Teaching and Assessing Skills in Foreign Languages

Teaching and Assessing Skills in Foreign Languages

Teaching and Assessing Skills in Foreign Languages

Edition:
1st Edition
Author:
Caroline Woods
Published:
September 2005
Format:
Print
ISBN:
9780521601030

Professional development for teachers is a series of handbooks that offer accessible guidance for teachers around the world.

Overview

Professional Development for Teachers is a series of handbooks that offer accessible guidance for teachers around the world.Teaching and Assessing Skills in Foreign Languages provides clear practical and up-to-date advice on teaching and assessing skills across a range of core subject areas for IGCSE and O Level; the book can also be used by teachers delivering local syllabuses in the subject. Teaching and Assessing Skills in Foreign Languages offers ideas and strategies for effective classroom practice, the setting of coursework, assessing students' work and the integration of different skills. Readers can 'dip into' the book to read up on a particular topic or approach and the material is relevant to both new and experienced teachers alike. All authors in the Professional Development for Teachers series are experienced teachers, teacher trainers and examiners.

Features

  • Activities for teachers
  • Suggested activities for students
  • End-of-chapter questions
  • Lists of resources (including books, websites and other useful material)
  • Glossary of terms

Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Interpreting the syllabus and planning a course
  • 3. Teaching and testing listening skills
  • 4. Teaching and testing speaking skills
  • 5. Teaching and testing reading skills
  • 6. Teaching and testing writing skills
  • 7. The use of ICT
  • 8. Exam preparation
  • 9. Useful sources of information
  • index

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