Getting the Buggers into Languages
Published on 3. December 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-8264-7170-3 (ISBN)
Description
Following the formula of "Getting the Buggers to Behave", this practical guide provides teachers with a range of practical strategies that can be used to motivate pupils of all ages, especially boys. Amanda Barton shows how learning languages can be transformed into a fun and exciting activity with the use of such simple aids as business cards, jokes, comics and red and yellow cards. Many teachers are particularly concerned with the problem of underachieving boys, and specific strategies to address this issue are provided in chapters 2 and 4.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 207 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
91 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-7170-3 (9780826471703)
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Amanda Barton
Getting the Buggers into Languages 2nd Edition
Book
04/2006
2nd Edition
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
€29.50
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Content
Part 1 Why don't the buggers love languages?: Parents and the primary school; Being 'cool'; Using languages and making them relevant; The teacher. Part 2 Speaking: How do pupils see speaking?; Creativity. Part 3 Listening: The difficulty of listening; Training listening skills. Part 4 Reading: Do boys read?; Making reading (inter)active; Training reading skills. Part 5 Writing: The problem with writing; Writing independently. Part 6 The teacher & the teaching environment: Teaching style; The teaching environment.