The Language Teacher Toolkit, Second Edition

The Language Teacher Toolkit, Second Edition
Author: Dr Gianfranco Conti
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9783949651960

This heavily revised and updated new edition of the best-selling language teacher handbook is a comprehensive introduction to research-informed classroom practice. Topics explored include: Language teaching methods Lesson and curriculum planning Intercultural understanding Listening, speaking, reading and writing Teaching in the target language Vocabulary, grammar and phonics Fluency and lexicogrammar Assessment Meeting the needs of all learners Teaching advanced level students Motivation Songs and drama Subject knowledge Language teachers of any experience will be introduced to a wide range of findings from second language acquisition and cognitive science research, along with a wealth of practical classroom ideas to enhance their practice. This new edition lays greater emphasis on lexicogrammar, fluency, intercultural understanding, meeting diverse learner needs, lesson and curriculum planning. About the first edition: "A treasure chest for every language teacher." (Languages Today, the magazine of the Association for Language Learning.)

Spanish Sentence Builders - A Lexicogrammar Approach

Spanish Sentence Builders - A Lexicogrammar Approach
Author: Dylan Viñales
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2021-05
Genre:
ISBN:

This is the newly updated SECOND EDITION! This version has been fully re-checked for accuracy and re-formatted to make it even more user-friendly, following feedback after a full year of classroom use by thousands of teachers across the world. Spanish Sentence Builders is a workbook aimed at beginner to pre-intermediate students co-authored by two modern languages educators with over 40 years of extensive classroom experience between the two, both in the UK and internationally. This 'no-frills' book contains 19 units of work on very popular themes, jam-packed with graded vocabulary-building, reading, translation, retrieval practice and writing activities. Key vocabulary, lexical patterns and structures are recycled and interleaved throughout. Each unit includes: 1) A sentence builder modelling the target constructions; 2) A set of vocabulary building activities; 3) A set of narrow reading texts exploited through a range of tasks focusing on both the meaning and structural levels of the text; 4) A set of retrieval-practice translation tasks; 5) A set of writing tasks targeting essential micro-skills such as spelling, lexical retrieval, syntax, editing and communication of meaning. Based on the Extensive Processing Instruction (E.P.I.) principle that learners learn best from comprehensible and highly patterned input flooded with the target linguistic features, the authors have carefully designed each and every text and activity to enable the student to process and produce each item many times over. This occurs throughout each unit of work as well as in smaller grammar, vocabulary and question-skills micro-units located at regular intervals in the book, which aim at reinforcing the understanding and retention of the target grammar, vocabulary and question patterns.

Vocabulary Strategy Training to Enhance Second Language Acquisition in English as a Foreign Language

Vocabulary Strategy Training to Enhance Second Language Acquisition in English as a Foreign Language
Author: María Pilar Agustín Llach
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2019-11-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 152754348X

This volume brings together three important aspects within strategy studies. First, it reviews the most outstanding previous studies in the field of vocabulary learning and communication strategies and their role in the second language acquisition and teaching process. Second, it provides empirical research testing general hypotheses in the field on how vocabulary learning strategies are a key component of vocabulary development and how their training improves their frequency of use and effectiveness. Finally, the book proposes a program for strategy training in the L2 classroom and illustrates it with examples from concrete vocabulary learning strategies and proposes exercises to apply them in an autonomous way. This volume will shed light on the field of vocabulary learning strategies and illustrate their practical utility in the foreign language classroom in order to improve the knowledge that teachers and learners have of them.

Learning Strategies in Second Language Acquisition

Learning Strategies in Second Language Acquisition
Author: J. Michael O'Malley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1990-02-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780521358378

A review of the literature on learning strategies, describing and classifying learning strategies in second language learning.

