKelly is a writer and speaker on CLIL worldwide, and is based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. JohnClegg is a textbook author and CLIL consultant based in London.Trade Review"This volume contains a wide range of novel ideas [and a] rich myriad of criteria, guidelines, and sample materials... While the chapters focus on CLIL practice, the book as a whole should be recognised for its theoretical contributions and recommendations. In relation to practice, there are two outstanding features which are worth mentioning. First, the authors succeed in illustrating every point made through real-life examples of teaching and learning situations as well as activities and materials which have been tried out in specific contexts... Second, their treatment of assessment is exemplar for it offers different courses of action based on the possible scenarios we can find in real institutions and educational systems...The CLIL pedagogy outlined in the volume shows how doable it can be through careful planning, reflection, and collaboration. This book succeeds its aim of offering a classroom-based vision of CLIL through a reader-friendly narrative." * International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism *Immensely informative... many issues are clearly explained * EL Gazette *Where does anyone start when writing about CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) - and how can they make it equally relevant to teachers tasked with teaching the functioning of the human respiratory system and those attempting to explain the Wars of the Roses to subtends of English history?... This book attempts to take into account some of this variety as it examines the nature of CLIL, the skills and techniques which this form of education demands, and some of the criteria required to ensure its success... [It is] richly illustrated with tasks from a large number of CLIL areas... Each chapter ends with a useful summary and recommendations for further reading [and] a glossary (particularly helpful in a field riddled with acronyms)... * English Teaching Professional *"This volume is rich in content and concepts. It offers a wealth of concrete example of authentic materials to illustrate unambiguously the concepts fundamental to CLIL... The authors make a strong case that CLIL methodology is simply good pedagogy for all subject-matter teaching in both L1 and L2. Putting CLIL into Practice should definitely be required reading for all teachers." * IATEFL Voices *"With this volume, readers are offered a fresh approach to thinking about what CLIL is and how to teach it... the excellent training and support covered in this book make it a must-have volume for anyone serious about CLIL." * JALT Journal *"contains much relevant advice and a wealth of useful suggestions... This book is very important because it is a practical guide to the way that English language education is heading." * Modern English Teacher *"this substantial volume offers a vast array of ideas, activities and checklists on all aspects of CLIL that bear witness to the authors' concern with conceptual foundations as well as their creativity and experience as CLIL consultants and language-teaching experts. Without doubt, this book is an important contribution to the advancement of teaching methodology in CLIL and will help spread the word about good pedagogy in CLIL contexts around the world." * ELT Journal *Contains much relevant advice and a wealth of useful suggestions... This book is very important because it is a practical guide to the way that English language education is heading. * Modern English Teacher *This substantial volume offers a vast array of ideas, activities and checklists on all aspects of CLIL that bear witness to the authors' concern with conceptual foundations as well as their creativity and experience as CLIL consultants and language-teaching experts. Without doubt, this book is an important contribution to the advancement of teaching methodology in CLIL and will help spread the word about good pedagogy in CLIL contexts around the world. * Christiane Dalton-Puffer, ELT Journal *Table of ContentsWhat is CLIL?Defining parametersThe content - language relationshipPrinciples and practice of language in CLILGuiding inputSupporting outputDesigning materials for CLILAssessment in CLILManaging CLIL in schoolsTraining teachers for CLIL
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Oxford University Press, USA Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning
Book SynopsisThis book represents a major statement of the current research being conducted on the learning of second languages from a sociocultural perspective. The book is divided into a theoretical and an empirical part. Specific topics covered include: learning and teaching languages in the zone of proximal development; L1 mediation in the acquisition of L2 grammar; sociocultural theory as a theory of second language learning; gestural mediation in a second language; and constructing a self through a second language.Table of ContentsIntroducing sociocultural theory ; 1. Sociocultural contributions to understanding the foreign and second language classroom ; 2. Rethinking interaction in SLA: Developmentally appropriate assistance in the zone of proximal development and the acquisition of L2 grammar ; 3. Subjects speak out: How learners position themselves in a psycholinguistic task ; 4. The output hypothesis and beyond: Mediating acquisition through collaborative dialogue ; 5. Playfulness as mediation in communicative language teaching in a Vietnamese classroom ; 6. Social discursive constructions of self in L2 learning ; 7. Second language learning as participation and the (re)construction of selves ; 8. Side affects: The strategic development of professional satisfaction ; 9. The appropriation of gestures of the abstract by L2 learners ; 10. Second language acquisition theory and the truth(s) about relativity ; 11. From input to affordance: Social-interactive learning from an ecological perspective ; Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press, USA Doing Taskbased Teaching A practical guide to
