Teaching ESL/EFL reading and writing
"Using a framework based on principles of teaching and learning, this highly practical guide provides a wealth of suggestions for helping learners at all levels of proficiency develop their reading and writing skills and fluency. By following these suggestions, which are organized around four s...
| Main Author: | Nation, I. S. P. |
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| Other Authors: | EBSCOhost. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Routledge,
2009.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xi, 171 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series: |
ESL and applied linguistics professional series.
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| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
"Using a framework based on principles of teaching and learning, this highly practical guide provides a wealth of suggestions for helping learners at all levels of proficiency develop their reading and writing skills and fluency. By following these suggestions, which are organized around four strands - meaning-focused input, meaning-focused output, language-focused learning, and fluency development - ESL and EFL teachers will be able to design and present a balanced program for their students"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-168) and index. CHAPTER 1. Learning to Read in Another Language -- CHAPTER 2. Learning to Recognise and Spell Words -- CHAPTER 3. Intensive Reading -- CHAPTER 4. Extensive Reading -- CHAPTER 5. Reading Faster -- CHAPTER 6. Assessing Reading -- CHAPTER 7. Helping Learners Write -- CHAPTER 8. The Writing Process -- CHAPTER 9. Topic Types -- CHAPTER 10. Responding to Written Work -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Spelling and Pronunciation -- Points of Correspondence -- Appendix 2. A List of Conjunction Relationships. "Using a framework based on principles of teaching and learning, this highly practical guide provides a wealth of suggestions for helping learners at all levels of proficiency develop their reading and writing skills and fluency. By following these suggestions, which are organized around four strands - meaning-focused input, meaning-focused output, language-focused learning, and fluency development - ESL and EFL teachers will be able to design and present a balanced program for their students"--Provided by publisher. English. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xi, 171 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-168) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780203891643 0203891643 1135857385 9781135857387 9786611707378 6611707379 1281707376 9781281707376 |