Peter Grundy — новинки

Contains over 100 activities for both absolute and 'false' beginners, and for adults and children.

Practical, creative and original ideas show teachers how they can make effective use of English-language newspapers in the classroom.

English through ART brings together 100 highly varied, original, ready-to-use activities to foster real communication in English through imaginative responses to both artistic images and easy-to-do creative work.
A clear introduction explains how art can be used to stimulate language acquisition in a creative, enjoyable and memorable way and provides advice on how to get the very best out of this exceptional book.
English through ART is packed with great activities on using art:
• to stimulate talk
• to approach established activities in new ways
• to promote decision-making tasks in the language classroom
• to motivate learners to talk about themselves
• for vocabulary building and for writing activites.
No prior knowledge of art or artists is required - even the most creative activities can be done by every student irrespective of their experience or background knowledge or ability.
English through ART comes with a time-saving CD-ROM containing 50 full-colour reproductions from the National Museum and gallery of Wales to use alongside those activities that work best with images. The activities themselves can easily be adapted and used for different levels, from elementary to advanced, with teenagers, young adults and adults, in EFL/ESL, CLIL and Art and Design classes and for individual, small group and whole class work. Whether you need to pep your lessons up, stimulate your students, provide a sparkling 10 minutes at the end of the week or plan a truly engaging, term-length project, this is the book for you!

Writing activities for elementary and intermediate learners.
"Beginning to Write" contains over 100 writing activities suitable for elementary and intermediate learners. The book shows that it is possible to take the teaching of writing seriously at an early stage in language learning. More conventionally, it also recognises the role that writing plays as a support for language learning.
The Introduction discusses the differences between speaking and writing, the purpose of writing and its real-world uses. It gives a clear account of process writing and considers approaches to the teaching of writing. There is also a section which provides advice on how to use the activities in the book.

"Beginning to Write" contains activities which can be used to:
- start learners writing with confidence.
- practise such mechanics as capitalisation, spelling and punctuation.
- focus on the writing process.
- show how valuable computers can be in teaching writing.
- focus on outcomes and on the assessment of writing.