Using a framework based on principles of teaching and learning, this guide for teachers and teacher trainees provides a wealth of suggestions for helping learners at all levels of proficiency develop their reading and writing skills and fluency. By following these suggestions, which are organized around four strands – meaning-focused input, meaning-focused output, language-focused learning, and fluency development – teachers will be able to design and present a balanced program for their students.
Teaching ESL/EFL Reading and Writing, and its companion text, Teaching ESL/EFL Listening and Speaking, are similar in format and the kinds of topics covered, but do not need to be used together. Drawing on research and theory in applied linguistics, their focus is strongly hands-on, featuring
easily applied principles,
a large number of useful teaching techniques, and
guidelines for testing and monitoring,
All Certificate, Diploma, Masters and Doctoral courses for teachers of English as a second or foreign language include a teaching methods component. The texts are designed for and have been field tested in such programs.
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Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 14th August 2008 Catalog: Book Media: Paperback Number Of Pages: 184 Ean: 9780415989688 Isbn: 041598968X
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Relevant and practical for ELL and ESL teachers ~ Written on Dec 23, 2009. 1 out of 1 users found this review helpful.
I have found this book quite useful for teaching. Among the things that I found useful in this textbook were the strategies and techniques that teachers may use to address reading and writing. The author describes intensive and extensive reading and details and explains how each one is useful to a reading curriculum. Also, Nation presents a series of strategies that clarify for teachers how grammar can be used in a meaningful way to aid reading. Although I've read about this particular topic in Grabe's "Reading in a second language: From research to practice" Nation offers vivid examples on how to accomplish integrating grammar with reading. From a theoretical perspective, this book is less comprehensive than Grabe's. But it is precisely that whihc confers Nation the opprotunity to go in-depth in the chapters devoted to reading and writing. If you are an ESL teacher at any level, it is a must. Note of caution: Since Nation is Australian, there are many words that follow different spelling rules, such as "practise" or "organisation."
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