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An interactive CD-ROM for learning the French language. ... Read more

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An interactive CD-ROM for learning the Spanish language. ... Read more

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Each lesson contains a lesson plan and three graded worksheets. Worksheet 1 requires little or no written work and is an oral activity. It is an undemanding, ideal whole class activity. Worksheet 2 requires written work and is more demanding. It is ideal for the more able children. Worksheet 3 requires little written skills as it is puzzle or maths based. It is ideal for homework or for the less confident writers. This fully photocopiable Teacher's Handbook is in black and white and consists of: 34 x lesson plans; 120 x clear attractive cross-curricular worksheets; and 15 x illustrated songs and rap. There is an accompanying FREE CD with this book. ... Read more

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Lessons from Nothing is an invaluable resource for busy teachers everywhere who are looking for easy-to-use activities which do not require extensive facilities or preparation. It is a practical sourcebook of around 70 language teaching activities which encourage interaction and co-operation in the classroom.Special features:* activities for immediate use * activities for all ages and levels * clear presentation * no photocopying required ... Read more

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Great filler activities.
When I first got the book, I was surprised by how thin and small it was. But it is full of activities that you can pull off at a moments notice.Not really appropriate for small children but great for older ones and adults.

Very handy book
I've used a couple of ideas from this book.It is very easy to use.The table of contents is very detailed.

I like how the book is organized.He gives you activities to do with absolutely NO supplies all the way up to using a chalkboard and pen and paper with your students.

Honestly I probably will not end up using MOST of the ideas in the book, but it does get me thinking and helps spark other ideas.

Good price and good book.Would recommend for anyone needing ideas for activities to use with limited supplies.All ages appropriate.

Student-friendly and easy to implement
I find this book to be very useful as a resource full of suggestions for "starter" and/or "transitional" activities for the active ESL teacher who is looking for ways to bring variety and action to the ESL classroom.I've found many of the activities easy to implement and very student-
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Fantastic resource for inspiration
I'm an English teacher in China, doing both classroom and private small-group teaching. Language learning definitely requires more than the "chalk and talk" approach that Mr. Marsland warns against, and his book is a great resource for avoiding such a bland style of teaching. Language learning should be engaging, and this book offers good inspiration for making it so.

I have to cope with very unsatisfactory teaching materials oriented towards memorization and drills -- not good for achieving fluency. Also, I'm frequently asked to teach last-minute classes with little or no time to prepare. Resources are frequently limited to little more than a chalkboard, if that. It's easy to become frantic and stuck in a pattern of "Oh God, how do I fill this 90 minutes of class time? What do I do?!"

Many thanks to Mr. Marsland for giving this concise, well-organized and thoughtful book. It's like a splash of cold water in my face when I make my own job more complicated than it has to be. /Lessons From Nothing/ is a nice reminder that you can easily turn "nothing" into "something" if you make it engaging and interactive.

Not satisfied
I don't think that this book is what it claims to be.Too difficult to read and the lessons weren't really that great.I threw it out. ... Read more

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This book presents language games for a whole class, groups, and pairs. ... Read more

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Title is misleading
I purchased this with the impressions it would be good for a foreign language teacher. I also thought there would be games in the book. The title would be much better if it said "exercises and drills." Very few of the suggestions in the book are truly games. For example, holding up an item and asking "What is it?" and answering isn't a game nor a contest. They aren't bad exercises and drills for an ESL class but few would work well in a foreign language classroom. The majority of the ideas are for younger, I would say 3rd grade or under, students.

One idea that would work well would be to write an advise column (not really a game or contest though.) The game of professions and items used might be fun in a FL classroom. The explain items to a Martian would probably be fun in a FL as well.

