Ideal for private English lessons, kindergarten courses or elementary school. Let Chris, the little grasshopper who only speaks English, and his friends show the kids their world. In English of course! Learning English with Chris & Friends is designed for children between 5 and 7 years. The aim of the program is to teach children the English language as early as possible with fun, excitement and using all the senses, but without pressure to perform. Great importance is attached to the fact that the children are challenged and encouraged in an age-appropriate manner. The Children should look forward to exciting, varied and fun lessons and not perceive them as a burden. The program can also be easily used as a successor to other remote programs (e.g. Learning English with Chris the Grasshopper). It can also be used as an entry-level program for children from the age of 7. Learning English with Chris & Friends Workbook 2 contains material for a total of 18 Lessons and gives suggestions for each 60 minute lesson. It covers the following topics in detail: Circus, House, Food and Travel. The workbook contains many rhymes, songs, painting and game suggestions, handicraft suggestions and a wide range of templates. T he enclosed MP3-Downlaod contains all the rhymes and songs that appear in the workbook meaning they can also be heard at home. The CD promotes language skills and is used to absorb the speech melody. (Further material; "Learning English with Chris & Friends Picture Cards CD and the Teachers Guide and also the Gamebook for Workbook 2)

Ideal for private English lessons, kindergarten courses or elementary school. Let Chris, the little grasshopper who only speaks English, and his friends show the kids their world. In English of course! Learning English with Chris & Friends is designed for children between 5 and 7 years. The aim of the program is to teach children the English language as early as possible with fun, excitement and using all the senses, but without pressure to perform. Great importance is attached to the fact that the children are challenged and encouraged in an age-appropriate manner. The Children should look forward to exciting, varied and fun lessons and not perceive them as a burden. The program can also be easily used as a successor to other remote programs (e.g. Learning English with Chris the Grasshopper). It can also be used as an entry-level program for children from the age of 7. The Comprehensive Teacher's Guide with 18 complete lessons for Learning English with Chris & Friends 1 contains worksheets, game templates, dice templates and craft templates together with detailed Instructions - from the first trial lesson to detailed preparation of individual lessons and even Do's and Don'ts in the classroom.

Ideal for private English lessons, kindergarten courses or elementary school. Let Chris, the little grasshopper who only speaks English, and his friends show the kids their world. In English of course! Learning English with Chris & Friends is designed for children between 5 and 7 years. The aim of the program is to teach children the English language as early as possible with fun, excitement and using all the senses, but without pressure to perform. Great importance is attached to the fact that the children are challenged and encouraged in an age-appropriate manner. The Children should look forward to exciting, varied and fun lessons and not perceive them as a burden. The program can also be easily used as a successor to other remote programs (e.g. Learning English with Chris the Grasshopper). It can also be used as an entry-level program for children from the age of 7. The Comprehensive Teacher's Guide with 18 complete lessons for Learning English with Chris & Friends 2 contains worksheets, game templates, dice templates and craft templates together with detailed Instructions - from the first trial lesson to detailed preparation of individual lessons and even Do's and Don'ts in the classroom.

This book explores the reasons why adult ESL learners drop out of their language classes and suggests explicit strategies for keeping students engaged. The most effective strategies may be personal rather than technical or curricular. Based on a study of a group of Mexican immigrants to the US, the author proposes that superación or ‘self-actualization’ is crucial to understanding the relative success of adult ESL learners. Learners’ decisions to drop out were not hasty or superficial but were based on a commonsense assessment concerning how the class might improve the quality of their lives. Those involved in delivering ESL to adult learners should stress the tangible, practical advantages that accrue with learning English, and at the same time strive to make instruction relevant.

Teaching any subject in a digital venue must be more than simply an upload of the face-to-face classroom and requires more flexibility than the typical learning management system affords. Applied Pedagogies examines the pedagogical practices employed by successful writing instructors in digital classrooms at a variety of institutions and provides research-grounded approaches to online writing instruction. This is a practical text, providing ways to employ the best instructional strategies possible for today’s diverse and dynamic digital writing courses. Organized into three sections—Course Conceptualization and Support, Fostering Student Engagement, and MOOCs—chapters explore principles of rhetorically savvy writing crossed with examples of effective digital teaching contexts and genres of digital text. Contributors consider not only pedagogy but also the demographics of online students and the special constraints of the online environments for common writing assignments. The scope of online learning and its place within higher education is continually evolving. Applied Pedagogies offers tools for the online writing classrooms of today and anticipates the needs of students in digital contexts yet to come. This book is a valuable resource for established and emerging writing instructors as they continue to transition to the digital learning environment. Contributors: Kristine L. Blair, Jessie C. Borgman, Mary-Lynn Chambers, Katherine Ericsson, Chris Friend, Tamara Girardi, Heidi Skurat Harris, Kimberley M. Holloway, Angela Laflen, Leni Marshall, Sean Michael Morris, Danielle Nielsen, Dani Nier-Weber, Daniel Ruefman, Abigail G. Scheg, Jesse Stommel

