This book provides a sound basis for teaching vocabulary, and answers such questions as which English words students need to learn most, and why some words are easier to learn than others.
Técnicas de Enseñanza en Inglés como Segunda Lengua Serie
Esta serie profundiza en los métodos pedagógicos centrales para enseñar inglés como segundo idioma. Ofrece estrategias prácticas y conocimientos teóricos para educadores que buscan mejorar su práctica. Los lectores descubrirán enfoques innovadores para la enseñanza de gramática, vocabulario y conversación. Este es un recurso invaluable para cualquiera dedicado al campo de ESL/EFL.
Testing in all skill areas is covered. How to write and evaluate tests is clearly explained with numerous examples. Also featured is an Appendix describing the most important commercial proficiency, achievement and aptitude tests.
Practical procedures for teachers to follow at every stage are outlined, including ways to stimulate students to write through pictures, readings and discussions, and ways to respond to student writing as a form of communication.
Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching has influenced the way thousands of teachers have taught English. This classic guide to developing the way you teach has been an essential resource to new and experienced teachers worldwide, and is now in its third edition. Each chapter focuses on a different teaching approach, describing it being used in the classroom, analyzing what happened, and helping you think how you could apply it to your own teaching. New features of the third edition include: a new discussion on the political dimensions of language teaching, a new digital technology chapter, and extended coverage of content-based and task-based approaches. On this site you will find additional resources, including author videos in which Diane Larsen-Freeman and Marti Anderson talk about the background to the book and new innovations in language teaching which are discussed in the third edition
The first two chapters of the book address general questions of grammar in ESL theory and classroom practice. These are followed by ideas for the creative teaching of grammar. Included are specific suggestions for teaching most of the common, beginning-level structures, which are listed separately in a grammar index for easy reference.
