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Visual English: A Method Of Language Education For The Deaf, Adapted For The Esl Classroom, Dennis Sayers
Visual English: A Method Of Language Education For The Deaf, Adapted For The Esl Classroom, Dennis Sayers
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This report details an adaptation for the ESL classroom of the Fitzergerald Key, a method of language education for the deaf which utilizes question words to organize vocabulary development and to visualize the regularities of word order in English. The modified Key is a visual means of silent communication shared between teacher and students which utilizes a board and three kinds of manipulatives: squares marked with question words to indicate the 8 slots of an English transitive sentence; cubes which give common modulators of meaning and frequent pro-forms; and vocabulary cards. The methodology used is "commanding verbalizations", i.e, commands with …
Training Teachers Of English-As-A-Second Language: Four In-Service Workshop Presentation Plans, Ruth L. Crouthamel
Training Teachers Of English-As-A-Second Language: Four In-Service Workshop Presentation Plans, Ruth L. Crouthamel
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This paper consists of four in-service workshop presentation plans for teachers of English-as-a-Second Language. It is intended to help both teachers and teacher trainers in that field. The chapters include information and exercises on the Silent Way, values clarification, Lipson techniques, and other games and exercises.