Creative Production A Functional Fluency Guide For Language Learning App Users Spanish Edition Vol I

Author : S. Ziva Sheppard
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781387450695

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Creative Production: A Functional Fluency Guide for Language-Learning App Users, Spanish Edition Vol. 2 by S. Ziva Sheppard Pdf

Creative Production is a workbook guide designed to help users of language-learning apps reach their foreign language fluency goals. Using a foreign language-learning app is a great way to introduce yourself to a language and learn its basic grammar, but many people may find that even after all the practice points, levels and high rankings that they still do not have a functional mastery of the language. Being functionally fluent in a language is more than drills, translation and grammar. It is communicating your thoughts and understanding the speech and writing of others. It requires flexibility and practicing self-expression. Here, you will do just that: use the grammar and vocabulary learned in your language-learning app to produce in the target language your own unique thoughts and descriptions about your life, beliefs and world. Functional fluency is the ultimate goal of most foreign language students. Creative Production is the guide to reaching that ultimate goal.

Author : S. Ziva Sheppard
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781387516858

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Creative Production: A Functional Fluency Guide for Language-Learning App Users, Spanish Edition Vol. I and II by S. Ziva Sheppard Pdf

Creative Production is a workbook guide designed to help users of language-learning apps reach their foreign language fluency goals. Using a foreign language-learning app is a great way to introduce yourself to a language and learn its basic grammar, but many people may find that even after all the practice points, levels and high rankings that they still do not have a functional mastery of the language. Being functionally fluent in a language is more than drills, translation and grammar. It is communicating your thoughts and understanding the speech and writing of others. It requires flexibility and practicing self-expression. Here, you will do just that: use the grammar and vocabulary learned in your language-learning app to produce in the target language your own unique thoughts and descriptions about your life, beliefs and world. Functional fluency is the ultimate goal of most foreign language students. Creative Production is the guide to reaching that ultimate goal.

Author : Council of Europe
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UVA:X004651304

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Common European Framework of Reference for Languages by Council of Europe Pdf

This Framework has been widely adopted in setting curriculum standards, designing courses, developing materials and in assessment and certification. This compendium of case studies is written by authors who have a considerable and varied experience of using the Framework in their professional context. The aim is to help readers develop their understanding of the Framework and its possible uses in different sectors of education.

Author : National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on the Science of Children Birth to Age 8: Deepening and Broadening the Foundation for Success
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309324885

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Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 by National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on the Science of Children Birth to Age 8: Deepening and Broadening the Foundation for Success Pdf

Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progress, and the adults who provide for the care and the education of young children bear a great responsibility for their health, development, and learning. Despite the fact that they share the same objective - to nurture young children and secure their future success - the various practitioners who contribute to the care and the education of children from birth through age 8 are not acknowledged as a workforce unified by the common knowledge and competencies needed to do their jobs well. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 explores the science of child development, particularly looking at implications for the professionals who work with children. This report examines the current capacities and practices of the workforce, the settings in which they work, the policies and infrastructure that set qualifications and provide professional learning, and the government agencies and other funders who support and oversee these systems. This book then makes recommendations to improve the quality of professional practice and the practice environment for care and education professionals. These detailed recommendations create a blueprint for action that builds on a unifying foundation of child development and early learning, shared knowledge and competencies for care and education professionals, and principles for effective professional learning. Young children thrive and learn best when they have secure, positive relationships with adults who are knowledgeable about how to support their development and learning and are responsive to their individual progress. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 offers guidance on system changes to improve the quality of professional practice, specific actions to improve professional learning systems and workforce development, and research to continue to build the knowledge base in ways that will directly advance and inform future actions. The recommendations of this book provide an opportunity to improve the quality of the care and the education that children receive, and ultimately improve outcomes for children.

Author : National Reading Panel (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : English language
ISBN : UOM:39015050241416

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Report of the National Reading Panel : Teaching Children to Read : an Evidence-based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction by National Reading Panel (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Åsta Haukås,Camilla Bjørke,Magne Dypedahl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351049122

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Metacognition in Language Learning and Teaching by Åsta Haukås,Camilla Bjørke,Magne Dypedahl Pdf

The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781351049139, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. This volume offers an exhaustive look at the latest research on metacognition in language learning and teaching. While other works have explored certain notions of metacognition in language learning and teaching, this book, divided into theoretical and empirical chapters, looks at metacognition from a variety of perspectives, including metalinguistic and multilingual awareness, and language learning and teaching in L2 and L3 settings, and explores a range of studies from around the world. This allows the volume to highlight a diverse set of methodological approaches, including blogging, screen recording software, automatic translation programs, language corpora, classroom interventions, and interviews, and subsequently, to demonstrate the value of metacognition research and how insights from such findings can contribute to a greater understanding of language learning and language teaching processes more generally. This innovative collection is an essential resource for students and scholars in language teaching pedagogy, and applied linguistics.

