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Practice In English And Orientation To Brattleboro And Vermont: Classroom And Resource Materials Prepared For The English Language Department At The School For International Training, Elizabeth Van Horn Jan 1977

Practice In English And Orientation To Brattleboro And Vermont: Classroom And Resource Materials Prepared For The English Language Department At The School For International Training, Elizabeth Van Horn

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This project consists of a collection of classroom and resource materials designed for use by ESL teachers at the School for International Training, Brattleboro, Vermont; it is expected that some of these materials will also be used by the Student Advisor at S.I.T. Most lessons consist of information about a particular topic or a poem or story (all having to do with Brattleboro or Vermont), usually followed by a "Study Guide" consisting of a list of vocabulary and suggested questions for discussion and activities. Most information is written for intermediate and advanced students; for beginning students the teacher can use …


A Handbook Of Operations For Use In The Esl, Thomas Andrew Winters, Gayle Laverne Nelson Jan 1977

A Handbook Of Operations For Use In The Esl, Thomas Andrew Winters, Gayle Laverne Nelson

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This handbook contains 50 operations for use in the ESL classroom. An operation describes a process or procedure for doing something, such as opening a bank accountant or using a cassette recorder. The meaning of the language is made clear by the action, and the action reinforces the language. Operations are especially useful for teaching and practicing verb tenses, although they can also be used when working with stress and intonation patterns, vocabulary building, locative phrases, cultural information, and skill development. Operations are activity-oriented, and because the students are physically responding to words, the language has concrete meaning. The handbook …