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Theater Games And Group Problem-Solving Exercises For The Foreign Language Classroom, Larraine Ruth Wright
Theater Games And Group Problem-Solving Exercises For The Foreign Language Classroom, Larraine Ruth Wright
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This paper is a handbook of initiative games, theater games and improvisations especially adapted for use in the foreign language classroom. It includes games for small children, older children and adults. It can be used with classes of all levels. The games are described with recommendations for their use. Background information on the theory behind theater games, their use in the classroom, and an annotated bibliography of further sources are included.
A Handbook Of Operations For Use In The Esl, Thomas Andrew Winters, Gayle Laverne Nelson
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 …