Bring the English language to life with this valuable new resource! Some say that learning a second language is like drinking water from a fire hose. But teaching it does not have to be like standing under Niagara Falls. This is the fundamental message of Jerry Jesness' new quick-start guide Teaching English Language Learners K-12. In our climate, ELL teachers face immense demands as educators because the ELL class is often the critical, transitional...

Learn to: • Put an EFL course programme together from scratch • Let your students loose in skills classes — from reading to listening • Deliver grammar lessons in a logical and intuitive way • Cope with different age groups and capabilities Your one-stop guide to a career that will take you places If you thought that teaching a language that's second nature to you would be easy, think again! Explaining grammar, or teaching correct pronunciation...

Improve your English reading skills in a big way with these helpful tips. What would it mean for your studies or career to be able to read quickly and accurately in English? The habits and study tips in 71 Ways to Practice English Reading: Tips for ESL/EFL Learners are designed to improve your English reading quickly and easily. Jackie Bolen and Jennifer Booker Smith have nearly thirty years’ experience teaching ESL/EFL. In this book, they have...

This book demonstrates how researchers and practitioners in writing and rhetoric studies can engage in story work across differences in culture, language, locations, and experience. Based on an ethnographic study in Nepal spanning a decade, Author Katie Silvester speaks with and to the stories of Bhutanese women in diaspora learning English later in life during resettlement and in the context of waves of social change brought on by the end of their...

Cookie is about to lose her job at the local bakery. She dreams of owning her own bakery but doesn't think she has the skills or money to do it. Most of all, she doesn't have the self-confidence. When she takes a course at the local college, she finds she has much more going for her than she imagined. With the help of her community, she figures out how to make sure no one has to go without her famous doily cookies for long!

"Leadership expert Paula Polk identifies intentional and inclusive coaching practices that will help teachers empower multilingual students at every level"-- Provided by publisher.

"When five-year-old Luli joins her new English as a Second Language class, the playroom is quiet. Luli can't speak English, neither can anyone else. That's when she has a brilliant idea to host a tea party and bring them all together. Luli removes her teapot, thermos, and teacups from her bag and calls out "C̀h!" in her native Chinese. One by one, her classmates pipe up in recognition: in Russian, Hindi, Turkish, Persian, Arabic, and Spanish, Portuguese,...