Teaching the Core Skills of Listening and Speaking

Teaching the Core Skills of Listening and Speaking
Author: Erik Palmer
Publisher: ASCD
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2014-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1416619011

A seasoned educator presents eight high-impact instructional practices to close achievement gaps and get all students--whether struggling or excelling--in the academic fast lane.

Mosaic One

Mosaic One
Author: Jami Ferrer-Hanreddy
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9780070206342

Mosaic One: A Listening /Speaking Skills Book, 3/e, teaches learning strategies and language functions, while maintaining a strong focus on both listening and speaking. Each chapter teaches one learning strategy and one language function within the context of the chapter theme. Ideal for intermediate to high-intermediate students.

I Wanna Iguana

I Wanna Iguana
Author: Karen Kaufman Orloff
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2004-09-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0399237178

Hilarious notes between a son and his mom show how kid logic can be very persuasive. Alex just has to convince his mom to let him have an iguana, so he puts his arguments in writing. He promises that she won't have to feed it or clean its cage or even see it if she doesn't want to. Of course Mom imagines life with a six-foot-long iguana eating them out of house and home. Alex's reassures her: It takes fifteen years for an iguana to get that big. I'll be married by then and probably living in my own house His mom's reply: How are you going to get a girl to marry you when you own a giant reptile? Kis will be in hysterics as the negotiations go back and forth through notes, and the lively, imaginative illustrations showing their polar opposite dreams of life with an iguana take the humor to even higher heights.

The Way of the Linguist

The Way of the Linguist
Author: Steve Kaufmann
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2005-11
Genre: Linguistics
ISBN: 1420873296

The Way of The Linguist, A language learning odyssey. It is now a cliché that the world is a smaller place. We think nothing of jumping on a plane to travel to another country or continent. The most exotic locations are now destinations for mass tourism. Small business people are dealing across frontiers and language barriers like never before. The Internet brings different languages and cultures to our finger-tips. English, the hybrid language of an island at the western extremity of Europe seems to have an unrivalled position as an international medium of communication. But historically periods of cultural and economic domination have never lasted forever. Do we not lose something by relying on the wide spread use of English rather than discovering other languages and cultures? As citizens of this shrunken world, would we not be better off if we were able to speak a few languages other than our own? The answer is obviously yes. Certainly Steve Kaufmann thinks so, and in his busy life as a diplomat and businessman he managed to learn to speak nine languages fluently and observe first hand some of the dominant cultures of Europe and Asia. Why do not more people do the same? In his book The Way of The Linguist, A language learning odyssey, Steve offers some answers. Steve feels anyone can learn a language if they want to. He points out some of the obstacles that hold people back. Drawing on his adventures in Europe and Asia, as a student and businessman, he describes the rewards that come from knowing languages. He relates his evolution as a language learner, abroad and back in his native Canada and explains the kind of attitude that will enable others to achieve second language fluency. Many people have taken on the challenge of language learning but have been frustrated by their lack of success. This book offers detailed advice on the kind of study practices that will achieve language breakthroughs. Steve has developed a language learning system available online at: www.thelinguist.com.

Unlock Level 2 Listening and Speaking Skills Presentation Plus DVD-ROM

Unlock Level 2 Listening and Speaking Skills Presentation Plus DVD-ROM
Author: Stephanie Dimond-Bayir
Publisher: Cambridge Discovery Education
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2014-07-24
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9781107695825

Unlock is a four-level academic skills course that combines thought-provoking video from Discovery Education(TM) with carefully scaffolded exercises and a fresh approach to critical thinking skills. Unlock Listening and Speaking Skills 2 Presentation Plus DVD-ROM is ideal for use in the classroom and encourages 'heads-up teaching'. The software can be used on an interactive whiteboard, portable interactive software technology, or with a computer and a projector. With Presentation Plus, teachers can present the Student's Book, play the Class Audio, view the videos, and display scripts and answer keys. Presentation Plus tools allow teachers to mark up and add links to the components whilst also allowing them to save their sessions. In addition, teachers can also connect to Cambridge Dictionaries Online for additional reference and language support.

Talk English -With 100 Stories to Improve Your Listening Speaking Reading and Vocabulary in Context

Talk English -With 100 Stories to Improve Your Listening Speaking Reading and Vocabulary in Context
Author: Samy Delponse
Publisher:
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2021-07-09
Genre:
ISBN:

My Everyday Repertoire (MER) is geared towards different levels for a second or foreign language lesson in English. It is designed to meet the needs of the beginner in terms of vocabulary, listening and pronunciation. It offers great practice in each of these areas. In each lesson, important grammatical structures and vocabulary are used. The texts you will find in this directory are realistic and practical, and the situations in each of its thirteen chapters provide a cultural context that will be recognizable and relevant. MER is practical and easy to use. MER consists of Vocabulary overview: Words or idiomatic structures related to the topic or topic of each lesson are included in the vocabulary overview section. This section introduces the vocabularies in series and allows the student to apply the vocabulary and idiomatic structures where they are defined (explained). The student must be able to understand their meanings. The texts: MER is divided into thirteen Chapters covering a range of topics ranging from school and family, home, employment, interests and leisure and animals .... Each chapter offers essential vocabulary related to its topic, as well as important verbs and idioms that are generally difficult for beginning learners. Throughout each Chapter, students have the opportunity to be very active and engaged learners. It is possible to go through the next one in random order. Each chapter is almost independent. Students who are successful in speaking fluently know that the language is not mastered by studying, but by speaking. This means using English. The use of English broadens the experience and this experience makes you a better English speaker. Now we want you to be clear about what you will learn and want to learn with the texts found in this book. With My Everyday Repertoire (MER) you will train your ears with slow and active listening, you will improve your discussions with active conversation lessons. You will learn grammar with our grammar unconsciously, you will use grammar without studying grammar. If you want to improve your writing, you are in the wrong place. We don't focus on writing, we focus on listening and speaking, because focused action is the fastest way to regain fluency. My Everyday Répertoire will guide you to take specific actions that produce results. Practicing your English without a partner is a big problem. My Everyday Répertoire has the Answer, with active conversation lessons, you can improve your speaking ability even when you are alone. Increasing your current talk time is the only way to improve your listening skills and understanding. Because you can put these lessons on your computer and mp3 player, you can improve your listening and conversation anywhere, anytime. When you clean the house. When you cook, when you exercise. While driving to work. With mp3 audio lessons, finding time to practice and take action on your English goals is as easy as one, two, three. Press play, listen and speak. Too easy. there are over 100 listening and discussion lessons.

Essential Skills

Essential Skills
Author: Judith Kneen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2009-09-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780199152230

One of the Essential Skills series, a set of complete, customisable skills-based resources, aimed at teachers who need coverage of the new National Curriculum that fits into the way they currently teach.