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Modern Languages Teacher's Handbook.

This user-friendly handbook for busy teacherscontains up-to-date advice on a range of topics including: Planning outstanding lessons Teaching the four key language skills Stretching able and talented students Including and engaging students with weaker skills Using ICT to advance language skills and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ramage, Gill
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Continuum International Publishing, 2012.
Colección:Continuum Education Handbooks.
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  • Half title; Also by; Title page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 What's the point of learning a language?; Establishing your own rationale for teaching modern languages; Helping students to see the point; Raising the profi le of modern languages within the school; 2 Planning outstanding modern languages lessons; Long-term planning; Medium-term planning
  • The scheme of work; Planning outstanding individual lessons; Homework; Organizing your resources; 3 Teaching students how to listen; The importance of listening; Listening as a practice activity.
  • Finding listening materialsListening for gist and detail; Organizing listening activities; Listening and diff erentiation; Helping students get better at listening; Listening for pleasure; 4 Getting students talking; The importance of speaking; Classroom layouts for speaking; Whole class speaking; Pair work; Group work; Using new technologies to enhance speaking; Encouraging independence; Speaking and diff erentiation; Teaching pronunciation; 5 Turning students into readers; Progression in reading; Developing reading skills; Reading for pleasure; Developing dictionary skills.
  • 6 Teaching writingPlanning for writing; Developing diff erent kinds of writing; Writing and differentiation; 7 Using the targetlanguage; Trends and swings in target language use; What is best practice?; Planning for target language use across the department; For which aspects of learning can the teacher use the target language?; Supporting your use of the target language; Getting students to use the target language; 8 Grammar, thinking and creativity; How do grammar, thinking and creativity link together?; Teaching grammar; Practising grammar.
  • Being creative with language: Doing a lot with a little9 Assessment and progression; Why assess our students?; National assessment schemes; Planning for eff ective assessment; Assessing speaking; Practical techniques for eff ective marking; Helping students to know how to improve through feedback; Other everyday classroom assessment techniques; Reporting to parents; 10 Making language learning rea; Working with a Foreign Language Assistant (FLA); Organizing successful trips, visits and exchanges; Engaging with the world through new technologies; Making languages real through the world of work.