Narratives of Adult English Learners and Teachers

Narratives of Adult English Learners and Teachers
Author: Clarena Larrotta
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2019-04-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1788923197

This book centralizes the narratives of adult English language learners, teachers, and trainee teachers in the development of a humanistic language pedagogy; their strengths, concerns, and stories inform this practical guide to adult literacy development and English language-culture learning and teaching. The author sets the need to educate the whole person, and to focus on the adult learner’s strengths and assets, against a background of rigorous research and practical experience. This book combines evidence-based pedagogy with a passionate belief in the centrality of the learner and the importance of education and will be invaluable to all those involved in teaching and training related to adult English language learners.

Teaching Adult ESL - Text

Teaching Adult ESL - Text
Author: Betsy Parrish
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004-01-05
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780072855135

Teaching Adult ESL is the first comprehensive yet practical overview of adult ESL teaching methodology for teachers and teachers in preparation.

Teaching Adult English Language Learners

Teaching Adult English Language Learners
Author: Richard A. Orem
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2005
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This resource brings together information about policy, second language acquisition theory and research, methods and materials for teaching adult English language learners, program design, and cross-cultural issues that effect learning in adult ESL classrooms. It also discusses the context within which adult ESOL instructors work and in which adult ESOL programs function. The framework for this discussion of context draws from the developing framework of standards for teachers of adult learners under consideration by TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc.). This book is designed for faculty and students in adult education graduate programs and other TESOL preparation programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels that target adult learners. Other audiences are adult ESL program directors and policy makers as well as educators working in elementary and high school, many of whom are connected to populations of adult learners through the parents of the children they serve.

Teaching Adult English Language Learners: A Practical Introduction Paperback

Teaching Adult English Language Learners: A Practical Introduction Paperback
Author: Betsy Parrish
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-08-01
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9781108702836

Teaching Adult English Language Learners is the completely revised and updated second edition of Betsy Parrish's Teaching Adult ESL: A Practical Introduction. This valuable guide for both novice and experienced teachers outlines good teaching practice and draws on classroom examples to offer practical guidance grounded in the latest research on language teaching. Addressing the diverse needs of adult English learners, it provides ideas on how to prepare learners for the demands and opportunities of the 21st century.

Adult English Language Teaching

Adult English Language Teaching
Author: Valentina Kononova
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2022-05-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3030985660

This book explores cross-international experiences in the field of adult English language teaching and learning, using cross-cultural dialogues to hear voices from different countries and different settings – formal, informal and non-formal – discussing how their lifelong learning has or is still in the process of helping them to change their lives. The book addresses two major questions: (1) How do adults learn languages and transform themselves through learning? (2) How do authorities and societies build capacity for sustainable language development? It will be of interest to researchers, policymakers and adult language teachers, concerned with diverse aspects of teaching and learning English as lingua franca for enhancing the public good internationally. The book draws on the way in which the Western paradigm of lifelong learning was applied by an international team of inspired professionals to English language education in the Tempus project “Lifelong Language Learning University Centre Network for New Career Opportunities and Personal Development (UNICO)”. This project was undertaken by eleven universities in three countries: the Siberian Federal District of the Russian Federation, the Kyrgyz Republic, and the Republic of Tajikistan, in partnership with the Charles University in Prague, the Institute of Education from the University College London, and the University of Córdoba in Spain.

Enhancing Digital Literacies with Adult English Language Learners

Enhancing Digital Literacies with Adult English Language Learners
Author: Ekaterina Tour
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2022-05-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000575586

Offering a new perspective on adult English language education, this book provides theoretical and practical insights into how digital literacies can be included in the learning programmes for newly arrived adults from migrant and refugee backgrounds. Enhancing Digital Literacies with Adult English Language Learners takes readers inside Langfield, an adult community-based English language centre that supports the settlement and learning of this vulnerable group. Drawing on a six-month ethnographic study of Langfield’s work, the book explores the approach to teaching digital literacies and presents a range of perspectives, including those of the adult learners, the teachers, and the organisation’s CEO. The chapters present a holistic view of teaching digital literacies in the adult English language context by exploring: adult learners’ digital literacy practices in everyday life and their learning at Langfield; teachers' beliefs and practices about digital literacies; and the support offered to them through institutional resources, leadership, and professional learning. The book identifies exemplary practices, as well as areas for further development in Langfield’s work and offers a range of implications for practice, policy, and research. Written in a detailed but accessible manner, this book contributes important insights into the strengths and needs of this unique and complex education sector. Addressing an area of uncertainty for many researchers, practitioners, leaders, and policy makers working within community-based learning contexts in Australia and internationally, this book will be an essential resource.

English Language Teaching Materials

English Language Teaching Materials
Author: Nigel Harwood
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2010-03-22
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0521121582

English Language Teaching Materials: Theory and Practice provides an overview of the current state of materials design in language teaching. This volume provides an incisive overview of the current state of materials design in language teaching. Seventeen original chapters explore the issues involved in the design, implementation, and evaluation of materials in language programs in a wide variety of settings and contexts. This stimulating collection considers different approaches to materials design - including teacher-developed classroom materials, commercial materials, and technology-driven materials. Discussion questions and tasks follow each chapter to make this volume useful to both prospective and practicing teachers alike.