Stories and literature have an important role to play in the second language classroom, and Teaching Young Language Learners Through Stories provides a theoretical and practical approach to incorporating them in your teaching. Working with stories and literature enables the teacher to expose learners to English in ways which are engaging, ......
Technology and Foreign Language Learning, Third Edition
Robert Blake, now with Gabriel Guillen, updates his successful book (1st ed. 2008, 2nd ed. 2013) on how to teach foreign languages using technology. Brave New Digital Classroom touches on all of the key concepts and challenges of teaching with technology, focusing on issues specific to FLL or L2 learning and CALL. Originally referred to as ......
This guide, designed to help language educators meet the needs of program evaluation and assessment often requested by their institutions, provides step-by-step advice to help educators conduct evaluation and assessment and to show how it can lead to meaningful programmatic change and provide useful data on which to base curricular decisions.
Launching the Action on Issues series, Women in ELT explores how and why sexism and gendering is so prevalent in English language teaching, and offers practical ways to combat it. Gender inequality has far-reaching historical roots across much of society, and the story of women's status and position in ELT is an intrinsic part of this complex ......
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 ......
Advanced techniques and evidence-based guidance to make lessons more motivating and productive
Teaching teenagers offers a range of challenges, but also comes with exciting and rewarding opportunities for both teachers and students. Taking Your Language Teaching of Teenagers to the Next Level explores what it is like to be a teacher of teenagers, delving into the teenage brain to help you get the most out of teenage learners and improve ......
Comprehensive grammar practice for B2-C1 English language learners
In Other Words: Comprehensive grammar practice for B2-C1 English language learners is an easy to use communicative grammar practice book. Together with accompanying online listening materials, the book can be used both for self-study and as supplementary material for the classroom (whether face-to-face or online). It puts grammar in familiar ......
How ancient wisdom, anecdotes and aphorisms can enhance teacher training and development
The value of using stories in in language education is well-documented, but in Using Wisdom Stories in Language Teacher Education Alan Maley explores how one particular kind of story can be a useful resource for teacher training and teacher development. Wisdom Stories present narratives which, on the surface level at least, often appear absurd, ......
A step-by-step guide to designing materials for learning world languages, from expert instructional designers Many teachers of less commonly taught languages, or LCTLs, find themselves in the position of needing access to quality language teaching and learning materials where none exist, or where those that do are extremely outdated. Designing ......
