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ESOL: A Critical Guide -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Melanie Cooke and James Simpson
This book provides readers with an up-to-date, broad understanding of the distinctive pedagogic,
social, and political contexts of teaching English to adult migrants in countries where English is the
dominant language. The book contains refl ective activities within each chapter, to enable readers
to relate the content to their own contexts, be they teaching, training, management, inspection, or policy.
Factors which make this book distinctive include:
¡á Its international perspective.
¡á Its recognition of policy contexts.
¡á Its focus on learners¡¯ voices.
¡á Its critical stance.
Oxford ESOL Handbook --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Philida Schellekens
A practical toolkit which helps teachers promote effective language learning among migrants and
refugees who have come to settle in countries where English is the national language.
The focus is on practical techniques and activities, underpinned by the latest thinking in linguistics,
to enable teachers to develop their teaching skills.
¡á Allows existing teachers to check their knowledge of recent developments, approaches, and issues.
¡á Covers the backgrounds, characteristics, and experience of ESOL learners.
¡á Raises awareness of how the first language impacts on any subsequent language acquisition.
¡á Develops knowledge of how English works and how this can be applied in the ES(O)L context.
Doing Task-based Teaching ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Dave Willis and Jane Willis
Doing Task-based Teaching aims to give beginner teachers the confi dence to start using tasks in
their lessons, and help experienced teachers to widen their repertoire.
¡á Demonstrates procedures for designing and adapting tasks.
¡á Shows how to provide a focus on grammar and vocabulary within a task-based framework.
¡á Suggests ways of combining a taskbased approach with coursebooks.
¡á Provides practical activities to apply the ideas to the reader¡¯s own teaching context.
¡á Appendices include lesson plans and commentaries for tasks and projects, and other useful material
for trainers.
How Languages are Learned Third Edition ----------------------------------------------
Patsy M Lightbown and Nina Spada
A fully revised introduction to the main theories of fi rst and second language acquisition.
The book helps teachers to understand the principles behind different teaching methodologies,
and discusses their practical implications for language teaching.
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