This classic handbook is intended to provide a practical guide to the teaching of initial reading and writing skills to adult students whose first language is not English. It is an invaluable resource handbook for practising literacy teachers as well as for teachers in training in this field. Not to be missed!

A Handbook for ESL Literacy

Reference

Bell, Jill Sinclair

Burnaby, Barbara

Bell, Jill

English as a Second Language

Pippin Publishing

Teaching Multilevel Classes in ESL

Jill Sinclair Bell

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Both Jigsaw and Jigsaw Plus are...Reproducible blackline reading and activity masters for language skills development in cooperative classroomsdesigned for adolescent and adult learnersbased on the principles of cooperative learning, on current theory in language learning and instruction and on current methodology in reading instructioncross-curricular in scope and purposerich in contemporary contentdeveloped by practicing teachersthoroughly field-tested in trial editionsinnovative, yet highly practicalJigsaw and Jigsaw Plus reading and activity materials are created from the students' world experience and designed for interactive learning. Working together in small, cooperative groups on problem-solving tasks, students rapidly and enjoyably develop language proficiency and group-learning skills.Designed for adolescent and adult learners in multilevel classes who need to develop their reading and discussion skills for application across the curriculum, cooperative skills sheets offer students a wealth of opportunities to develop both specific reading skills and effective learning strategies for group work which can then be applied to academic tasks.While they fit easily and comfortably into English, Reading or ESL classrooms, other areas of the curriculum are also supported, for example Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Life Skills, Values Education or Work Preparation classes.Both sets of blackline masters are based on the cooperative learning approach to small group learning. The Jigsaw classroom's unique structure ensures that every student contributes to and participates in all group activities.JIGSAWJIGSAW PLUSBased on the same successful design as Jigsaw and also intended for adolescent and adult students, Jigsaw Plus is written at a slightly higher level of reading difficulty. Each unit has fully reproducible blackline individual and group activities, as well as exercises for cooperative skills development, student evaluation and full teacher support materials.

Jigsaw Plus

Coelho, Elizabeth

Winer, Lise

The first of three sections in the book provides background information about the origins and nature of Caribbean Creole languages, an analysis of how Creole typically affects students' use of Standard English.

Caribbean Students in Canadian Schools: Book Two

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

This book offers support and encouragement, as well as plenty of practical ideas and suggestions, for smoothing the transition to a literature-based, child-centered approach to learning.

The Whole Language Journey (The Pippin Teacher's Library)

Harlin

The 200 plus activities in this book will immediately attract and involve your students and enhance their knowledge of - and concern for - the environment.

Strands in the Web

Science & Math

Smith, Roger

Nature & Ecology

Whatcha gonna learn from comics? A lot. And Jerry Steinberg shows you how in this book loaded with ready-to-use ideas for making cartoons and comics an important and successful teaching resource in English as a foreign language classrooms. In addition to dozens of suggestions for using commercial comics, Whatcha Gonna Learn from Comics? also includes original cartoons by Ambre Hamilton. These witty and delightful drawings, ideal for making into overhead transparencies or for use as blackline masters, can be reproduced to illustrate hard-to-grasp concepts such as puns, acronyms and gambits. The first 48 pages of the book are support materials for the teacher, with suggestions for more than 40 activities ranging from creative writing and poetry to role-playing and trivial pursuits. Each of the cartoons in the book is then miniaturized and related to the issues of linguistic, cultural and social concepts, with the topics covered here ranging from accents to oral composition, gestures, jargon, vernacular pronunciation and idiomatic expressions. The final 70 pages of the book consist of the enlarged cartoons which are fully reproducible for student use - and enjoyment. This is a book of incredible richness and diversity that your students will just love!

Whatcha Gonna Learn From Comics?

Steinberg, Jerry

Words, Language & Grammar

Linking Mathematics and Language: Practical: Practical Classroom Activities (Pippin Teacher's Library)

Robert Whitlow

Richard D. McCallum

Mathematics

With inspiring accounts of how telling children stories forges a special bond between teacher and child, marion Ralston provides practical guidance in the successful use of storytelling.

An Exchange of Gifts: A Storyteller's Handbook

Ralston, Marion V.

Sydney Butler and Roy Bentley explain how teachers can take advantage of the natural process of telling stories of our lives to enrich classroom writing programs.

Lifewriting: Learning Through Personal Narrative (The Pippin Teacher's Library)

Butler, Sidney

Literature & Fiction

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