| Description |
1 online resource (202 pages) |
| Series |
ESL and Applied Linguistics Professional Series |
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ESL and applied linguistics professional series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; BRIEF CONTENTS; CONTENTS; Introduction; 1 The Social and Educational Context of EIL Classrooms; The Current Status of English ; Varieties of English: Common Features ; Varieties of English: Public Attitudes ; Varieties of English: The Question of Standards ; Current Trends in English Education ; Summary |
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Discussion Questions Application Tasks ; 2 EIL Teachers, Learners, and Classroom Interaction ; EIL Teachers ; EIL Learners ; EIL Classroom Interaction ; Summary ; Discussion Questions ; Application Tasks ; 3 Key Aspects of EIL Students' English Needs |
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The Impossible Dream of Speaking Fluent English Setting Narrower and More Realistic Goals ; Defining Local EIL ; Doing Informal Locally Defined EIL Needs Assessment ; Summary ; Discussion Questions ; Application Tasks ; 4 Teaching and Assessing Grammar ; English Diversity |
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Standard English and EIL Instructional Targets Grammar Teaching in EIL Classrooms ; Assessing Grammar in EIL Classrooms ; Summary ; Discussion Questions ; Application Tasks ; 5 Teaching and Assessing Oracy ; Defining Oracy ; Defining Fluency ; Defining Intelligibility |
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Keys to Teaching EIL Oracy Assessing EIL Oracy ; Summary ; Discussion Questions ; Application Tasks ; 6 Teaching and Assessing Literacy ; Cultural Issues and Written Texts ; Responding to and Assessing L2 Texts in EIL Contexts ; Cultural Issues and the Reading Process |
| Summary |
English today is both a global language and at the same time embedded in a great variety of social contexts, resulting in linguistic and pedagogical variation. Taking a new look at the teaching and assessing of English as an international language (EIL), this text highlights overarching principles and provides specific strategies for responding to questions and challenges posed by the changing demographics of English language learners and users around the world. Teaching and Assessment in EIL Classrooms introduces an original, coherent framework in which needs analysis, pedagogical principles, |
| Notes |
Assessing L2 Reading in EIL Contexts |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
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Communication, International.
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Communication, International
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English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brown, James Dean
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| ISBN |
9781315769097 |
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1315769093 |
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