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by Garon Wheeler
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Konrad Koerner, a leading historian of linguistics, has long said that an academic field cannot be considered to have matured until it has history as one of its subfields. The history of linguistics is a growing area, having come into its own in the 1960s, especially after Noam Chomsky looked for...
Teaching English Using ICT
A Practical Guide for Secondary School Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011
Want to get boys excited about poetry? Try establishing a wiki-war on the use of form and structure. Or perhaps a podcast to develop close analysis of language. How about getting them blogging about their favourite characters?
Based on established principles of the best ways to use ICT in English,...
by Trevor Wright
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
How to be a Brilliant Trainee Teacher sets out clear and practical guidelines to support your training and enhance your teaching, moving you directly towards a real understanding of how and why pupils learn and how you can enhance your own progress. This second edition has been updated to offer you...
by Patrick Worden
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION - You’re a trainer. Now what?
•Why rapport is everything Training is an interactive exchange, not just a one-way lecture
•Excellence from the outset Know your material, know your audience, know how to deliver
•Dealing with ineffectiveness Overcoming...
The International Student's Guide to UK Education
Unlocking University Life and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
Are you thinking of studying at university in Britain? Do you feel confused about which course is best for you, which university to choose, and how to apply? Are you wondering about what kinds of challenges you will be faced with, how best to approach them and how to overcome them? If so, this guidebook...
by Amy Farrell
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015
The Spinning Heart Classroom Questions is a teacher's resource intended for use in lesson planning, and in the classroom. It contains 248 questions, divided by chapter, to provoke student engagement and personal response while studying Donal Ryan's novel. Why choose to study The Spinning Heart...
Collaboration and Co-Teaching for English Learners
A Leader's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Your English Language Learners are counting on you to collaborate effectively.
The Common Core State Standards have increased the pressure on English Language Learners. And with the EL population increasing every day, schools need proven systems for ensuring that the students of the future...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2014
The increasing internationalization of today’s classrooms calls for learning institutions to prepare students for success in an interdependent and technologically-advanced world. Faculty who are competent in multiple 21st century skills are best equipped to engage students in curricula that are relevant,...
Ethnolinguistic Diversity and Education
Language, Literacy and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
In recent decades, the linguistic and cultural diversity of school populations in the United States and other industrialized countries has rapidly increased along with globalization processes. At the same time, schooling as it is currently constituted continues to be ineffective for large numbers...
by Stephen J. Thornton, Bárbara C. Cruz
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Teaching Social Studies to English Language Learners provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of both the challenges that face English language learners (ELLs) and ways in which educators might address them in the social studies classroom. The authors offer context-specific strategies for...
Access to History
Curriculum Planning and Practical Activities for Children with Learning Difficulties
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
This accessible and practical teaching resource focuses on access to the history curriculum for pupils with learning difficulties. Within an inclusive framework of participation and achievement for all, the book provides activities designed to be accessible to pupils with diverse individual needs,...
Storying
A Path to Our Future: Artful Thinking, Learning, Teaching, and Research
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
This is a book about story, the human experience, teaching and learning, creativity and community. Story is so much more than decoding text and writing using academic language. It also includes literature and all forms of the arts; digital forms of story, from social media to documentation of history;...
The English Teacher's Drama Handbook
From theory to practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
The English Teacher’s Drama Handbook is a rich, thought-provoking introduction to teaching drama within the English classroom. Divided into two sections, the first part of the book explores deological influences that have shaped drama's relationship with English over the past 250 years and aims...
Aspects of Teaching Secondary Music
Perspectives on Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2003
Aspects of Teaching Secondary Music provides a practical illustration of the skills, knowledge and understanding required to teach music in the secondary classroom. Musical concepts and ideas are discussed and a critical examination of key issues is given. This encourages the reader to engage with...