So, if you're a FL teacher, pass on this book. ... Read more

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Educators will welcome this cohesive and comprehensive volume on the research and practice of teaching English as a second language (TESOL). The author, director of the TESOL program at Fordham University Graduate School of Education, provides a holistic view of the field-its practical and philosophical considerations. Of particular interest is the coverage of such new research areas as ESL literacy, cultural literacy, thinking in a second language (TSL), and pragmatic writing. ... Read more

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This is a collection of papers by seven contributors, each with ideas for the exploitation of resources easily available to the language teacher - materials brought from the foreign country, radio broadcasts, newspaper articles, television programmes, parcel-exchanges and cassette-exchanges between pupils in the foreign country and England, songs in the foreign language, and less easily achieved but very much more rewarding, school visits to the foreign country itself. ... Read more

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WORDS AND USING LANGUAGE WITH 12 UNIQUE UNITS ... Read more

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This book shows how literature can become a part of the complete language learning experience. It contains over 100 original ideas for working with literature in the language classroom and provides a range of literary texts, each of which can be used as the basis for language learning activities. The activities in this book should enable students of all levels to understand literature and to improve their language skills by working creatively with texts. They encourage students to approach language learning in a spirit of discovery and to express their emotions and exercise their imaginative powers. The book also focuses on the precise ways in which language is used by combining language practice with the pleasure of working with words. The "Pilgrim Longman Resource Books" aim to provide a range of practical lessons in recipe format. They are written by experienced English language teachers. The activities can be used as the basis for lessons, as a departure point for classroom development and creativity, or as last minute time fillers. ... Read more

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This is a grammar book intended to encourage teachers who teach teenagers and older people to plan their lessons round the interests, ages and social and educational backgrounds of their students. The authors offer 40 new activity ideas for use in the classroom. ... Read more

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The goal of Teaching Language and Literature in Elementary Classrooms: A Resource Book for Professional Development, Second Edition is to help the beginning teacher create a classroom environment that integrates literacy development with learning in all areas of the curriculum. Theoretically based, well organized, and practical, this text identifies the major components of an integrated language program and describes and illustrates skills teachers need to implement this kind of program in their own classrooms. It is uniquely designed as a handbook for beginning educators that serves both as a text and as a professional resource to be carried into the first year of teaching. The narratives in this text, and the accompanying instruction for preparing to teach, are included for every elementary instructional level. A consistent chapter format is used to help readers move from a direct experience of a classroom narrative, to step-by-step descriptions they can follow to implement these activities in their own classrooms. A rich array of interactive pedagogical features is provided. New in the Second Edition: This edition retains the purposes of the first edition, but adds ideas and information gathered over the years from new classroom observations. It also incorporates the results of the author's extensive reviews of educational research, continuous reading in all the genres of children's literature, and correspondence with faculty and students who used the first edition of this text. In response to these varied and helpful experiences, the Second Edition features: *Strategies for dealing with problems of disruption in the classroom; *Expanded discussions related to diversity and special needs; *Increased attention to methods of evaluation and mandated testing programs; *Reorganization of chapter sections to make them more useful to readers; *A new chapter on play and the fine arts; *Integration of electronic teaching technology into all chapters; *Extensive in-text annotations of children's literature, discussions of new titles in children's literature, cultural literatures, book clubs, series books, and the influence of books published internationally; *Updated reports of research and best practice studies; *New classroom observations; and *New appendices, designed to provide information and resources for instructional support. ... Read more

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Useful text for pre-service and beginning teachers
I used this text with pre-service teachers as required reading for my course in teaching elementary language arts. It is a book that my students highly recommend and that they feel will be a useful resource to them throughout their future years of teaching.This text gives a solid framework to a well-rounded language and literacy program, based on sound theory and realistic practice.Each of the twelve chapters is divided into recurring sections so that the format becomes predictable.The author shows in a meaningful way how to integrate language and literature across the curriculum, giving concrete examples of each concept and teaching practice at the Kindergarten level, the primary level and the intermediate level.Throughout the text, in the "What Do You Think?" section, Popp asks reflective questions to her readers.These provide wonderful discussion starters in class and opportunities for the students to reflect privately at home in a focused manner.The recurring section on evaluation was of particular value to my students, connecting specific types of assessment strategies to specific classroom activities - for example, creating a "discussion chain" or a "shared-pair" summary to evaluate understanding of a presentation.Popp makes sure to build connections from home to school and community, and is very conscious of including students and teachers with varying needs and in varying situations.There is truly something for everyone in this valuable text.Popp provides for each topic recommended readings of relevant professional literature, descriptions of teaching resources and a variety of theoretical perspectives, in addition to very thorough preparation and step-by-step instructions in carrying out the teaching strategies.
Although as a Canadian I had some concerns about the all-American references and cited literature, I would still heartily recommend this text to instructors/students in both Canada and the U.S.A., perhaps encouraging additional Canadian content or a future Canadian edition. ... Read more