Macmillan Publishers
Автор Thornbury Scott

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As teachers we often talk about 'covering' grammar points. Scott Thornbury explains why it is more useful to think about how we 'uncover' grammar, to reveal the workings of the system to our students and encourage them to notice what is going on. The book uses extracts from exchanges in real classrooms, authentic texts and language teaching tasks. It provides lots of practical activities so that you can immediately and easily put the ideas to work in your classroom.

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A new edition of Scott Thornbury's definitive practical guide to ELT, which teachers and teacher trainers of all levels of experience have found indispensable. Revised and restructured to take the latest developments in language learning into account, The New A-Z of ELT defines and explains essential language teaching concepts and terminology from different fields. The alphabeticallyarranged entries provide concise summaries of the major issues in ELT, debates associated with each concept and their practical implications. This new edition also comes as an eBook, with searchable content and annotation tools. Key Features: - Covers all the key terms used in ELT, including explanations of common acronyms - Describes language teaching techniques, methods and theories, as well as ways to teach common language points - Includes cross references to interrelated concepts, an index and suggestions for further reading - The flexible format provides the right amount of support to both new and more experienced teachers, helping them gain a wider-ranging understanding of topics.

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How do we design sentences to fit their purposes and how do we combine them to communicate complex, contextualised meanings? In this witty and incisive book, Scott Thornbury takes discourse apart to show how it is organised and how it aids communication. Starting with an examination of genre, he goes on to look at how we structure written and spoken text and how we use these structures in comprehending meaning. Scott shows how insights into discourse can - and should - affect our work as language teachers. The idea that we need to help students work 'at the level of text' as well as make correct sentences is not a new one. But here you will find suggestions - backed up by practical, fun activities - for how you can achieve this in your classroom.