Partnerships in learning : teaching ESL to adults /
Robinson, Julia,
Partnerships in learning : teaching ESL to adults / Julia Robinson, Mary Selman. - 128 pages ; 23 cm. - Pippin teacher's library . - Pippin teacher's library. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- Learning a Second Language -- Characteristics of Adult Learners -- What is Language? -- Teaching and Learning Language -- Approaches to Language Learning -- Assessing Needs and Negotiating Curriculum -- Assessing Needs -- Analyzing Data and Negotiating Curriculum -- Using Existing Resources -- Planning Units -- What Is a Unit? -- Approaches -- Why Organize by Units? -- Planning Units -- A Process for Unit-Planning -- What Should a Unit Include? -- Developing Tasks -- Real-World Tasks and Enabling Tasks -- Choosing Tasks -- Kinds of Tasks -- Choosing Resources -- Planning Lessons -- Elements of a Typical Lesson -- Tasks: The Heart of the Lesson -- Creating Lesson Plans -- Putting Plans into Action -- Managing the Classroom -- Communicating with Students -- Dealing with Problems -- Encouraging Students to Learn outside the Classroom -- Becoming a Dynamic Teacher -- Developing Professionally -- Functioning in an Institutional Context -- Functioning outside the Institution.
0887510744 9780887510748
Adult education
428.00715
Partnerships in learning : teaching ESL to adults / Julia Robinson, Mary Selman. - 128 pages ; 23 cm. - Pippin teacher's library . - Pippin teacher's library. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- Learning a Second Language -- Characteristics of Adult Learners -- What is Language? -- Teaching and Learning Language -- Approaches to Language Learning -- Assessing Needs and Negotiating Curriculum -- Assessing Needs -- Analyzing Data and Negotiating Curriculum -- Using Existing Resources -- Planning Units -- What Is a Unit? -- Approaches -- Why Organize by Units? -- Planning Units -- A Process for Unit-Planning -- What Should a Unit Include? -- Developing Tasks -- Real-World Tasks and Enabling Tasks -- Choosing Tasks -- Kinds of Tasks -- Choosing Resources -- Planning Lessons -- Elements of a Typical Lesson -- Tasks: The Heart of the Lesson -- Creating Lesson Plans -- Putting Plans into Action -- Managing the Classroom -- Communicating with Students -- Dealing with Problems -- Encouraging Students to Learn outside the Classroom -- Becoming a Dynamic Teacher -- Developing Professionally -- Functioning in an Institutional Context -- Functioning outside the Institution.
0887510744 9780887510748
Adult education
428.00715