Teaching Adult Second Language Learners addresses the needs of adults studying English. It provides a useful summary of the principles involved in teaching adults as well as a wealth of activities specifically designed for adult learners. The text is divided into three sections: Section I provides an introduction to the adult language learner and discusses the issues of assessment/placement and course/lesson organization. Section II gives teachers techniques for building community in the classroom. Section III provides activities designed for students at various levels that are organized thematically around topics such as self-identification, food, clothing, and work.
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'This is the latest in the excellent Handbooks for Language Teachers series edited by Penny ur, and a great addition to the series it is. Aimed at the general ESL teacher, the book contains a collection of activities at all levels that will make the classrook experience richer and more useful for the learners.' (EL Reviews)
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This is a helpful guide to help a teacher plan lessons for language classes. Each lesson is easily adaptable to all ages and levels. The lessons are organized according to topic and actually go in order as if you are actually beginning a class, commencing with get-to-know-you exercises. There are a lot of fun activities included that coincide with each lesson's topic. There is a lot of information provided if you need a lot of help as well as considerable room for you to tailor a lesson to your class.
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This is a very useful, practical, flexible, and accessible book for planning lessons for adult ESL learners. The first two sections contain instructions on organizing an ESL classroom, planning lessons, and building community in the classroom. Section three has the ideas for classroom activities based on theme-units such as food, clothing, health, money, family, etc. Each unit will have ten or more activities. Each activity describes approximate time required, ability level, main teaching points, organization (groups or individuals), and preparation if any. My classes have really enjoyed the many information gap activities, sentence scrambles, and dictations. For example, all my students have enjoyed the Refrigerator Dictation. While it's ostensibly about food, it's also teaching listening skills, target vocabulary, directions and space relationships, writing skills, and more. Plus it's fun. I've found this book to be very helpful for weaving activities into a lesson. Highly recommended.
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Personal identification is a good starting point for a new class. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
main teaching points, supermarket fliers, regroup the students, high beginning, ask each student, divide the class into groups Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Personal identification is a good starting point for a new class. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
main teaching points, supermarket fliers, regroup the students, high beginning, ask each student, divide the class into groups Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Teaching Techniques for Communicative English by Jane Revell on page 189, and page 200
- Once Upon a Time by Richard Harding Davis in Front Matter
- Using Newspapers in the Classroom (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers) by Paul Sanderson in Front Matter
- Games for Language Learning (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers) by Andrew Wright in Front Matter
- Once Upon a Time: Create-Your-Own Storytelling Cards by Atlas Games in Front Matter
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- Five-Minute Activities for Business English (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers) by Paul Emmerson in Front Matter
- Using the Board in the Language Classroom (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers) by Jeannine Dobbs in Front Matter
- Writing Simple Poems: Pattern Poetry for Language Acquisition (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers) by Vicki L. Holmes in Front Matter
- Teaching Large Multilevel Classes (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers) by Natalie Hess in Front Matter
- The Internet and the Language Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers) by Gavin Dudeney in Front Matter
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