The skills in question, as presented on the front cover, are of course the traditional four: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Inside the book, these skills are presented in the same order, in forty separate units, which means that each skill gets equal attention and is the focus of ten units. A closer examination of the two-page units reveals that each one is organized in a similar way, starting with a “Lead in”, then an optional “Word work” section, in 30 of the units. This generally precedes the central section-Talk about it, Listen, Read about it, Write about it-but is sometimes integrated into that section, in which case it is
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Reviewed Jun 2009 by Carmela Chateau Teacher Development Interactive
Reviewed Apr 2009 by Lydia Schrandt Full title: Teacher Development Interactive: Fundamentals of English Language Teaching Review Teaching English with Information Technology
Reviewed Apr 2009 by Anton Elloway Authors: David Gordon Smith and Eric Baber Teaching English with Information Technology (2005) is a practical book which explains how to use the internet and IT when teaching English. Aimed primarily at English teachers who have little or no experience of using Information Technology (IT) in their teaching, it offers a fairly comprehensive – if not entirely current – overview of what IT is and how it can be utilised by English language teachers. MyNorthStarLab
Reviewed Apr 2009 by Christine Story Components: Online course management tool Review A sleek, streamlined, interface makes MyNorthStarLab easy for students to navigate intuitively. After logging onto the course via the MyNorthStarLab website, students view upcoming assignments and complete them directly on the site. Students can also read announcements, send mail, and respond to discussion topics Learning and Teaching English/ Learning to Teach English
Reviewed Mar 2009 by Darren Elliott Learning and Teaching English: A course for teachers Learning to Teach English: A practical introduction for new teachers Review Lessons in your Rucksack
Reviewed Feb 2009 by Lindsay Clandfield Author: John Hughes On my office wall I have a painting done by a very good friend of mine. It shows two young men walking along a cobbled street in Mexico. Both are wearing casual western clothes and large hats to protect themselves from the sun. They are both carrying large backpacks (or as our British colleagues would say, rucksacks) with Canadian flags embroidered on them. One is carrying an open map and the other has some books in his hand. The title of the painting is “Los maestros llegan” (The teachers arrive). The two young men are my friend and I, about to start our first ever teaching job at a university in a mountain town in Teaching English One-to-One
Reviewed Feb 2009 by Janis Crolla Components: Handbook for English language teachers This book is aimed at English language teachers who want to get the best out of their one-to-one classes and is packed full of ideas and suggestions to make the one-to-one teaching experience enjoyable and productive. The first few chapters offer basic information about the fundamental differences between one to one and group classes and sound advice for getting started-. meeting your student and first impressions, needs analysis, and writing course programs. The book then focuses on teaching techniques covering all the skills: vocabulary, speaking, listening, reading and writing. There are also chapters devoted to giving feedback to your students, teaching Business English, teaching teenagers, homestay teaching, lesson Creative Poetry Writing
Reviewed Jan 2009 by Karen Thomas Author: Jane Spiro Creative Poetry Writing is an “ideas” book for teachers who want to introduce or develop poetic writing skills in their teaching programmes. It is a thorough and well-organised text with plenty of useful examples which have a lot of scope for scaffolding illustrating the techniques Writing (2nd edition)
Reviewed Dec 2008 by Dave Allen Author: Tricia Hedge Summary: A highly recommended resource book for the teachers’ bookshelf. Review: Writing is probably one of the best writing resource books available. Every English teacher who teaches writing, or wants to teach more writing, will find something of interest in this book. After all, it has 100 teaching ideas which can be picked out, copied and used in class – no messing around. The ideas are also highly adaptable and can be fitted to any course in which this skill is taught. Each teaching idea has a full lesson plan with level, time, aims and best of all, quality From Teacher to Manager: Managing Language Teaching Organisations
Reviewed Dec 2008 by Janis Crolla Components: Handbook for managers of language teaching organizations and accompanying online glossary This book is aimed at both current managers of language teaching organizations and aspiring managers, be it as owner, DOS, ADOS, Academic Director or in any other supervisory role. It may also be useful preparation material for Cambridge ESOL International Diploma in Language Teaching Management (IDLTM) candidates. The topics covered include strategic and operational financial management, sales and marketing, customer service, and academic and HR management. It is a concise reference book, carefully organized with cross-referencing to link the integrated processes of management, and supplemented by case studies and vignettes, all of which Safety and Challenge for Japanese Learners of English
Reviewed Dec 2008 by Stephen Lodziak Authors: Peta Gray and Sue Leather With a title that seems to take inspiration from the habit common among Japanese learners of English of over-using noun forms, I was a somewhat sceptical of how much this book would help me in the monolingual classroom environment. The writers purport to want “unlock the undoubted joys of teaching Japanese learners…” a noble and attractive aim in a market that, while well represented by the Passport series, does not have so much to offer teachers who wish to try activities specifically tailored to their Japanese students. Therefore I decided to give Grammar Advisor
Reviewed Oct 2008 by Janis Crolla Components: Website for English teachers to learn how to teach grammar This site is designed for teachers of English as a foreign language, and the authors claim that it can provide all the tools necessary for teaching grammar in the classroom. My initial thought before reviewing this site was “Why pay a subscription when there is such a wealth of free internet resources available?” With my penny pinching doubt temporarily buried, and armed with my free access password Imagine That! (Mental Imagery in the EFL Classroom)
Reviewed Aug 2008 by Darren Elliott Summary: An interesting introduction to guided visualization and mental imagery to help students connect to language meaningfully. What do you do when you listen to a radio play? Can you smell the cigar smoke in the casino? Do you see the handsome cowboy as he tethers his horse outside the saloon? Can you feel the cold drops of rain on your face? Chances are, you probably do interact with the language in some of these ways, perhaps even subconsciously, and it is this skill that the authors of this resource book hope to Unlocking Self-expression through NLP: Integrated skills activities
Reviewed May 2008 by Clair Taylor Authors: Judith Baker and Mario Rinvolucri It is a rare thing to find a collection of ESL activities that people might do purely for pleasure, and this is what Judith Baker and Mario Rinvolucri have produced. By ‘pleasure’ here, I don’t mean just a superficial sense of ‘fun’, I mean a deeper sense of The Practice of English Language Teaching
Reviewed Feb 2008 by Kaithe Greene
Author: Jeremy Harmer You might be tempted to ask why, or whether, we need yet another edition of this old favourite. I don’t know the answer to that question, but I do know that this new edition is jam packed |
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