Professional Development

Focus on Vocabulary Learning

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Patsy M. Lightbown and Nina Spada

Language Level: Advanced

This book explores teaching vocabulary to second and foreign language learners aged 5-18.

Language Assessment for Classroom Teachers

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Classroom-based language assessments: why, when, what and how?

Lyle Bachman and Barbara Damböck

An entirely new approach to developing and using classroom-based language assessments.

Focus on Grammar and Meaning

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Luciana C. de Oliveira and Mary J. Schleppegrell

Focus on Grammar and Meaning explores how to teach grammar effectively to second or foreign language learners aged 5-18.

Oxford Key Concepts for the Language Classroom Focus On Assessment

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Research-led guide helping teachers understand, design, implement, and evaluate language assessment

Eunice Jang

help you relate research and theory on language assessment to your own teaching context.

Word Knowledge

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A Vocabulary Teacher's Handbook

Cheryl Boyd Zimmerman

To know a word means to know a great deal about it-including its meaning, collocations, grammatical features, derivations, register and appropriateness. This book presents useful and practical strategies to help readers identify learner errors, provide helpful feedback and recognize features that may be problematic. It also offers techniques for encouraging students to become independent word learners.

Grammar

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Scott Thornbury

This book helps teachers become more versatile and resourceful in teaching grammar.

Teaching American English Pronunciation

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A textbook and reference manual on teaching the pronunciation of North American English, written specifically for teachers of English as a second Language (ESL)

Peter Avery and Susan Ehrlich

This introduction to the pronunciation of American English describes the sound system, suggests ways of tackling pronunciation problems, and provides a variety of techniques and exercises for use in the classroom.