Design Principles for Teaching Effective Writing

Design Principles for Teaching Effective Writing
Author: Raquel Fidalgo Redondo
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2017-11-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9004270485

This volume presents effective instructional programs focused on two perspectives on writing: the teaching and learning of writing as a skill and the use of writing as a learning activity in various school subjects or skills acquisition. It is focused on analysing micro-design features of the programs (such as learning activities, supporting materials, specific strategies, instructional techniques) but also, macro-design rules of intervention programs (such as, instructional sequence, instructional stages) based on research evidence provided for previous studies. This volume goes beyond a practical volume because it provides additional reflection and discussion about theoretical background and empirically based evidence which support the specific intervention programs described. Several chapters in this book include links to an Open Access e-book where teacher and student materials for the authors’ instructional approaches can be found (see ToC).

Strategy Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities, Second Edition

Strategy Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities, Second Edition
Author: Robert Reid
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2013-09-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1462511988

"Practical and accessible, this book provides the first step-by-step guide to cognitive strategy instruction, which has been shown to be one of the most effective instructional techniques for students with learning problems. Presented are proven strategies that students can use to improve their self-regulated learning, study skills, and performance in specific content areas, including written language, reading, and math. Clear directions for teaching the strategies in the elementary or secondary classroom are accompanied by sample lesson plans and many concrete examples. Enhancing the book's hands-on utility are more than 20 reproducible worksheets and forms"--

New Perspectives on CALL for Second Language Classrooms

New Perspectives on CALL for Second Language Classrooms
Author: Sandra Fotos
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2013-06-17
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135628475

This practical handbook is designed to help language teachers, teacher trainers, and students learn more about their options for using computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and develop an understanding of the theory and research supporting these options. The chapters in New Perspectives on CALL for Second Language Classrooms synthesize previous CALL theory and research and describe practical applications to both second and foreign language classrooms, including procedures for evaluating these applications. The implementation of CALL at the institutional level is also addressed, with attention to designing multimedia language laboratories and creating collaborative CALL-based projects between educational institutions. Although many chapters locate their descriptions of CALL activities and projects within the ESL/EFL setting, the principles and activities described are equally useful for other language settings. The book does not require prior knowledge of CALL, computers, or software. To assist readers, a glossary of CALL terms and an appendix of CALL Web sites are provided. The book also has its own accompanying Web site (http://www.erlbaum.com/callforL2classrooms) presenting chapter abstracts, author contact information, and regularly updated links to pedagogical, research, and teacher development sites. By integrating theoretical issues, research findings, and practical guidelines on different aspects of CALL, this book offers teachers multiple levels of resources for their own professional development, for needs-based creation of specific CALL activities, for curriculum design, and for implementation of institutional and inter-institutional CALL projects.

Strategies in Language Learning and Use

Strategies in Language Learning and Use
Author: Henri Holec
Publisher: Council of Europe
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789287127716

These studies were prepared in the context of preliminary work on the development of a Common European Framework of reference for language learning and teaching. The authors explore the notion of strategic competence in communication and learning situations."

Digital Technologies in Teaching and Learning Strategies

Digital Technologies in Teaching and Learning Strategies
Author: Alexandr Lyapin
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2022-05-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3031051750

This book demonstrates the benefits and drawbacks of using digital technology in preparing online lessons and educational activities. The experience of the last year has shown that online education is becoming a priority. This gave impetus to the creation and development of a new generation of equipment for online education. The book presents latest innovative technologies and modern digital trends in the field of information and communication technology for online education, including personalized learning, neuro-information systems, mobile learning, development of software and hardware infrastructure, and the use of robotics technologies. Key technologies for managing risk and cybersecurity, such as cloud and data security, identity and trust convolution systems, computational intelligence and cryptography techniques, malware and attack analysis, are presented. The topic of cybersecurity is one of the most important issues in the modern digital world. The results of the research on recently developed software, decision support systems, and cloud technologies make a huge contribution to the development of information technology in the context of digitalization. This book is of interest for developers of applications and programs for online education, for software and hardware suppliers who want to keep up with the times and reorient existing IT systems for use in online education.