Brief Description

Practical Guide to Facilitating Language Learning third edition provides solutions to the challenges that student and practicing teachers encounter. This practical and interactive guide stimulates creative thinking in the classroom and makes language learning fun. Student teachers will find guidance on creating interesting lessons for a multilingual environment and how to develop language confidence in their learners. The third edition has been carefully updated and restructured for logical progression and includes new examples and activities.

Key features

• A strong focus on physical activities such as role playing and drama techniques to encourage active language learning.
• Numerous activities that can be expanded or adapted to suit various learner competency levels.
• Worksheets and assignments that can be used for daily lesson plans, project ideas and tests.
• A comprehensive discussion on reading and the value of shared and silent reading methods.

Contents

Chapter 1 Learner-centred classrooms
Chapter 2 Reading
Chapter 3 Listening
Chapter 4 Speaking
Chapter 5 Writing
Chapter 6 Language study
Chapter 7 Literature
Chapter 8 Stories
Chapter 9 Poetry
Chapter 10 Teaching spelling and dictionary use
Chapter 11 Content-based Instruction (CBI)
Chapter 12 Assessment
Chapter 13 Language development