Spanish Sentence Builders - a Lexicogrammar Approach
Spanish Sentence Builders - a Lexicogrammar Approach

Author: Dylan Viñales

Publisher:

Published: 2020-05-05

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13:

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Spanish Sentence Builders is a workbook aimed at beginner to pre-intermediate students co-authored by two modern languages educators with over 40 years of extensive classroom experience between the two, both in the UK and internationally. This 'no-frills' book contains 19 units of work on very popular themes, jam-packed with graded vocabulary-building, reading, translation, retrieval practice and writing activities. Key vocabulary, lexical patterns and structures are recycled and interleaved throughout.Each unit includes:1) a sentence builder modelling the target constructions;2) a set of vocabulary building activities;3) a set of narrow reading texts exploited through a range of tasks focusing on both the meaning and structural levels of the text; - a set of retrieval-practice translation tasks;4) a set of writing tasks targeting essential micro-skills such as spelling, lexical retrieval, syntax, editing and communication of meaning.Based on the Extensive Processing Instruction (E.P.I.) principle that learners learn best from comprehensible and highly patterned input flooded with the target linguistic features, the authors have carefully designed each and every text and activity to enable the student to process and produce each item many times over. This occurs throughout each unit of work as well as in smaller grammar, vocabulary and question-skills micro-units located at regular intervals in the book, which aim at reinforcing the understanding and retention of the target grammar, vocabulary and question patterns.

Spanish Sentence Builders - A Lexicogrammar approach
Spanish Sentence Builders - A Lexicogrammar approach

Author: Verónica Palacín

Publisher: Piefke Trading Singapore

Published: 2021-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783949651014

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This version has been fully re-checked for accuracy and re-formatted to make it even more user-friendly, following feedback after a full year of classroom use by thousands of teachers across the world. Spanish Sentence Builders is a workbook aimed at beginner to pre-intermediate students co-authored by two modern languages educators with over 40 years of extensive classroom experience between the two, both in the UK and internationally. This 'no-frills' book contains 19 units of work on very popular themes, jam-packed with graded vocabulary-building, reading, translation, retrieval practice and writing activities. Key vocabulary, lexical patterns and structures are recycled and interleaved throughout. Each unit includes: 1) A sentence builder modelling the target constructions; 2) A set of vocabulary building activities; 3) A set of narrow reading texts exploited through a range of tasks focusing on both the meaning and structural levels of the text; 4) A set of retrieval-practice translation tasks; 5) A set of writing tasks targeting essential micro-skills such as spelling, lexical retrieval, syntax, editing and communication of meaning. Based on the Extensive Processing Instruction (E.P.I.) principle that learners learn best from comprehensible and highly patterned input flooded with the target linguistic features, the authors have carefully designed each and every text and activity to enable the student to process and produce each item many times over. This occurs throughout each unit of work as well as in smaller grammar, vocabulary and question-skills micro-units located at regular intervals in the book, which aim at reinforcing the understanding and retention of the target grammar, vocabulary and question patterns.

The Language Teacher Toolkit, Second Edition
The Language Teacher Toolkit, Second Edition

Author: Dr Gianfranco Conti

Publisher:

Published: 2023-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783949651960

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This heavily revised and updated new edition of the best-selling language teacher handbook is a comprehensive introduction to research-informed classroom practice. Topics explored include: Language teaching methods Lesson and curriculum planning Intercultural understanding Listening, speaking, reading and writing Teaching in the target language Vocabulary, grammar and phonics Fluency and lexicogrammar Assessment Meeting the needs of all learners Teaching advanced level students Motivation Songs and drama Subject knowledge Language teachers of any experience will be introduced to a wide range of findings from second language acquisition and cognitive science research, along with a wealth of practical classroom ideas to enhance their practice. This new edition lays greater emphasis on lexicogrammar, fluency, intercultural understanding, meeting diverse learner needs, lesson and curriculum planning. About the first edition: "A treasure chest for every language teacher." (Languages Today, the magazine of the Association for Language Learning.)

Spanish Sentence Builders - LISTENING - Teacher Book
Spanish Sentence Builders - LISTENING - Teacher Book

Author: Dylan Viñales

Publisher:

Published: 2020-08-16

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13:

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The Teacher Book This booklet contains answers and transcripts for all exercises. The Spanish Listening Booklet matches to the minutest details the content of the 19 units included in the best-selling workbook for beginner-to-pre-intermediate learners "Spanish sentence builders", by the same authors. For best results, the two books should be used together. This book fully implements Dr Conti's popular approach to listening-skills instruction, L.A.M. (aka Listening-As-Modelling), laid out in his seminal work: "Breaking the Sound Barrier: Teaching Learners how to Listen" (Conti and Smith, 2019). L.A.M. is based on the concept that listening instruction should train students in the mastery of the key micro-listening skills identified by cognitive psychologists. Each unit contains around 13 listening tasks, which provide continuous and extensive recycling of the target constructions and vocabulary items and address the development of the key listening micro-skills. The tasks include engaging and tested Conti classics such as: "Spot the intruder", "Missing details", "Faulty transcript", "Break the flow", "Faulty translation", "Gapped translation" and "Listening slalom", alongside more traditional listening comprehension tasks.

