his book was first published in 1904 and is a classic in the field of language teaching. As well as being a methodological pioneer, Jespersen was one of the world’s seminal linguists and is noted for discovering the Great Vowel Shift in Early Modern English. In language teaching he is known as the father of the Direct Method — a landmark development in language teaching, providing a more humanist approach. Jespersen was one of the first proponents of the need for developing spoken proficiency and more natural production. As such, most modern language teachers today use a style that is inherited directly from this....
Entertainment in English -12 Classic Game Show Lessons for ESL -
This collection of lesson plans derives from some of the most successful and entertaining television & radio gameshows. The premise behind the course is that competition and game-playing are extremely conducive to language learning as the students use language they have acquired in a personal context while undertaking a meaningful task. Even the most uninspired and shy students are usually pretty keen to participate in games. From an educational perspective this competitiveness is a virtue; something which facilitates active learning...
Big Teens is an exciting, three-level series written specifically for adolescents who have already studied English in their elementary school years and who need to increase their command of the language. The series is based on communicative, constructivist language acquisition process, featuring songs, chants, social practices, strategies, cooperative learning, self-assessment, and hands-on projects. Big Teens contains discovery activities and additional contextualized practice activities to help facilitate students constructing the language.
Learn English - FULL ENGLISH - Lesson: 11 to 15- with Misterduncan in England (#Subtitle) Full english lesson : Grammar, words, sentenses,... A different way of teaching English, without a single whiteboard in sight. Welcome to the birthplace of the English language...ENGLAND. Learn English in a fun way. From Lesson 11 to 15 (5 videos MP4) (with subtitles).
Welcome to Sunburst. We planned and designed this book to provide you with interesting social situations that will engage your students in learning English as a second language. We selected different contexts within the learning environments that may be attractive, and in which your students will naturally use the language to communicate.Sunburst aims towards communicative interaction using the language as a cognitive and reflexive tool.