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Oxford University Press, USA Exploring Psychology in Language Learning and
Book SynopsisThe authors highlight the insights for the understanding of language learning and discuss the important implications for language teaching pedagogy. Marion Williams was formerly Reader in Applied Linguistics at the University of Exeter and is a past president of IATEFL. Sarah Mercer is Professor of Foreign Language Teaching at the University of Graz,Austria. Stephen Ryan is Professor in the School ofEconomics at Senshu University, Tokyo. This title is part of the highly regarded Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers series that covers the topics language teachers want to know more about. Recommended for reference, or for language teacher educators to use as a basis for teacher education courses and seminars. For other titles in the series please visit the ELT homepage. Recommended for: Practising languageteachersLanguage teacher educatorsELT and TESOL Masters and Diploma students.Trade Review"Williams, Mercer and Ryan bring years of combined teaching and teacher educating experience to their writing task, and begin by first of all recognizing teachers' credibility...[They] find that elusive sweet spot between spoonfeeding and inaccessibility - with much of the reader-friendliness, in my opinion, attained with the provision of their explicit explanation of terms, concrete examples and accompanying activities. Williams, Mercer and Ryan talk to teachers to help them improve their practice - and do not lose their academic credibility in the process." * New Routes (Tammy Gregersen, Professor of TESOL, University of North Iowa) *"This short but eye-catching publication is an attempt to fill a niche in the market for an up-to-date book which provides an overview of some of the key areas of educational and social psychology and how they relate to language teaching/learning... The authors have clearly made good use of their expert knowledge in the discipline... This publication is not at all prescriptive but encourages teachers and practitioners to evaluate their own theories of teaching/learning and consider what is appropriate to their own settings. Verdict: a very worthwhile acquisition, accessible and thought-provoking... [It] most certainly succeeds in its stated goal of enriching the teaching and learning experience of the reader." * Perspectives, TESOL Arabia *"Knowledge of psychological factors involved in the process of language learning and teaching is indispensable for teachers of languages... This is one of the must-read books in the field... realistic and down-to-earth... It is not surprising at all to learn that the book has won the Ben Warren Prize for contributing successfully to teacher education." * Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics *[a] brilliant volume... relevant to practising teachers... original... inspirational... well-written and appealing... consistent with core values... crucial for the lives and work of many readers... Marion Williams, Sarah Mercer, and Stephen Ryan, who are very skilled authors, researchers, and teachers, have made this book a rich contribution to the field. Without using too much hyperbole, I contend that Exploring Psychology in Language Learning and Teaching deserves the term 'glorious', meaning full of light and brightness (note the book's bright gold cover, as well as the enlightening contents), delightful, wonderful, completely enjoyable, and worthy of high praise. It is well worth reading. * Rebecca Oxford, English Language Teaching Journal *
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Oxford University Press, USA Educating Second Language Teachers
Book SynopsisThe series attracts single or co-authored volumes from authors researching at the cutting edge of this dynamic field of interdisciplinary enquiry. The titles range from books that make such developments accessible to the non-specialist reader to those which explore in depth their relevance for the way language is to be conceived as a subject, and how courses and classroom activities are to be designed. As such, these books not only extend the field of applied linguistics itself andlend an additional significance to its enquiries, but also provide an indispensable professional foundation for language pedagogy and its practice. The scope of the series includes:second language acquisitionbilingualism and multi/plurilingualismlanguage pedagogy and teacher educationtesting and assessmentlanguage planning andpolicylanguage internationalizationtechnology-mediatedcommunicationdiscourse-, conversation-, and contrastive-analysispragmaticsstylisticslexicographytranslationTrade Review"A masterful account of the landscape of second language teacher education and the development of its theoretical assumptions and practices. It offers a unique and original conceptualization of the field and will be an invaluable