This book provides 90 quick fluency exercises suitable for nearly any age group. They are arranged into three six-week programs of increasing difficulty and also provided in a single comprehensive six-week form. Build Fluency Muscle offers simple assessment tools to document progress. The book is an outstanding supplemental tool for a wide range of students and situations.It is useful as a supplement to many types of basic writing or language arts classes. Use it with beginning wri...

Now in its 9th edition, this extensively revised and updated handbook explains how you can write reports that will be: * Read without unnecessary delay * Understood without undue effort Accepted, and where applicable, acted upon / Divided into three parts, the book looks in detail firstly at the practical side of report writing: * Preparation and planning * Collecting and handling information * Writing and revising / Secondly, at the creative side of report writing: * Achieving a good styl...

This book traces the historical development of major language teaching methods in terms of theoretical principles and classroom procedures, and provides a critical evaluation of each. Drawing from seminal, foundational texts and from critical commentaries made by various scholars, Kumaravadivelu examines the profession's current transition from method to postmethod and, in the process, elucidates the relationship between theory, research, and practice. The chief objective is to help reader...

Learn the tricks that will make writing your novel a faster and more enjoyable experience. Author Mark Gordon shares the tips and secrets you won't find in other creative writing books. Mark's no nonsense advice will motivate you to get your novel finished with a minimum of fuss. Tips include "How Do I Start?", Brutal Facts That Will Make You a Better Writer", and "How To Think Like a Writer."

The Essential 120,000 English-Finnish Words Dictionary is a great resource anywhere you go; it is an easy tool that has just the words you want and need! The entire dictionary is an alphabetical list of English words and their Finnish equivalent translations. It will be very useful for everyone (home, school, students, travel, interpreting and learning Finnish or English). The words you will learn will help you in any situation!Learning a new language or a second language allows yo...

This book is a timely comparison of the divergent worlds of policy implementation and policy ambition, the messy, often contradictory here-and-now reality of languages in schools and the sharp-edged, shiny, future-oriented representation of languages in policy. Two deep rooted tendencies in Australian political and social life, multiculturalism and Asian regionalism, are represented as key phases in the country’s experimentation with language education planning. Presenting data from a five...

When teachers write, good things can happen; writing helps educators to better understand themselves, as well as students, parents, and colleagues. This practical book illustrates how to encourage, lead, and sustain teacher-writers, especially in group contexts. In contrast to guides on writing and teacher research, this book is designed for those who support teacher-writers, such as teacher educators and literacy coaches. The authors offer descriptions of key practices they have developed...