Author : Meagen Farrell
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,80 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Adult education
ISBN : 9781564204721
"This ... resource book will help GED test preparation instructors get ready for the new test. It offers detailed descriptions of the new Reasoning through language arts, Mathematical reasoning, Science, and Social studies tests ... [and] will also give instructors techniques for motivating adult students, adding interdisciplinary topics to lessons, and facing the challenges of a computerized test"--Page 4 of cover.
Author : Anne Paton
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,4 MB
Release : 2009-11-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 0335240224
Are you teaching or training to teach English to adult speakers of other languages? Yes! Then this is the essential book for you! This is one of the few books to effectively blend together research, theory and practical pedagogy and link this directly with the context of teaching English to adults. There are reflective tasks throughout, which encourage you to develop and apply your theoretical knowledge to your own experiences. The editors and contributing authors - all experienced practitioners and researchers - share their experience of meeting the diverse needs of learners in the ESOL setting. Learners come from a wide range of cultural, educational and linguistic backgrounds and choose to learn English for a variety of reasons. These factors have important implications for the way the teaching is undertaken. The authors draw on their wealth of experience with adult learners to offer practical strategies for the classroom. Key topics include: Planning, learning and assessment Accuracy and fluency Learning contexts Language analysis, language use and language acquisition This is essential reading for students on adult ESOL subject specialist certificate courses, or integrated Cert Ed/PGCE ESOL courses. It is also of interest to people teaching English outside the UK. Contributors: Vivien Barr, Sue Colquhoun, Jo-Ann Delaney, Clare Fletcher, Marina Spiegel, Helen Sunderland, John Sutter, Efisia Tranza, Mary Weir
Author : Betsy Parrish
Publisher :
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 33,84 MB
Release : 2019
Category :
ISBN : 1108702848
Author : Stephen D. Brookfield
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,58 MB
Release : 2010-10-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 0787998257
Radicalizing Learning calls for a total rethinking of what the field of adult education stands for and how adult educators should assess their effectiveness. Arguing that major changes in society are needed to create a more just world, the authors set out to show how educators can help learners envision and enact this radical transformation. Specifically, the book explores the areas of adult learning, training, teaching, facilitation, program development, and research. Each chapter provides a guide to the different paradigms and perspectives that prevail across the field of theory and practice. The authors then tie all of the themes into how adult learning for participatory democracy works in a diverse society.
Author : Richard A. Orem
Publisher :
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,32 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN :
This resource brings together information about policy, second language acquisition theory and research, methods and materials for teaching adult English language learners, program design, and cross-cultural issues that effect learning in adult ESL classrooms. It also discusses the context within which adult ESOL instructors work and in which adult ESOL programs function. The framework for this discussion of context draws from the developing framework of standards for teachers of adult learners under consideration by TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc.). This book is designed for faculty and students in adult education graduate programs and other TESOL preparation programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels that target adult learners. Other audiences are adult ESL program directors and policy makers as well as educators working in elementary and high school, many of whom are connected to populations of adult learners through the parents of the children they serve.
Author : I.S.P. Nation
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 22,22 MB
Release : 2008-10-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 1135857385
Using a framework based on principles of teaching and learning, this guide for teachers and teacher trainees 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 – teachers will be able to design and present a balanced program for their students. Teaching ESL/EFL Reading and Writing, and its companion text, Teaching ESL/EFL Listening and Speaking, are similar in format and the kinds of topics covered, but do not need to be used together. Drawing on research and theory in applied linguistics, their focus is strongly hands-on, featuring easily applied principles, a large number of useful teaching techniques, and guidelines for testing and monitoring, All Certificate, Diploma, Masters and Doctoral courses for teachers of English as a second or foreign language include a teaching methods component. The texts are designed for and have been field tested in such programs.
Author : TESOL International Association
Publisher : Tesol Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,53 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781931185509
Standards for ESL/EFL Teachers of Adults offers performance indicators, vignettes, and evaluation tools for instructors. These clearly organized components will help instructors identify the qualities and practices to pursue in their teaching. The standards in this book address planning, instructing, and assessing as the basis for effective teaching. These three core standards lead to five additional standards that focus on both the instructor and the instruction: identity and context, language proficiency, learning, content, and commitment and professionalism. Collectively, these eight standards represent the foundation of what professional teachers of adult ESL and EFL learners should know and be able to do. The eight standards are organized in a useful and concrete format. Each is introduced with a brief description followed by theoretical justification, numbered performance indicators, vignettes of real-life settings using the performance indicators, and a forum for further thought and discussion. The standards can be applied to most settings with adult ESL or EFL learners and can benefit educators and administrators in teacher-training programs, in educational programs, and in achieving professional development both personally and institution-wide.
Author : Clarena Larrotta
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 38,86 MB
Release : 2019-04-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 1788923197
This book centralizes the narratives of adult English language learners, teachers, and trainee teachers in the development of a humanistic language pedagogy; their strengths, concerns, and stories inform this practical guide to adult literacy development and English language-culture learning and teaching. The author sets the need to educate the whole person, and to focus on the adult learner’s strengths and assets, against a background of rigorous research and practical experience. This book combines evidence-based pedagogy with a passionate belief in the centrality of the learner and the importance of education and will be invaluable to all those involved in teaching and training related to adult English language learners.
Author : Victor M. Hernández-Gantes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 46,33 MB
Release : 2008-10-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 1135907439
Exploring the unique challenges of vocational education, this book provides simple and straightforward advice on how to teach English Language Learners in the classroom, in the laboratory or workshop, and in work-based learning settings.
Author : Marina Spiegel
Publisher :
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 50,99 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Basic Skills
ISBN : 9781872972602
