Questo autore è stato coinvolto nell'insegnamento dell'inglese come lingua straniera in varie vesti fin dai primi anni '80. Il suo lavoro comprende l'insegnamento a studenti, insegnanti e formatori di insegnanti, integrato dalla scrittura di articoli e libri. Un'area di interesse attuale è il CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning), con gran parte della sua attività svolta tramite Pilgrims a Canterbury. L'autore condivide frequentemente la propria esperienza in conferenze e workshop internazionali, mantenendo costantemente l'istruzione diretta con gli studenti di lingua per radicare il proprio lavoro di formazione nella pratica.
Part of a post-First Certificate advanced-level ELT course which aims to bridge the gap between speaking in English and thinking in English. The materials consist of a coursebook, a teacher's book, a self-study workbook, and two cassettes.
Part of a post-First Certificate advanced-level ELT course which aims to bridge the gap between speaking in English and thinking in English. The materials consist of a coursebook, a teacher's book, a self-study workbook, and two cassettes.
Using the Mother Tongue, part of the Professional Perspectives series , offers a variety of practical ways to make use of what is a very valuable resource by: providing ideas and guidelines on when and how to use the mother tongue encouraging teachers to use the mother tongue selectively and effectively raising awareness of the similarities and differences between languages building links between the mother tongue and the foreign language through comparison and translation The use of the mother tongue in the foreign language classroom has often been officially discouraged; however, many teachers have recognised that in practice using one’s own language to learn a foreign language is natural, necessary and efficient.
This book provides excellent supplementary material for the English class or for the self-study learner. The tasks are enjoyable and entertaining, while creating genuine learning opportunities. The photocopiable worksheets: can be used as a fun vocabulary task for the whole class at the start or finish of a lesson; can be selected for topics which fit into coursework, as they are not graded for difficulty; are ideal for use with students working at different speeds or who need work on particular word sets; provide ready made homework tasks; are motivating self-study materials for use during the holidays, when accompanied by the answers; are an invaluable support for the language teacher as they are completely self-contained and need no preparation.