Teaching Young Learners to Think

Author: Herbert Puchta
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107638525
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
Teaching Young Learners to Think offers 80 activities with photocopiable worksheets and easy-to-follow teacher's notes. Herbert Puchta, author of a wide range of innovative teaching materials, and Marion Williams, well-known for her book Psychology for Language Teachers, have developed specifically designed tasks that develop children's foreign language competence while promoting the basic thinking skills they will need as they grow older. Teachers will enjoy using the motivating tasks that have been carefully devised to match the language level of EFL learners. Students will enjoy the fun of the thinking challenges these activities offer.

The World Book Encyclopedia

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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 554

Book Description
An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.

Kid's Box Level 2 Pupil's Book

Author: Caroline Nixon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107644976
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 113

Book Description
Bursting with bright ideas to inspire both teachers and students, 'Kid's Box' gives children a confident start to learning English. It also fully covers the syllabus for the Cambridge Young Learners English (YLE) tests. The pupil's Book presents and practices new language through amusing stories and fantastic songs and activities, making the learning process a joy

Serious Fun

Author: Marie L. Masterson
Publisher: Powerful Playful Learning
ISBN: 9781938113390
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A practical book for teachers consisting of 10 YC and TYC articles on the importance of integrating rich content-based, teacher-guided instruction with meaningful child-centered play to nurture children's emerging capabilities and skills.

Making and Tinkering with STEM

Author: Cate Heroman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781938113284
Category : Early childhood education
Languages : en
Pages : 139

Book Description
Explore STEM concepts through making and tinkering!

Teaching Young Language Learners, Second Edition

Author: Annamaria Pinter
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0194403157
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
This fully updated second edition provides a comprehensive and readable introduction to teaching young learners. It gives an accessible overview of the issues, including child development, L1 and L2 learning, L2 skills, vocabulary and grammar, learning to learn, materials design, and policy issues. Integrating theory and practice in an accessible way, it draws onup-to-date research and classroom practice that is internationally relevant. New for this edition: • Systematic incorporation of ideas related to technology across all chapters • Discussion of current trends in the field of teaching young learners, including CLIL, online learning, issues of assessment, 21st century skills, and ways of giving children more agency in their language learning • A new chapter on intercultural awareness for young learners • Updates to research and practical examples, and new tasks • An extended final chapter on classroom research, complete with innovative ideas for researching with children.

Resources in Education

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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 358

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Amphibians and Reptiles: A Compare and Contrast Book

Author: Katharine Hall
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
ISBN: 1628555602
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19

Book Description
What makes a frog an amphibian but a snake a reptile? Both classes may lay eggs, but they have different skin coverings and breathe in different ways. Pages of fun facts will help kids identify each animal in the class like a pro after reading the fourth book in Arbordale’s Compare and Contrast series. Similar to Polar Bears and Penguins, Clouds and Trees; Amphibians and Reptiles uses stunning photographs and simple non-fiction text to get kids thinking about the similarities and differences between these two animal classes.

Online Learning

Author: Greg Kearsley
Publisher: Educational Technology
ISBN: 9780877783060
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 444

Book Description
"More than two dozen prominent authors describe their personal involvement in the history of the Internet's use in education, and recount their pioneeringefforts."

Literacy Assessment and Intervention for Classroom Teachers

Author: Beverly A. DeVries
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135110814X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 562

Book Description
The fifth edition of this comprehensive resource helps future and practicing teachers recognize and assess literacy problems, while providing practical, effective intervention strategies to help every student succeed. DeVries thoroughly explores the major components of literacy, offering an overview of pertinent research, suggested methods and tools for diagnosis and assessment, intervention strategies and activities, and technology applications to increase students' skills. Updated to reflect the needs of teachers in increasingly diverse classrooms, the fifth edition addresses scaffolding for English language learners, and offers appropriate instructional strategies and tailored teaching ideas to help both teachers and their students. Several valuable appendices include assessment tools, instructions and visuals for creating and implementing the book's more than 150 instructional strategies and activities, and other resources. New to the Fifth Edition: Up-to-date and in line with ILA, CCSS, and most state and district literacy standards, this edition also addresses the important shifts and evolution of these standards. New chapter on Language Development, Speaking, and Listening covers early literacy, assessment, and interventions. New intervention strategies and activities are featured in all chapters and highlight a stronger technology component. Updated Companion Website with additional tools, resources, and examples of teachers using assessment strategies.