All you need to know to teach spoken grammar in the language classroom
Spoken grammar is often neglected in the classroom. Much of the grammar covered in published ELT materials and taught globally perpetuates the standard ELT syllabus, which is largely based on 'tidy' and very often more written-like grammar. In Spoken Grammar, Jon Hird explores how teachers can supplement or modify the more traditional ELT ......
Ideas and activities for developing your reactive skills in class
Emerging language (EL) is any unplanned language item that arises naturally during lessons that the teacher then chooses to focus on for clarification or modification, and this pedagogy is gaining traction year on year.
Level: KS1 Subject: English Learn the elite way with this grammar & punctuation activity book! Including helpful questions and answers, this English book provides reassurance whilst supporting your child's learning at home. Combining useful English practice with ......
Level: KS1 Subject: English Learn the elite way with this spelling activity book! Including helpful questions and answers, this English book provides reassurance whilst supporting your child's learning at home. Combining useful English practice with engaging, ......
ETpedia Pronunciation is the go-to book for teaching pronunciation. It provides all the key terms and techniques in easy-to-understand terms, and equips teachers with a huge range of creative ideas and activities for pronunciation lessons, whether they are being conducted in the classroom or online. Whether you are a newly qualified teacher ......
Practical ideas and advice for teaching teenage students in the English language classroom
This is a book packed full of lesson ideas, exercises and tips for teaching English to teenagers. It goes much further than simply telling you what to do and how to do it. It looks at the why. It explains the deeper rationale for decisions we might make, as well as exploring the underlying principles and factors that can make or break a lesson.
Rhetorical Paths of English, Speech, and Composition
What are the historical relations among academic disciplines focused on oral and written rhetoric? In Disciplinary Identities, Steven Mailloux examines the formation of English literary studies, speech communication, and composition, explaining how these fields came to be shaped and separated as they are today. In so doing, Mailloux illustrates ......
Research is beginning to unearth the astounding wealth of oral traditions that have served as a vital cultural activity and verbal art for peoples throughout the world, from antiquity to the present. In this thirteenth volume of the MLA series Options for Teaching, forty-two scholar-teachers bring these discoveries and rediscoveries from the ......
