Language teaching techniques (Resource handbook - Pro Lingua Associates ; no. 1)

Clark, Raymond C.

Pro Lingua Associates

Getting a Fix on Vocabulary The System of Affixation in English, using words in the News by: Raymond C. Clark and Janie L. Duncan Levels: Intermediate to Advanced. Secondary to Adult 
The objective of Getting a Fix on Vocabulary is to expose students to the prefixes and suffixes, the affixes, and many of the more common bases used in English. These are explained in a simple and methodical way; each lesson presents a group of up to eight affixes with similar meanings. Common bases are introduced throughout the lessons and then summarized in a glossary for easy reference. 
Awareness of the system of compounding and affixation and how it works and familiarity rather than mastery of this information are the students' goals. First they are given a brief explanation of the affixes, and then they do four or five exercises of increasing difficulty, checking their own answers. 
Why use words in the News? The last of the exercises in each lesson is a brief, fictitious, but realistic newspaper article. These short readings are used for two reasons. The topics chosen allow the authors to introduce in context a vocabulary rich in compounds and affixation and useful to students who want to read news from around the world. These topics vary from energy issues to politics, from crime to the international development of peace. The second reason for using made-up "news"articles is because they are generally fun to read and students enjoy them. And when students are enjoying what they are doing, they are more apt to learn.

Getting a Fix on Vocabulary, Using Words in the News: The System of Affixation and Compounding in English

Reference

English as a Second Language

Pro Lingua's two books of Cue Cards give your students the basis for active and interesting role play conversations. 
Nations of the World Each cue card gives information on one of the 42 most populous nations of the world. The students role play being from one of the countries in 10 varied activities suggested in the book. Information on the country is given not in sentences but as data on a chart. The chart on all the countries follows the same format, so students know what information everyone has. Using the cue card, they ask questions, creating the whole language. In the process of role play discussion, they are also learning fascinating information about geography, economics, and the cultures of the various countries. 
Role playing in the ESL/EFL classroom is a traditional way of getting our students "out of themselves" and talking with each other. We give the student a cue, instructions about the role they are to play, and then let them act out the situation.

Cue Cards: Nations of the World (Supplementary Materials Handbook Series No. 7)

Education & Teaching

Mussman, Anna

Schools & Teaching

Levels: Middle School, High School, and Adult students, Advanced beginners to low intermediate proficiency. Pronunciation practice is made fun and effective using 16 comical limericks illustrated by witty cartoons. Varied activities involve different skills and creativity. Individual, pair, and group work. This is an integrated skills student text involving speaking, listening, reading, and writing in each unit. The students work on the 40 different significant sounds of English (segmentals). The 16 units focus on the sound and spelling of the 16 vowel sounds of English. Students also practice the 24 English consonant sounds, although the work stresses the vowels, which are the most difficult segmentals to master. The students learn about the rhythm, phrasing, and melody (suprasegmentals) of ordinary English speech. By working with verse, the students naturally learn to distinguish and produce stress, reduction, linking, intonation, and rhythm. For the teacher and the students: A summary of the basic features of English pronunciation, Suggestions for using the text, Answers to all the exercises. An audio CD is available with the limericks and other readings.

Pronunciation Activities

Arlene Egelberg

Milutinovic, Tom

Egelberg, Arlene

Match It! is a collection of index card games for learners of English. It is based on the game "Matched Pairs" from Pro Lingua Associates' Index Card Games for ESL. "Matched Pairs" is, in turn, based on the popular game Concentration. The games and the cards they use are very simple, and so they are suitable for learners of virtually all ages, with the possible exception of very young children. They are also appropriate for real beginners, with the exception of learners who are pre-literate. However, even these two groups can enjoy some of the very basic games.

Match It! A Collection of Index Card Games for Learners of English

Pro Lingua Learning

English Interplay is a book for Real Beginners from young adults on up. Students communicate in English from day one. Students work in pairs, triads, and small groups. Activities focus on speaking and listening, basic grammar, pronunciation, and learning lots of essential words. They include writing work, short, everyday ritual dialogues, language learning games, question and answer exchanges, reading and operations. There is a constant focus on the basics, learning numbers, the alphabet, spelling skills. Each lesson gives clear grammar and pronunciation charts and a list of about 70 new words. The format is focused and uncluttered. Every word and illustration is a springboard for some learning activity. A teacher's edition is available for free on the publisher's website.

English Interplay: Surviving

Book by Anne Siebert, Raymond C. Clark

Plays for the Holidays

This is a radio-style talk show. Your students can listen to the show on the double CD. They can also act out (and record) the scripts. What makes this talk show distinctive is 1. that the show travels, taking your students on a trip all around America, visiting 18 famous sites. and 2. that the host (JD Rivera) is magical - he's a time traveler. With J D as their host, your students will be introduced to famous people and events throughout American history. Start the tour at the Statue of Liberty, go on to Boston, Lowell, Gettysburg, Chicago, St. Louis, Mount Rushmore, the Oregon Trail, Alaska, Hawaii, The Golden Gate, the Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, the Alamo, New Orleans, Cape Canaveral, the Castillo de San Marcos, and finally, Washington, D.C. At each stop, in the present, the talk show host meets a local guide, and then special guests from across time tell about the site being visited and what they did there. General Lee talks about the Battle of Gettysburg, Abigail Adams describes the Boston Massacre, Vitus Bering tells about his discovery and exploration of Alaska, Queen Liliuokalani tells how outsiders took over Hawaii and put her in jail, Powell roars down the Colorado -- in short, we meet a cast of over 50 figures who shaped history. Then callers from around the nation call in with questions and observations. All 50 states are represented in the scripts, which also touch on 900 years of American history. Using The Show Scripts book, your students read the scripts aloud as a cooperative, dramatic reading. For example, in St. Louis, one student is the host, another is the local guide, two students are Lewis and Clark, another is Eero Saarinen, the architect of the Gateway Arch, and two others "call in" from Santa Fe and Tulsa with questions. The Study Guide/Activities Workbook enhances language acquisition with a variety of exercises and activities that prepare the students for the scripts with a pre-reading, vocabulary work, and attention to idiomatic speech. Other activities follow up on the script reading with comprehension checks, more vocabulary work, a writing assignment, and internet research. The 2 CD's contain dramatic readings of all 18 shows for listening practice. The complete program (Scripts, Workbook , and CD's) offers practice in all skills - reading, speaking, writing, listening, as well as lots of vocabulary work with emphasis on idioms and adjectives. And of course, the tour of America is a virtual visit with the people and places of American history, from the ancient pueblos of the Anasazi to the skyscrapers of Chicago.

All Around America: The Time Traveler's Talk Show: Talk Show Scripts

All Around America: The Time Traveler’s Talk Show: Activities Workbook

How to feel at home, make friends and enjoy everyday life. A brief introduction to the culture for visitors, students and business travelers.

Living in the United States

Travel

Hawkinson, Ani

United States

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