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This book explores an area that has been somewhat overlooked in the
literature to date - the current status and future trends of
English education in Oman. It offers a variety of theoretical and
methodological approaches to the subject and explores areas of
English education in Oman that have, until now, been little
investigated. It explores these issues from a variety of
perspectives: the professionalization of English teachers in the
country; the implementation of novel teaching methodologies,
curricula, and assessment approaches, into what are, in many ways,
still very traditional education settings; the integration of
learner identity into English language instruction; country- and
culture-specific concerns with conducting research with Omani
participants; the strategic demands of building stronger links
between education and workforce needs; and developing learner
autonomy and motivation.
Part of three separate series, focusing on comprehension, spelling
and grammar to help focus teaching on the skills the children most
need to improve. All three series offer comprehensive support for
assessment and marking.
Success Ahead is an exciting new series of Study Guides designed to
help you excel in your Grade 12 exams! The series is aligned to the
Grade 12 syllabus and helps you to practise and develop core
skills. It also helps you to revise and prepare thoroughly for your
exams. The Success Ahead Study Guides are user-friendly and can be
used in the classroom or for independent practice at home. They can
also be used as a quick reference for challenging content. Practise
Revise Pass Excel Succeed!
The Little Library Life Skills Kit (along with the Literacy and
Numeracy Kits) was initially developed to respond to a need for
high quality, indigenous books for the younger members of our
communities. After ten years successful use in schools, the kits
have now been revised to meet the changing needs of learners,
schools and the new education policies. The Life Skills Kit focuses
on promoting life skills to learners of five to nine years of age,
as stated in the National Curriculum Statement. Remembering
Grandmother gently handles the concept of death as a part of life;
a sad, but in this case, natural event. Although there is real
sadness, there is also comfort and support from family and friends.
The story shows learners that there is a cycle to life.
Singing is their passion! Miracle and Luzuko from the Eastern Cape;
Thato and Kagiso from the North West: one thing brings them
together in Cape Town - their determination to pursue their musical
dreams. Studying in a new big city is not easy when news from home
is bad, costs are high and competitors want you to fail. But the
lights of the stage and the applause of the audience keep them
singing...
A dictionary for a child being taught in the first 3 years of
school. It includes the words likely to be met and is
age-appropriate. An effective resource, it includes parts of
speech, pronunciation and examples of use with the Jolly Phonics
characters. The Jolly Dictionary is a child's first dictionary, and
will have these features: - Original selection of key vocabulary,
age-appropriate, and including mentions of Jolly Phonics
characters. It will have definitions from a 2,000 word 'defining
vocabulary'. Parts of Speech given for each word in Jolly Grammar
colours. - A Pronunciation Guide for each word, using joined
diagraphs and a few new characters for clarity. - Vocabulary is
focussed on Jolly Phonics, including the words used elsewhere in
Jolly Phonics/Jolly Grammar, and the words typically used with this
age group.
This volume systematically applies the accumulated knowledge of
developmental psycholinguistics to the field of language
instruction. The first part of the book draws together a wide range
of theoretical material from developmental psycholinguistics.
Furthermore, suggestions are made of how psycholinguistically based
material can be graded in the various years of elementary school.
The second part presents practical applications, maps out
experimentation done in elementary schools, and analyzes the
results obtained from a series of interviews and language tests. In
closing, a summary is made of the volume's central topics relating
to developmental psycholinguistic theory and teaching techniques.
This is a thorough exploration of the issues in teaching
controversial issues in classroom, drawing on international case
studies sharing teachers' and pupils' experiences. Paula Cowan and
Henry Maitles provide a thorough exploration of current debates and
controversies relating to teaching controversial issues in primary
and secondary schools. They also investigate the changing nature of
this type of learning experience and explore its contribution to
the curriculum, particularly history and citizenship education.
Topics covered include: What is the 'right' age to discuss
controversial issues; The Citizenship Agenda; Discussing Iraq with
school students; Teaching the Holocaust in the multicultural
classroom; and, Islamophobia. International case studies provide
fresh insights and valuable student and teacher feedback into the
teaching of what many perceive as sensitive and difficult areas.
Reflective questions and activities encourage readers to really
engage with the issues and annotated further reading suggestions
provide links to useful resources. The supporting companion website
provides more detailed additional information along with practical
teaching resources for those looking to explore controversial
issues in their own classroom. This title is an essential reading
for beginning teachers and teachers of citizenship and history, and
education studies students exploring the teaching of controversial
issues in the classroom.
