On the Reef: The Legendary Ocean Reef Club and the People Who Made It Great

Anne Burns

The Donning Company/Publishers

I See What You Mean: Using Spoken Discourse in the Classroom

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Macquarie University

Focus on Speaking: Introductory Text on Teaching Speaking to Adult Second Language Learners (Handbooks for Teachers)

NCELTR Publications (National Centre For English Language Teaching and Research)

To be an English teacher today is to play an inevitable part in the globalizing of English. This volume canvasses important questions for English language teachers that are posed by the phenomenon of a global English: Whose language? English speakers today are more likely to use English with multilingual speakers than with monolingual speakers. Which speakers? Emphasizing the second language user rather than the native speaker shifts the focus to the realities of global uses of English. Which language? English teachers are increasingly challenged to help learners select the most appropriate variety of English for different circumstances. Which standard? Learners' rather than teachers' English-language-using contexts will increasingly be the main reference point for learning. Which teachers? Language teaching professionals should challenge the prevailing dichotomy of native-versus nonnative-speaking teachers. Which approaches? Teachers should consider which methods are most appropriate for the varieties learners need and expect in their local contexts. Which texts? To teach from a global perspective, teachers need to help students navigate evolving forms of discourse, text, and visual image. Which practices? The contributors provide numerous practical suggestions for exploring the complex dimensions of teaching English as a global language.

Teaching English from a Global Perspective

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

TESOL Publications

This volume in TESOL s Language Curriculum Development Series presents the stories of teachers, curriculum developers, and administrators from all over the world who seek to understand adult learners needs and respond to them in creative, realistic, and effective ways. The contributors to this volume teach adult English language learners, and all have negotiated changes to the curriculum they were required to teach. The changes occurred in very different teaching contexts around the world and interacted in various ways with local factors. Despite these differences, the teachers shared a common goal: to sustain a viable, effective curriculum that reflected their values, beliefs, and ideals. This goal led the teachers to challenge the systems in which they worked and to struggle with the changes they believed necessary. The chapters offer living accounts of English language curricula as they occur in real classrooms for adult learners.

Planning and Teaching Creatively Within a Required Curriculum for Adult Learners

Helen De Silva Joyce

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