Bright, colourful books introducing early readers to a wide range of subjects. Level 2: Begin to Read Alone. This level encourages children to make their own observations about the world around them. Designed by a team of literary specialists and teachers. Narrative text, plus key words. Information pages that introduce key words. A lively story that recalls vocabulary and a quiz.
One is establishing the reliability of scoring writing tasks (Brindley, 2001; Stansfield & Ross, 1988). A second is the value of training raters to establish and maintain such consistency in scoring (Shohamy, Gordon, & Kraemer, 1992; ...
... on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), The Test of Spoken English (TSE), The Test of Written English (TWE), and The Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC). ... Internet sources (last access: Jan.
Second Language Acquisition: introduces the key areas in the field, including multilingualism, the role of teaching, the mental processing of multiple languages, and patterns of growth and decline explores the key theories and debates and ...
Bialystok, E., Craik, F. I. M. and Freedman, M. 2007. Bilingualism as a protection against the onset of symptoms of dementia. Neuropsychologia, 45,459–64. Bialystok, E., Craik, F. I. M. and Luk, G. 2008. Cognitive control and lexical ...
... L2 in an informal learning context or learn a foreign language in an instructed setting and their ultimate level of ... starters but an eventual long-term advantage on the part of younger starters (e.g. Blom & Bosma, 2016; Bolibaugh ...
A pack of 10 PM PLUS titles to support guided reading at key stage 1. The PM PLUS are an extension of the PM series, offering additional titles at each level for extra breadth and support.
The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition presents an integrated discussion of key, and sometimes controversial, issues in second language acquisition research.
This text takes the reader from seeking out a suitable study for replication, through deciding on the most valuable form of replication approach, to its execution, discussion, and writing up for publication.
... performativity • Social construction • Synthetic personalization • Variationist sociolinguistics 9.1 Introduction At ... work through the construction and indexical marking of a stereotypical African - American speech style and attitude ...
This book is unique in bringing together theory, research, and practice about English encountered outside the classroom – extramural English – and how it affects teaching and learning.