Author : George Veletsianos
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781897425763

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Emerging Technologies in Distance Education by George Veletsianos Pdf

Highlighted are the pedagogical, organizational, cultural, social, and economic factors that influence the adoption and integration of emerging technologies in distance education. Advice is offered on how educators can launch effective and engaging distance education initiatives, in response to technological advancements, changing mindsets, and economic and organizational pressures.

Author : Henri Lipmanowicz,Keith McCandless
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0615975305

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The Surprising Power of Liberating Structures by Henri Lipmanowicz,Keith McCandless Pdf

Smart leaders know that they would greatly increase productivity and innovation if only they could get everyone fully engaged. So do professors, facilitators and all changemakers. The challenge is how. Liberating Structures are novel, practical and no-nonsense methods to help you accomplish this goal with groups of any size. Prepare to be surprised by how simple and easy they are for anyone to use. This book shows you how with detailed descriptions for putting them into practice plus tips on how to get started and traps to avoid. It takes the design and facilitation methods experts use and puts them within reach of anyone in any organization or initiative, from the frontline to the C-suite. Part One: The Hidden Structure of Engagement will ground you with the conceptual framework and vocabulary of Liberating Structures. It contrasts Liberating Structures with conventional methods and shows the benefits of using them to transform the way people collaborate, learn, and discover solutions together. Part Two: Getting Started and Beyond offers guidelines for experimenting in a wide range of applications from small group interactions to system-wide initiatives: meetings, projects, problem solving, change initiatives, product launches, strategy development, etc. Part Three: Stories from the Field illustrates the endless possibilities Liberating Structures offer with stories from users around the world, in all types of organizations -- from healthcare to academic to military to global business enterprises, from judicial and legislative environments to R&D. Part Four: The Field Guide for Including, Engaging, and Unleashing Everyone describes how to use each of the 33 Liberating Structures with step-by-step explanations of what to do and what to expect. Discover today what Liberating Structures can do for you, without expensive investments, complicated training, or difficult restructuring. Liberate everyone's contributions -- all it takes is the determination to experiment.

Author : Naoko Taguchi
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110218558

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Pragmatic Competence by Naoko Taguchi Pdf

In the disciplines of applied linguistics and second language acquisition (SLA), the study of pragmatic competence has been driven by several fundamental questions: What does it mean to become pragmatically competent in a second language (L2)? How can we examine pragmatic competence to make inference of its development among L2 learners? In what ways do research findings inform teaching and assessment of pragmatic competence? This book explores these key issues in Japanese as a second/foreign language. The book has three sections. The first section offers a general overview and historical sketch of the study of Japanese pragmatics and its influence on Japanese pedagogy and curriculum. The overview chapter is followed by eight empirical findings, each dealing with phenomena that are significant in Japanese pragmatics. They target selected features of Japanese pragmatics and investigate the learners' use of them as an indicator of their pragmatic competence. The target pragmatic features are wide-ranging, among them honorifics, speech style, sentence final particles, speech acts of various types, and indirect expressions. Each study explicitly prompts the connection between pragmalinguistics (linguistic forms available to perform language functions) and sociopragmatics (norms that determine appropriate use of the forms) in Japanese. By documenting the understanding and use of them among learners of Japanese spanning multiple levels and time durations, this book offers insight about the nature and development of pragmatic competence, as well as implications for the learning and teaching of Japanese pragmatics. The last section presents a critical reflection on the eight empirical papers and prompts a discussion of the practice of Japanese pragmatics research.

Author : Justyna Olko,Julia Sallabank
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108485753

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Revitalizing Endangered Languages by Justyna Olko,Julia Sallabank Pdf

Written by leading international scholars and activists, this guidebook provides ideas and strategies to support language revitalization.

