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This heavily revised and updated new edition of the best-selling language teacher handbook is a comprehensive introduction to research-informed classroom practice. Topics explored include:

Language teaching methods

Lesson and curriculum planning

Intercultural understanding

Listening, speaking, reading and writing

Teaching in the target language

Vocabulary, grammar and phonics

Fluency and lexicogrammar

Assessment

Meeting the needs of all learners

Teaching advanced level students

Motivation

Songs and drama

Subject knowledge

Language teachers of any experience will be introduced to a wide range of findings from

second language acquisition and cognitive science research, along with a wealth of practical

classroom ideas to enhance their practice. This new edition lays greater emphasis on

lexicogrammar, fluency, intercultural understanding, meeting diverse learner needs, lesson and curriculum planning.

About the first edition:

"A treasure chest for every language teacher."

(Languages Today, the magazine of the Association for Language Learning.)

86:T7cb,"Strongly recommend the book: a must-have""Chapeau Already on our trainee reading list.""Absolutely loving this Inspirational, practical, so sensible and backed up by research. Well done, gentlemen, and thank you."The Language Teacher Toolkit is designed with both practising and trainee (pre-service) teachers in mind and uniquely bridges the gap between research and classroom practice. It is a comprehensive and clearly written handbook, particularly useful for teachers of modern foreign languages (world languages) who work in high schools (secondary education).Written by two highly-experienced teachers with an interest in research and theory, it offers a reflective approach along with many practical classroom activities which can immediately be applied in daily teaching. The book closes with sample lessons for French, German and Spanish. Chapters include: - methods- classroom oral techniques- teaching in the target language - developing spontaneous talk - teaching grammar and vocabulary - listening, reading and writing- subject knowledge - using song, drama and games- assessment - using pictures- teaching advanced level students- technology - behaviour and motivation - evaluating and writing resources- translation- lesson planning- example lesson plansThe busy languages teacher can quickly find ideas for enhancing practice, while insightful consideration of research helps create a basis for personal development in the field.The authors are two internationally well-known bloggers in the field of language teaching and applied linguistics: Steve Smith is a former Head of Languages, taught languages for over 30 years, holds an MA in applied linguistics, writes the very popular resources site frenchteacher.net and the widely-read blog frenchteachernet.comDr Gianfranco Conti has taught languages for over twenty years, holds a PhD in applied linguistics, is as award-winning blogger and resource writer for TES and runs the popular interactive website language-gym.com87:T607,Breaking the Sound Barrier: Teaching Language Learners How to Listen.To cite use Conti and Smith (2019).This book is for language teachers who want to help their students become more effective listeners. It focuses on the processes involved in aural comprehension, blending the latest research evidence with over 200 engaging listening activities, as well as lots of useful practical classroom ideas and lesson sequences.Chapters include the principles of "listening as modelling", developing phonological and lexical retrieval skills, grammatical parsing, interpersonal and task-based listening. There are also chapters on how to make the most of songs, cognitive and metacognitive strategies, assessment and preparing for examinations. The final chapter offers a framework for language teachers or departments who wish to develop a strategy for improved listening. The book aims to place listening at the forefront of lesson planning.Gianfranco and Steve have around 60 years of classroom experience between them and a track record of offering instantly usable, low-preparation activities for the classroom, supported by second language acquisition research. 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