resource for teachers, teacher educators and researchers." * Jack C. Richards, University of Sydney and University of Auckland *"[an] extraordinary book... For anyone interested in teacher education this is a vital, compelling and provocative account of a lifetime's work." * Jeremy Harmer, Modern English Teacher *"Freeman discusses themes in language teacher education literature from the past few decades, all the while adapting his considerable experience as a scholar in this area... worth reading by anyone involved in language teacher training, research, or related policy... Freeman should be applauded for the ease of readability in the book... As with other books in the Oxford Applied Linguistics series, I anticipate that this book will find its place as a formative text in the field." * Applied Linguistics *"The depth and breadth of Freeman's knowledge and thinking coupled with personal accounts of 'growing up as a language teacher' have resulted in a book that will deepen our thinking about how and why we think and how we apply our thinking in designing teacher education programmes. The book prompts us to re-examine commonly held conceptualizations, practices, and policies in SLTE [Second Language Teacher Education]... hopefully leading to better and fairer practice based on a theory grounded in descriptive rather than prescriptive understandings of educating language teachers." * RELC Journal *Donald Freeman is one of the leading thinkers in the field of second language teacher education... [In] this volume... he uses his own penchant for categorization, and his remarkable skill at both seeing relationships and creating new relationships, to look with fresh eyes at... second language teaching, identifying what sets it apart from other kinds of teaching... As Jack Richards writes on the back cover of this volume, it is "a masterful account... and will be an invaluable resource for teachers, teacher educators and researchers." I couldn't agree more. * Teacher Trainer *"Educating Second Language Teachers is strongly supported by Freeman's vast experience in language teaching education... [He] not only revises old notions, but he also provides a new design theory and poses central challenges in teaching languages, which will benefit all readers. While novice teachers will gain a complete and up-dated picture, experienced professionals will feel stimulated by the dynamic perspective on linguistic matters. Undoubtedly the book offers a solid foundation that will bolster the language preparation of new generations of language teachers." * Linguist List *"The several key texts by this author on language teacher education over the last quarter of a century have perhaps had more effect on teachers and teacher educators around the world than those by anyone else currently involved in the profession... extremely enlightening..." * EL Gazette *"Donald Freeman is one of three main scholars in the field of TESOL who have had a large influence on how I have come to understand the field. The book presents his perspective on his own journey and is illuminated with wonderful personal narratives that keep reminding us that 'teachers matter', although he does not use these words... It also presents us with a new doorway at the end of the journey, through which we are invited to enter Freeman's vision of the future of Second Language Teacher Education... Educating Second Language Teachers is a must-read as it more than helps to map out the terrain, and thus contributes to elaborating our understanding of teaching language teaching." * ELT Journal *
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OUP USA The Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguistics 2nd Edition
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguistics contains 39 original chapters on a broad range of topics in applied linguistics by a diverse group of contributors. Its goal is to provide a comprehensive survey of the current state of the field, the many connections among its various sub-disciplines, and the likely directions of its future development. The Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguistics addresses a broad audience: applied linguists; educators and other scholars working in language acquisition, language learning, language planning, teaching, and testing; and linguists concerned with applications of their work. Systematically encompassing the major areas of applied linguistics-and drawing from a wide range of disciplines such as education, language policy, bi- and multi-lingualism, literacy, language and gender, neurobiology of language, psycholinguistics/cognition, language and computers, discourse analysis, language and concordances, ecology of language, pragmatics, translation, psycTrade ReviewIt must be said that it is an impressive publishing achievement. The task of analyzing the field, deciding on disciplines to be covered, finding willing contributors of sufficient status from all over the world and then combining the articles from these contributors into an edited whole must have been a massive one, and it has been largely successful. Oxford University Press, Robert Kaplan and the editorial board are to be congratulated on their initiative and the result it has produced. * Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language (Vol.6 No. 3, December 2002) *Table of Contents1. Preface to 1st edition (Kaplan) ; 2. Preface to 2nd edition (Kaplan) ; 3. Brief Biographies of Contributors ; PART I. INTRODUCTION ; 4. Whence Applied Linguistics: The 20th Century / Robert B. Kaplan ; 5. Applied Linguistics: An Emerging Discipline for the Twenty-first Century / William Grabe ; 6. Research Approaches in Applied Linguistics / Patricia A. Duff ; PART II. THE FOUR SKILLS: SPEAKING, LISTENING, 101 ; READING, AND WRITING ; 7. Speaking / Martin Bygate ; 8. Listening: Sources, Skills and Strategies / Tony Lynch ; 9. Reading in a Second Language / William Grabe ; 10. Second Language Writing in English / Ilona Leki ; 11. Integrating the Four Skills: Current and Historical Perspectives / Eli Hinkel ; PART III. DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ; 12. Discourse Analysis and Applied Linguistics / Deborah Poole and Betty Samraj ; PART IV. THE STUDY OF SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING ; 13. Perspectives from Formal Linguistics on Second Language Acquisition / Alan Juffs ; 14. Sociocultural Theory and the Pedagogical Imperative / James P. Lantolf ; 15. Language Learner Identities and Sociocultural Worlds / Killeen Toohey and Bonny Norton ; 16. Computational Models of Second Language Sentence Processing / Michael Harrington ; 17. Second Language Acquisition: A Social Psychological Perspective / Robert C. Gardner ; 18. Interactionist Perspectives on Second Language Acquisition / Susan Gass ; 19. Pragmatics and Second Language Acquisition / Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig ; 20. Applied Linguistics and the Neurobiology of Language / John Schumann ; PART V. THE STUDY OF SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING ; 21. Curriculum Development in Foreign Language Education: The Interface Between Political and Professional Decisions / Peter Medgyes and Marianne Nikolov ; 22. Content-Based Second Language Instruction / Marjorie Wesche ; 23. Bilingual Education / Colin Baker ; PART VI. VARIATION IN LANGUAGE USE AND LANGUAGE PERFORMANCE ; 24. Language Transfer and Cross-Linguistic Studies: An Update / Terence Odlin ; 25. Language Uses in Professional Contexts / Mary McGroarty ; PART VII. BILINGUALISM AND THE INDIVIDUAL LEARNER ; 26. Cognitive Processing in Bilinguals: From Static to Dynamic Models / Kees de Bot ; 27A The Bilingual Lexicon ; 27B. The Bilingual Lexicon: An Update / Judith Kroll ; PART VIII. MULTLINGUALISM IN SOCIETY ; 28. Language Contact / Peter Nelde* ; 29. Pidgins and Creoles / Jeff Siegel ; 30. Language Spread and Its Study in the 21st century / Ofelia Garcia ; 31. Language Shift and Language Revitalization / Nancy H. Hornburger ; 32. Ecology of Languages / Peter Muhlhausler ; PART IX. LANGUAGE POLICY AND PLANNING ; 33. Methodology for Policy and Planning / Richard B. Baldauf, Jr. ; 34. Unplanned Language Planning / William G. Eggington ; 35. Perspectives on Language Policy and Planning / James Tollefson ; PART X. TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION ; 36. Translation / Sara Laviosa ; 37. Interpretating / Nancy Schweda Nicholson ; PART XI. LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT AND PROGRAM EVALUATION ; 38. Technology in Standardized Language Assessments / Micheline Chalhoub-Deville ; PART XII. TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS ; 39. Progress and New Directions in Technology for Automated Essay Evaluation / Jill Burstein and Martin Chodorow ; 40. Computer-Assisted Language Learning / Carol A. Chapelle ; 41. Research in Corpus Linguistics / Douglas Biber, Randi Reppen and Eric Friginal ; PART XIII. CONCLUSION ; 42. Where to From Here? / Robert B. Kaplan ; 43. References ; 44. Name Index ; 45. Subject Index
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Oxford University Press Inc A Guide to Composition Pedagogies
Book SynopsisA Guide to Composition Pedagogies is the essential bibliographic guide written for newcomers to the field. Since our field has evolved quite a lot over the last decade, this long-awaited second edition contains many important changes, additions, and updates. At the same time, the practical organization and educational intent of the book have remained the same: The pedagogies themselves are categories commonly recognized in the disciplinary scholarship, and as with the first edition, each essay introduces the most important work in the field on the pedagogy, while attempting to offer readers a sense of the spirit of the approach, often through personal teaching narratives. t In short, this best-selling bibliographic guide familiarizes writing instructors with the current topography of Composition Studies and directs them to the best books and articles for further exploration.For this second edition, each author discusses some of the implications of technology for each pedagogy. In additTrade Review"A Guide to Composition Pedagogies provides students with the theoretical framework that they will need to understand teaching composition and to develop their own pedagogical concepts. More importantly, it provides realistic, applicable examples of what can and does happen in composition classrooms and how instructors of composition shape students' college experiences as writers and thinkers."--Carol Zitzer-Comfort, California State University-Long Beach "The second edition of A Guide offers a breadth of coverage, range of perspectives, and conciseness not found in many texts that help new and seasonsed composition teachers and scholars remain current on the climate of composition studies."