Author : Paul Pimsleur
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781442369023

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How to Learn a Foreign Language by Paul Pimsleur Pdf

In this entertaining and groundbreaking book, Dr. Paul Pimsleur, creator of the renowned Pimsleur Method, the world leader in audio-based language learning, shows how anyone can learn to speak a foreign language. If learning a language in high school left you bruised, with a sense that there was no way you can learn another language, How to Learn a Foreign Language will restore your sense of hope. In simple, straightforward terms, Dr. Pimsleur will help you learn grammar (seamlessly), vocabulary, and how to practice pronunciation (and come out sounding like a native). The key is the simplicity and directness of Pimsleur’s approach to a daunting subject, breaking it down piece by piece, demystifying the process along the way. Dr. Pimsleur draws on his own language learning trials and tribulations offering practical advice for overcoming the obstacles so many of us face. Originally published in 1980, How to Learn a Foreign Language is now available on the 50th anniversary of Dr. Pimsleur’s publication of the first of his first audio courses that embodied the concepts and methods found here. It's a fascinating glimpse into the inner workings of the mind of this amazing pioneer of language learning.

Author : Faye Ong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Education, Preschool
ISBN : UCSD:31822039343405

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California Preschool Learning Foundations: Visual and performing arts. Physical development. Health by Faye Ong Pdf

Author : David Nunan
Publisher : Heinle ELT
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015042981210

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Second Language Teaching & Learning by David Nunan Pdf

Second Language Teaching and Learning is the first professional title to offer a practical introduction and the theoretical foundations of task-based language teaching.-- Provides comprehensive coverage of the topics typically addressed in methodology courses: (i) language, (ii) the learner, (iii) the learning process, and (iv) classroom teaching-- Includes illustrative scenarios and topics for discussion and writing-- Provides the pedagogical overview that ESL/EFL teachers need to teach successfully with Atlas, Go for it!, Listen In, and Speak Out.

Author : Carola Surkamp,Britta Viebrock
Publisher : Springer
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783476044808

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Teaching English as a Foreign Language by Carola Surkamp,Britta Viebrock Pdf

Diese Einführung in englischer Sprache präsentiert in 14 Kapiteln die grundlegenden Themen und Gegenstandsbereiche der Englischdidaktik. Gleichermaßen praxisnah wie theoretisch fundiert, behandelt der Band zentrale Prinzipien und Kompetenzbereiche eines modernen Fremdsprachenunterrichts. Ausgehend von den zentralen Akteur/innen (Lehrende und Lernende) und mit Blick auf die Teilbereiche der Sprach-, Literatur- und Kulturdidaktik werden zudem Vorschläge für den Einsatz unterschiedlicher Materialien und Medien diskutiert. Weitere Kapitel widmen sich den institutionellen Organisationsstrukturen und dem Bereich Assessment/Diagnose. Der Band erscheint in zweifarbiger Gestaltung, mit Definitionen und Beispielen sowie mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. This comprehensive introduction presents the fundamental topics and issues of TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) in 14 chapters. Integrating both profound theoretical and creative practical considerations, the central principles and competence domains of modern foreign language teaching are discussed. Starting with the main classroom agents (teachers and learners), the chapters outline a variety of content areas (language, literature, cultural issues) and thoroughly review materials, media and methods. Additional chapters are concerned with the historical development of English language teaching, its current institutional organisation as well as assessment and evaluation.

Author : Benny Lewis
Publisher : Teach Yourself
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-28
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781681441047

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Language Hacking Spanish by Benny Lewis Pdf

It's true that some people spend years studying Spanish before they finally get around to speaking the language. But here's a better idea. Skip the years of study and jump right to the speaking part. Sound crazy? No, it's language hacking. Unlike most traditional language courses that try to teach you the rules of Spanish, #LanguageHacking shows you how to learn and speak Italian through proven memory techniques, unconventional shortcuts and conversation strategies perfected by one of the world's greatest language learners, Benny Lewis, aka the Irish Polyglot. Using the language hacks -shortcuts that make learning simple - that Benny mastered while learning his 11 languages and his 'speak from the start' method, you will crack the language code and exponentially increase your language abilities so that you can get fluent faster. It's not magic. It's not a language gene. It's not something only "other people" can do. It's about being smart with how you learn, learning what's indispensable, skipping what's not, and using what you've learned to have real conversations in Spanish from day one. The Method #LanguageHacking takes a modern approach to language learning, blending the power of online social collaboration with traditional methods. It focuses on the conversations that learners need to master right away, rather than presenting language in order of difficulty like most courses. This means that you can have conversations immediately, not after years of study. Each of the 10 units culminates with a speaking 'mission' that prepares you to use the language you've learned to talk about yourself. Through the language hacker online learner community, you can share your personalized speaking 'missions' with other learners - getting and giving feedback and extending your learning beyond the pages of the book . You don't need to go abroad to learn a language any more.