Spanish Sentence Builders - A Lexicogrammar approach
Spanish Sentence Builders - A Lexicogrammar approach

Author: Simona Gravina

Publisher: Piefke Trading Singapore

Published: 2021-10-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783949651267

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Spanish Primary Sentence Builders is a workbook aimed at beginner students, co-authored by four modern languages educators with over 80 years of extensive classroom experience between the four, both in the UK and internationally. This book is fully photocopiable but may not be scanned and shared This 'no-frills' book contains 10 units of work on very popular themes, jam-packed with graded vocabulary-building, listening, reading, translation, retrieval practice and writing activities. Key vocabulary, lexical patterns and structures are recycled and interleaved throughout. Each unit in the book includes: a sentence builder modelling the target constructions, introduced by questions to guide communication; a set of Listening-As-Modelling activities to train decoding skills, sound awareness, speech-segmentation, lexical-retrieval and parsing skills; a set of reading tasks focusing on both the meaning and structural levels of the text; a set of translation tasks aimed at consolidation through retrieval practice; a set of writing tasks targeting essential writing micro-skills such as spelling, functional and positional processing, editing and communication of meaning. answers to all activities, including transcripts Based on the E.P.I. principle that learners learn best from comprehensible and highly patterned input flooded with the target linguistic features, the authors have carefully designed each and every text and activity to enable the student to process and produce each item many times over. Alongside the units you will find: No Snakes No Ladders tasks created to practise speaking skills with an engaging and fun board game that can be photocopied and played in groups of 3 students. Please note that The Language Gym www.language-gym.com website is an ideal supplement to this booklet. Our website recycles every single lexical and structural item found in this book many times over via self-marking vocabulary and reading workouts, in addition to engaging and fun games and a powerful vocab, listening, sentence & verb trainer. This book is fully photocopiable but may not be scanned and shared

Breaking the Sound Barrier
Breaking the Sound Barrier

Author: Steve Smith

Publisher:

Published: 2019-08

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9781096973881

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Breaking the Sound Barrier: Teaching Language Leaners How to Listen.To cite use Conti and Smith (2019).This book is for language teachers who want to help their students become more effective listeners. It focuses on the processes involved in aural comprehension, blending the latest research evidence with over 200 engaging listening activities, as well as lots of useful practical classroom ideas and lesson sequences.Chapters include the principles of "listening as modelling", developing phonological and lexical retrieval skills, grammatical parsing, interpersonal and task-based listening. There are also chapters on how to make the most of songs, cognitive and metacognitive strategies, assessment and preparing for examinations. The final chapter offers a framework for language teachers or departments who wish to develop a strategy for improved listening. The book aims to place listening at the forefront of lesson planning.Gianfranco and Steve have around 60 years of classroom experience between them and a track record of offering instantly usable, low-preparation activities for the classroom, supported by second language acquisition research. Their handbook The Language Teacher Toolkit is already widely used around the world. Too often, classroom listening is neglected by teachers and a source of fear for learners; how can we make it a successful and enjoyable experience for all? This book is truly unique in its genre, in proposing a different and more impactful answer to this question. We sincerely hope you enjoy it.

Memory
Memory

Author: Gianfranco Conti

Publisher:

Published: 2021-01-15

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13:

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Memory: What Every Language Teacher Should KnowHow do we help students remember? If teachers understand how memory works, there is more chance of helping students do well through effective curriculum and lesson planning. This book is an introduction to memory written specifically with language teachers in mind. Taking evidence from the fields cognitive science and second language acquisition, the authors examine a range of important aspects of memory. These include working memory, phonological memory, long-term memory, cognitive load, implicit and explicit knowledge, prospective memory, metamemory, learning from mistakes, the emotional factors affecting retention and curriculum design with memory in mind. Full references, questions for reflection, and suggestions for further reading and viewing are provided at the end of each of the 16 chapters.The authors apply research evidence to the languages classroom, with suggestions for pedagogy and specific classroom activities.Previous books by the authors are The Language Teacher Toolkit (2016) and Breaking the Sound Barrier: Teaching Langugae Learners How to Listen (2019)