In schools across the world, there are large numbers of students who are not native speakers of the language of instruction in their classroom. This leads to challenges for the teachers, students and parents. Translanguaging enables students who are second language leaners to build on previous learning, access the curriculum more effectively, ......
Theory and Methods for Developing Superior Second Language Ability
Addresses an important issue in Second Language Acquisition - how to help learners progress from Intermediate and Advanced proficiency to Superior and beyond. This volume includes research on working memory and cognition and empirical studies of effective teaching. It can serve as a practical handbook for seasoned and pre-professional instructors.
Explores the realities and challenges of teaching Arabic as a foreign language. This title covers such topics as: the state of the Arabic teaching profession; the institutional challenges in US and study-abroad programs; the varieties of Arabic and their relevance in the classroom; the uses of technology in the classroom; and, testing.
Through a historical presentation of the relation of English phonics to spelling, writing, and reading, this book brings to teachers and reading researchers insights into the importance of phonics in education over several centuries.
How to Use William Bull's Visual Grammar of Spanish
Suitable for teachers looking for a way to show students how grammar produces meaning, this title illustrates grammatical contrasts in Spanish. It includes illustrations that clarify difficult-to-understand points of grammar such as ser vs estar, subjunctive vs indicative, and preterite vs imperfect.
With research-based articles, this volume is suitable to high school and university language and culture educators, program directors, linguists, and anyone looking to design LSP courses or programs in any world language.
With research-based articles, this volume is suitable to high school and university language and culture educators, program directors, linguists, and anyone looking to design LSP courses or programs in any world language.
Second language classrooms provide unique opportunities for intellectual growth, cognitive skill development, and cultural exchange. In Integrating the Digital Humanities into the Second Language Classroom, Melinda A. Cro makes the case for bringing the digital humanities (DH) into that sphere, strengthening students' language skills while ......
Integrating Career Preparation into Language Courses provides foreign and second language teachers with easy and practical additions they can make to their existing curricula to help their students develop real-world professional skills and prepare to use the target language successfully in the workplace. The book is organized into six chapters, ......