What if I claim that the entire English language consists of just Five Words? Would that sound ludicrous? Let me prove it right here. Whenever we are speaking English, we are talking about either Subjects or Ideas. Subjects means we are referring to either Somebody or Something. And Ideas mean we are talking about the either the Subject’s state of being, their actions, or their possessions. In other words, all of spoken English can be boiled down to Five Root Words: Somebody/Something + Be/Do/Have Now take any sentence that comes to mind and check if the above Formula is correct or not. I call this the Supreme Pattern of English Language or SPEL Formula. And if you master the SPEL Formula, you will be able to master Spoken English. One of the biggest mistakes I see in most books teaching speaking is that they focus on Grammar and big impressive words. The problem is that a bigger vocabulary doesn’t mean more fluency. You need to learn English the way you learned your native language… on a subconscious level. And this book teaches you step by step how to learn spoken English the way babies learn… without the need for Grammar… but with true fluency. This book is ideal for job interviewees, employees who want to give a presentation, business owners who want to pitch their services, college students, and anyone who wants to develop fluency while speaking English. Get this book, follow the steps and become a master English speaker.

When he died in 2014, author Chris van Wyk left behind an impressive literary legacy. The scope of his work was broad – poetry, children’s books, short stories and biographies. But perhaps he is best remembered for his memoir Shirley, Goodness & Mercy, which chronicles his growing up in Riverlea and introduces us to the colourful characters who helped to shape his life and inform the stories he wrote. The public persona of this witty and wise raconteur was well known, but behind it was a family man, who liked nothing better than to spend time with his two sons Kevin and Karl, his wife and childhood sweetheart Kathy, and the friends and family who were his primary sources of inspiration. Using the unique vantage point of oldest son, Kevin van Wyk’s astute observations of his father and the strong bond they enjoyed throughout Chris’s life have resulted in a memoir that is as affectionate as it is entertaining. In taking us behind the scenes into the Van Wyk household, we witness the inner workings of the mind of a storyteller, from the flowering of his father’s activism, wit and wisdom to the sources of his occasional quirky outbursts. If storytelling runs in the genes, Kevin may just be proof that his father’s spirit lives on.

Drawing on their years of experience leading transformative online classrooms in higher education, the authors present an approach for teaching online that is both engaging and effective. This practical book provides an overview of essential approaches, bolstered by examples from various instructors who are teaching online courses. The authors examine how progressive practices are useful for instructors new to the online classroom as well as for experienced online educators seeking to enhance their existing practices. The topics discussed include engagement, equity, presence, and community—all relevant areas for today’s college and university classrooms. Each chapter introduces and defines a specific topic and then provides stories based on interviews with members of the authors’ online teaching network. The end result is a narrative guide that will help faculty strengthen their students’ online experience by creating an atmosphere that is connected and robust. Book Features: An accessible resource for faculty seeking to create more equitable and communal online classroom spaces.Practical examples from experienced educators who have been developing and innovating online environments.Ideas for creating engaging, student-centered teaching and learning.A progressive approach with practices that are relevant to all digital classrooms.

An understanding of sociocultural context is crucial in second language learning–yet developing this awareness often poses a real challenge to the typical language learner. This book is a language teachers’ guide that focuses on how to teach socially and culturally preferred language for effective intercultural communication. Moving beyond a purely theoretical approach to pragmatics, the volume offers practical advice to teachers, with hands-on classroom tasks included in every chapter. Readers will be able to: · Understand the link between language use, linguacultural diversity, and multilingual identity · Identify possible causes of learner errors and choices in intercultural communication · Understand applied linguistics theories that support culturally sensitive classroom practices · Develop a pragmatics-focused instructional component, classroom-based assessments, and curricula · Help learners to become more strategic about their learning and performance of speech acts · Incorporate technology into their approach to teaching pragmatics This book aims to close the gap between what research in pragmatics has found and how language is generally taught today. It will be of interest to all language teachers, graduate students in language teaching and linguistics, teacher educators, and developers of materials for teaching language.