Using their tried-and-tested English Method training, the authors
unpack the core learning issues, such as differentiation and the
development of thinking skills, essential to all initial teacher
training programmes. Linking theory and practice, with direct links
to key theorists and ideas about learning, each chapter includes: a
modelled analysis of a pupil's writing or talk on a particular
theme; an exploration of the learning challenges within a specific
age range or modality of English; focussed, practical activities
centered upon a specific text, including oral, written, visual,
multi-modal, print-bound and electronic material; and follow-up
activities, including immediate questions for reflection, guided
reading and ideas for use in the classroom. This is the complete
guide that every trainee English teacher planning for learning in
the secondary classroom needs.
The Big books introduce the learners to a variety of text types.
The books include story text, simple factual text, rhymes, riddles,
jokes and graphic text and have been specially developed to
introduce the learners, in an informal manner, to a variety of
characteristics of printed text. The level of difficulty of the Big
Books increases from the first easy repetitive text in Big Book 1
to Big Book 16, where learners are expected to use their increasing
visual literacy skills and understanding of language. The books
have been specially written to suit the level of development, the
experiential/life world and the sense of humour of the Grade
3-learner. This book ties in with the topic “About me” in the
Learner’s Book and Teacher’s Guide. The books have also been
developed so that they can be used in more that one reading session
as is comprehensively explained in the teaching plans.
Taking a community of practice perspective that highlights the
learner as part of a community, rather than a lone individual
responsible for her/his learning, this ethnographically-influenced
study investigates how Latina/o English Language Learners (ELLs) in
middle school mathematics classes negotiated their learning of
mathematics and mathematical discourse. The classes in which the
Latina/o students were enrolled used a reform-oriented approach to
math learning; the math in these classes was - to varying degrees -
taught using a hands-on, discovery approach to learning where group
learning was valued, and discussions in and about math were
critical. This book presents the stories of how six immigrant and
American-born ELLs worked with their three teachers of varied
ethnicity, education, experience with second language learners, and
training in reform-oriented mathematics curricula to gain a degree
of competence in the mathematical discourse they used in class.
Identity, participation, situated learning, discourse use by
learners of English as a Second Language (ESL), framing in
language, and student success in mathematics are all critical
notions that are highlighted within this school-based research.
The Jolly Phonics Workbooks are perfect for practising phonics
skills. Covering the 42 letter sounds of English, these books
provide a wealth of material for children to practise their reading
and writing skills. Each sound is presented with a simple story and
action, a letter formation guide and a section for writing
practice. Engaging exercises and fun activities allow children to
apply their phonic knowledge in reading and spelling regular words,
as well as some 'tricky' words with irregular spellings. Each of
the seven books helps children develop their phonic skills further,
Each of the seven books helps children develop their phonic skills
further, moving from simply letter-sound recognition and letter
formation early on to moving from simply letter-sound recognition
and letter formation early on to reading sentences and writing
short phrases in the later books. These refreshed editions are the
same as the previous editions in terms of number of pages,
pagination and core content, but have been enhanced with: *
Alignment of the core teaching materials (specifically Pupil Book 1
and Step 1 of Jolly Phonics for the Whiteboard) so that they cover
the same ground in the first term * 15% new material, alongside
fresh new cover artwork, action icons and some new and updated
images * New dotted font for writing practice, alongside improved
letter formation guides and sequencing of activities
Pearson Revise is the revision series from Pearson, the assessment
experts. From the very start of your GCSE, Pearson Revise is the
best way to keep learning up to date, practise skills and prepare
for assessments and exams. one-topic-per-page format helps you
revise more quickly, without the hassle exam-style worked examples
match the new specification and demonstrate good exam technique
'Now try this' exam-style practice questions let you test
understanding of a topic problem solving support throughout
including tricky questions on easy topics and strategies and
techniques for answering harder questions. complete coverage of the
new specification including brand-new topics. visual explanations
of key concepts help you revise quickly and recall key skills in
exams. Part of a comprehensive range of learning and revision
support available for Pearson Edexcel and AQA GCSEs from Pearson
Revise including: Revision Guides, Revision Workbooks, Revision
Cards, Practice Papers Plus all linked to a free online learning
portal.
This fantastic range of fiction for Shared, Guided and Independent
reading gives you stories your children will love to read over and
over again. Gaelic and Scottish teaching support also accompanies
this reading series.
The only official Minecraft English book for children aged 5-6!
Children embark on a Minecraft adventure in each English topic,
using their skills and knowledge to complete the tasks and earn
rewards. This is a write-in English practice workbook which uses
the Minecraft game as a mechanism for practising the key English
skills covered in Year 1. Accomplish English activities to help
Minecraft characters on their missions Explore different biomes in
each topic Earn emeralds as you work through the book, and choose
how you spend them Go hardcore with challenging questions
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