Technology Enhanced Language Learning: connecting theory and practice - Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers

Technology Enhanced Language Learning: connecting theory and practice - Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers
Author: Aisha Walker
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2013-03-08
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 019437601X

How can you use technology for pedagogic purposes in the language classroom? Technology Enhanced Language Learning discusses how the use of technology opens up opportunities for learning, how it enables different types of learning, and how it affects language use.

Teacher Wellbeing

Teacher Wellbeing
Author: Sarah Mercer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2020-02-28
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0194405605

This book seeks to support and maintain teacher wellbeing, particularly for language teachers, through a variety of approaches. While acknowledging the importance of contextual factors, the book serves as a practical guide for individual teachers, helping them discover strategies for nurturing and promoting their wellbeing.

Supporting Learners with Dyslexia in the ELT Classroom

Supporting Learners with Dyslexia in the ELT Classroom
Author: Michele Daloiso
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2017-03-21
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 0194403300

This book provides specific support to teachers who need to accommodate learners with dyslexia in their ELT classrooms – guiding them through the main steps of the process with clear explanations, suggestions, and practical tools. Areas covered include: • the nature and causes of dyslexia • emotional, cognitive, and linguistic factors connected to dyslexia and English as a foreign, second, or other language • methodological guidelines for making English language teaching accessible for learners with dyslexia • strategies for phonological and orthographic work • developing communicative skills in oral and written language • accessible language testing and assessment in classroom-based and official contexts. Extra resources are available on the website: www.oup.com/elt/teacher/supportingdyslexia

How Vocabulary is Learned

How Vocabulary is Learned
Author: Stuart Webb
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2017-06-06
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 019440353X

This guide to vocabulary acquisition is essential reading for teachers of English as a second or foreign language. It presents the major ideas and principles that relate to the teaching and learning of vocabulary and evaluates a wide range of practical activities designed to help boost students’ vocabulary acquisition. Key questions which are answered include: • How many words should students learn at a time, and how often? • How much classroom time should be spent teaching vocabulary? • What is the best way to group vocabulary for learning? • Is it useful to provide students with the L1 translations of unknown words? • Why do some students make greater progress than others? stuart webb is Professor in Applied Linguistics at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. paul nation is Emeritus Professor in Applied Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Teachers will find answers to many of their perennial questions about vocabulary learning—as well as some they had not yet thought to ask! There is research evidence to support established practices, but also new evidence that challenges old ideas. patsy lightbown (co-author of How Languages are Learned, with Nina Spada)

How Languages Are Learned 5th Edition

How Languages Are Learned 5th Edition
Author: Patsy M Lightbown
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2021-07-05
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 019440630X

Now in its fifth edition, the award-winning How Languages are Learned has established itself as an indispensable introduction to research in language acquisition and its relationship with classroom practice. Patsy Lightbown and Nina Spada have worked for over four decades in second language research and education. They are highly respected worldwide for making theory and research about language learning accessible and relevant to classroom teaching. This widely acclaimed book remains essential reading for second language teachers. • Updated content highlights the latest research into second language learning and its relevance to classroom practice • Activities and questions for reflection personalize content and support critical thinking • Chapter summaries, discussion questions, weblinks and supplementary activities are available online at www.oup.com/elt/teacher/hlal

Exploring Psychology in Language Learning and Teaching

Exploring Psychology in Language Learning and Teaching
Author: Marion Williams
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2016-06-28
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 0194423964

This book explores key areas of educational and social psychology and considers their relevance to language learning and teaching, using activities and questions for reflection. The topics discussed in the book include: • learners’ and teachers’ beliefs about how a language should be learned and taught • learning and working in groups • relationships with others • the role of the self in teaching and learning • motivation to start and persist with tasks • the role of emotions in learning. The authors provide useful insights for the understanding of language learning and discuss the important implications for language teaching pedagogy. Extra resources are available on the website: www.oup.com/elt/teacher/exploringpsychology Marion Williams was formerly Reader in Applied Linguistics at the University of Exeter and is a past president of IATEFL. Sarah Mercer is Professor of Foreign Language Teaching at the University of Graz, Austria. Stephen Ryan is Professor in the School of Economics at Senshu University, Tokyo.

Children Learning Second Languages

Children Learning Second Languages
Author: Annamaria Pinter
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2011-03-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0230302297

This comprehensive guide to research and debate centres around language learning in childhood, the age factor and the different contexts where language learning happens, including home and school contexts. The scope is wide, capturing examples of studies with different age groups, different methodological approaches and different languages.

How Languages are Learned

How Languages are Learned
Author: Patsy Lightbown
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2006-04-27
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

'How Languages Are Learned' provides a readable introduction to the main theories of first and second language acquisition, relating them to approaches to classroom methodology and practice.

The SAGE Handbook of E-learning Research

The SAGE Handbook of E-learning Research
Author: Caroline Haythornthwaite
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 607
Release: 2016-05-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1473955009

The new edition of The SAGE Handbook of E-Learning Research retains the original effort of the first edition by focusing on research while capturing the leading edge of e-learning development and practice. Chapters focus on areas of development in e-learning technology, theory, practice, pedagogy and method of analysis. Covering the full extent of e-learning can be a challenge as developments and new features appear daily. The editors of this book meet this challenge by including contributions from leading researchers in areas that have gained a sufficient critical mass to provide reliable results and practices. The 25 chapters are organised into six key areas: 1. THEORY 2. LITERACY & LEARNING 3. METHODS & PERSPECTIVES 4. PEDAGOGY & PRACTICE 5. BEYOND THE CLASSROOM 6. FUTURES

Teaching American English Pronunciation - Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers

Teaching American English Pronunciation - Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers
Author: Susan Ehrlich
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2013-05-20
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 0194342689

As an ESL teacher, have you looked at the phonetics textbooks on the market and decided that they don't directly address your needs? Unlike pronunciation books aimed at students of linguistics or at learners of English, Teaching American English Pronunciation has been written specifically for ESL teachers. It doesn't only give academic descriptions, but also helps you to improve your students' pronunciation effectively.