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Teaching Young Language Learners e-Book

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Second Edition

Annamaria Pinter

This fully updated second edition provides a comprehensive and readable introduction to teaching young learners. It gives an accessible overview of the issues, including child development, L1 and L2 learning, L2 skills, vocabulary and grammar, learning to learn, materials design, and policy issues. Integrating theory and practice in an accessible way, it draws on up-to-date research and classroom practice that is internationally relevant.

Teaching Young Language Learners e-Book for Kindle

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Second Edition

Annamaria Pinter

This fully updated second edition provides a comprehensive and readable introduction to teaching young learners. It gives an accessible overview of the issues, including child development, L1 and L2 learning, L2 skills, vocabulary and grammar, learning to learn, materials design, and policy issues. Integrating theory and practice in an accessible way, it draws on up-to-date research and classroom practice that is internationally relevant.

Teaching Young Language Learners

Catalog

Second Edition

Annamaria Pinter

This fully updated second edition provides a comprehensive and readable introduction to teaching young learners. It gives an accessible overview of the issues, including child development, L1 and L2 learning, L2 skills, vocabulary and grammar, learning to learn, materials design, and policy issues. Integrating theory and practice in an accessible way, it draws on up-to-date research and classroom practice that is internationally relevant.

Focus on Literacy e-book for Kindle

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Danling Fu and Marylou M Matoush

Focus on Literacy explores research on second language literacy development and how such research can inform instructional decision-making for teachers of students aged 5-18.

Oxford Key Concepts for the Language Classroom Focus on Oral Interaction

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Focus on Oral Interaction

Rhonda Oliver and Jenefer Philp

oral interaction to your own teaching context.

Focus On Oral Interaction e-book

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Focus on Oral Interaction

Rhonda Oliver and Jenefer Philp

Referencing classroom-based research and classroom vignettes,Focus on Oral Interaction explores the role of oral interaction for second language learning with a special focus on school-age English language learners.

Key areas covered include formulaic and creative language use, the different ways of scaffolding learning, the use of corrective feedback, the relationship between oral interaction and print literacy, as well as differences that learner aptitude and motivation make to language learning. Additional activities are provided to help teachers relate the content to their own teaching context.

Focus on Oral Interaction explores the role of oral interaction for second language learning from cognitive, social, pedagogical, and linguistic perspectives, with a focus on research relevant to English language learners aged 6-16. It emphasizes the important role played by oral language in classrooms. Featuring real classroom data and summaries of research studies, Focus on Oral Interaction shows you how theory relates to practice. Activities help you relate research and theory on oral interaction to your own teaching context.

Focus on Oral Interaction e-Book for Kindle Focus On Oral Interaction Mobi Format

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Focus on Oral Interaction

Rhonda Oliver and Jenefer Philp

Referencing classroom-based research and classroom vignettes, Focus on Oral Interaction explores the role of oral interaction for second language learning with a special focus on school-age English language learners.

Newspapers e-book

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Peter Grundy

This book features creative yet practical ideas for making effective use of newspapers in the language classroom.

Storybuilding e-book

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Jane Spiro

This book offers a carefully-structured series of activities which, in a non-threatening way, guides learners to write their own stories.

The range of language practised includes speaking and writing skills, tenses, descriptive adjectives, reporting verbs, direct speech, functions, discussion and argument, letters and diaries.

Drama and Improvisation e-book

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Ken Wilson

Designed to enliven English classes through drama activities and activate students' imagination and creativity.

Fifty-six classroom activities requiring minimal preparation, ranging from shorter and less demanding to longer and more complex activities, culminating in a series of original dramatic sketches.