--The Journal of Teaching WritingTable of ContentsA Guide to Composition Pedagogies, 2nd edition ; Table of Contents ; Acknowledgements ; What Is Composition Pedagogy? An Introduction - Amy Rupiper Taggart, H. Brooke Hessler, Kurt Schick ; Basic Writing - Deborah Mutnick & Steve Lamos ; Collaborative Writing - Rebecca Moore Howard & Krista Kennedy ; Community-Engaged - Laura Julier, Kathleen Livingston, & Eli Goldblatt ; Critical - Ann George ; Cultural Studies - Diana George, John Trimbur & Tim Lockridge ; Expressive - Chris Burnham & Rebecca Powell ; Feminist - Laura Micciche ; Genre - Amy Devitt ; Literature & Writing - Christine Farris ; New Media - Collin Brooke ; Online & Hybrid - Beth Hewett ; Process - Chris Anson ; Researched Writing - Rebecca Moore Howard & Sandra Jamieson ; Rhetoric & Argumentation - David Fleming ; Second Language Writing - Paul Kei Matsuda & Matthew Hammill ; Writing Across the Curriculum - Chris Thaiss & Susan McLeod ; Writing Center - Neal Lerner ; Contributors ; Author Index ; Title Index ; Subject Index
£85.06
Palgrave Macmillan Children Learning Second Languages Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics
Book Synopsislist of Tables Series Editors' Preface Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: BACKGROUND TO CHILD SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND PEDAGOGY Theories of Child Development language learning Processes in Childhood: First and Second languages Contexts for language Acquisition in Childhood PART II: OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH STUDIES Child SlA and Pedagogy:A Broad Overview of Approaches to Research Case Studies: Interactions between Research and Practice PART III: ISSUES IN FUTURE RESEARCH AND PRACTICE Exploring Ethical and Methodological Issues in Research Involving Children Some Feasible Studies for Future Research PART IV: RESOURCES Resources in the Area of Child SlA and Pedagogy References IndexTrade Review'The book not only presents a very comprehensive discussion of current research in the area of childhood second language learning but also generates insights into current debates on the relationship between research and classroom practice.' - Harry Kuchah, IAFTEFL Children and Teenagers' Magazine '...this book succeeds extremely well in achieving its aims...the book as a whole contains a clear, confident, and consistent authorial voice...I feel this book breaks new ground and I recommend it to anyone interested in finding out more about what is known and what still needs to be known about how children learn an L2.' - ELT 'Children Learning Second Languages is a recent addition to a Plagrave Macmillan series that aims to examine the relationship between research and classroom practice... I feel that this book is likely to appeal mostly to MA students and researchers with no or reduced teaching loads and access to guidance from staff on formal academic study programmes... It provides an informed overview of language learning processes and links research and pedagogical considrations over a vast range of contexts and ages wih considerable flair and aplomb.' Simon Smith, - ELTTable of Contentslist of Tables Series Editors' Preface Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: BACKGROUND TO CHILD SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND PEDAGOGY Theories of Child Development language learning Processes in Childhood: First and Second languages Contexts for language Acquisition in Childhood PART II: OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH STUDIES Child SlA and Pedagogy:A Broad Overview of Approaches to Research Case Studies: Interactions between Research and Practice PART III: ISSUES IN FUTURE RESEARCH AND PRACTICE Exploring Ethical and Methodological Issues in Research Involving Children Some Feasible Studies for Future Research PART IV: RESOURCES Resources in the Area of Child SlA and Pedagogy References Index
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Yale University Press Cultural Globalization and Language Education
Book SynopsisWe live in a world that is marked by the twin processes of economic and cultural globalization. This book examines how the cultural component of second- and foreign-language education has been informed by Western notions of cultural assimilation, cultural pluralism, and cultural hybridity.Trade Review"[T]his volume is a must read for serious language instructors who aspire to give their students better tools with which to understand the increasingly globalized world in which we live."—Rosemary Sands, The NECTFL Review -- Rosemary Sands * The NECTFL Review *
£32.67
Taylor & Francis Ltd Storying the World
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Cambridge University Press Genre Analysis English in Academic and Research Settings Cambridge Applied Linguistics
Book SynopsisIn recent years the concept of 'register' has been increasingly replaced by emphasis on the analysis of genre, which relates work in sociolinguistics, text linguistics and discourse analysis to the study of specialist areas of language. This book is a clear, authoritative guide to this complex area. He provides a survey of approaches to varieties of language, and considers these in relation to communication and task-based language learning. Swales outlines an approach to the analysis of genre, and then proceeds to consider examples of different genres and how they can be made accessible through genre analysis. This is important reading for all those working in teaching English for academic purposes and also of interest to those working in post-secondary writing and composition due to relevant issues in writing across the curriculum.
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