Dieser Autor ist seit den frühen 1980er Jahren in verschiedenen Funktionen in der EFL-Ausbildung tätig. Seine Arbeit umfasst die Lehre von Schülern, Lehrern und Lehrerausbildern, ergänzt durch das Schreiben von Artikeln und Büchern. Ein aktueller Interessensschwerpunkt ist CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning), wobei ein Großteil seiner Aktivitäten über Pilgrims in Canterbury abgewickelt wird. Der Autor teilt seine Expertise häufig auf internationalen Konferenzen und Workshops und pflegt stets den direkten Kontakt zur Sprachlehre, um seine Trainingsarbeit in der Praxis zu verankern.
Part of a post-First Certificate advanced-level ELT course which aims to bridge the gap between speaking in English and thinking in English. The materials consist of a coursebook, a teacher's book, a self-study workbook, and two cassettes.
Part of a post-First Certificate advanced-level ELT course which aims to bridge the gap between speaking in English and thinking in English. The materials consist of a coursebook, a teacher's book, a self-study workbook, and two cassettes.
Using the Mother Tongue, part of the Professional Perspectives series , offers a variety of practical ways to make use of what is a very valuable resource by: providing ideas and guidelines on when and how to use the mother tongue encouraging teachers to use the mother tongue selectively and effectively raising awareness of the similarities and differences between languages building links between the mother tongue and the foreign language through comparison and translation The use of the mother tongue in the foreign language classroom has often been officially discouraged; however, many teachers have recognised that in practice using one’s own language to learn a foreign language is natural, necessary and efficient.