Language Experience Approach category: 922 books

What do we know about reading comprehension-and what do we need to know in order to improve it and help all students become confident readers? This urgently needed research volume is the only cohesive, up-to-date compendium of knowledge about the behavioral, neurobiological, and genetic components...

The book investigates interest groups and various learning circles, Reading Circles (RCs) learning opportunity in particular, as a mode of in-class and beyond class autonomous learning in the  context of English Language Teaching (ELT) at tertiary level in Oman, and in similar contexts in the Middle...

This book makes work in the field of sociolinguistics easily accessible to working teachers and to teachers in training. It focuses on the crucial first weeks that children spend in school, and deals with talk as a joint production, in which teachers and pupils are engaged from the earliest stages...

Der erste rhetorische Ratgeber für alle aktiven Karnevalistinnen und Karnevalisten. Mit zahlreichen Beispielen werden die wichtigsten Bereiche der karnevalistischen Bühne betrachtet. Neben dem professionellen Vortrag einer Büttenrede oder der karnevalistischen Moderation des Sitzungspräsidenten...

This book reviews the shifting conceptions of writing and revision, noting the ways in which views of knowledge and knowing shape teaching and research. Fitzgerald, as a reading and writing researcher, recognizes that how we revise is shaped by how we read and respond to our unfolding texts. She argues...

English version :“Succeed In English - French Translation Exam” is a handbook designed to help French and English speaking defense and security forces’ personnel in their quest of mastery of the techniques and methods governing the translation exam. In the view of insuring the professional development...

This book presents the multiple facets of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) in higher education across various academic disciplines, an area that is expected to grow constantly in response to the competitive global higher education market. The studies presented were conducted in various EMI...

The critical grounded theory presented in this book offers valuable insights on the social processes and strategies used by Blended English for Academic Purposes Professionals (BLEAPs) at higher education institutions, as they struggle to negotiate the challenges arising from a new focus on recruiting...

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Elements of Style William Strunk concentrated on specific questions of usage—and the cultivation of good writing—with the recommendation "Make every word tell"; hence the 17th...

El volumen presenta una temática en que la Universidad de Salamanca es pionera y referente internacional: la enseñanza del Español como Lengua Extranjera (ELE). Es el resultado de la investigación aplicada a la enseñanza de nuestra lengua. La constante presencia de alumnos extranjeros en Salamanca...

This book gathers together 11 empirical-based studies of classroom interaction carried out in different countries, including the USA, England, Kenya, Sweden, and China. Along with a state-of-the-art literature review, the chapters provide key insights and engagement priorities that will prove relevant to a variety of learning and teaching contexts.

This book sets out a clear and logical framework for the teaching of reading throughout different age groups, whereby systematic progression can be developed within a structured framework. A detailed set of recommendations are offered and are both illustrated and justified, for the teacher to examine...

Use strategies developed by Dr. Timothy Rasinski to help students improve their phonemic awareness, phonics, spelling, and vocabulary skills.

Co-authored by fluency expert, Timothy Rasinski, this resource aids in teaching literacy skills through poetry with word study activities based on poems that develop phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, and spelling skills.