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Reflecting on teaching the four skills: 60 strategies for professional development

Farrell, Thomas S. C. Unknown The University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, 2012) (eng) English 9780472035052 Unknown Unknown TEACHING--METHODOLOGY; Unknown Reflecting on Teaching the Four Skills: 60 Strategies for Professional Development offers novice teachers strategies for the teaching of reading, writing, listening, and speaking, and for assessing those skills. The final chapter offers strategies for pursuing professional development. The strategies presented in each chapter are not necessarily the most important or the only strategies; they are examples written to help in-service or new teachers discover new techniques for addressing common challenges.

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xvi, 223 p. 23 cm. Unknown

Summary / review / table of contents

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Reflecting on Teaching Reading --
Strategy 1.1 Reflect on the Nature of Reading --
Strategy 1.2 Reflect on Phonemic Awareness and Phonics --
Strategy 1.3 Reflect on Reading Fluency --
Strategy 1.4 Reflect on Reading Comprehension --
Strategy 1.5 Reflect on Reading Strategies --
Strategy 1.6 Reflect on Text Structures --
Strategy 1.7 Reflect on Vocabulary Building --
Strategy 1.8 Reflect on Developing Effective Reading Lessons --
Strategy 1.9 Reflect on Extensive Reading --
Strategy 1.10 Reflect on Reading and Writing Connections --
Chapter Questions For Reflection --
ch. 2 Reflecting on Teaching Writing --
Strategy 2.1 Reflect on the Nature of Writing --
Strategy 2.2 Reflect on the Purpose(s) of Writing --
Strategy 2.3 Reflect on Writing as Product --
Strategy 2.4 Reflect on Writing as Process --
Strategy 2.5 Reflect on Writing as Genre --
Strategy 2.6 Reflect on Audience in Writing --
Strategy 2.7 Reflect on Written versus Spoken Text --
Strategy 2.8 Reflect on Developing Appropriate Materials for Writing Classes --
Strategy 2.9 Reflect on Developing Effective Writing Lessons --
Strategy 2.10 Reflect on Feedback in Writing Classes --
Chapter Questions for Reflection --
ch. 3 Reflecting on Teaching Speaking --
Strategy 3.1 Reflect on Diagnosing Students' Levels of Spoken English --
Strategy 3.2 Reflect on the Purpose(s) of Speaking --
Strategy 3.3 Reflect on Speaking as Interaction --
Strategy 3.4 Reflect on Speaking as Transaction --
Strategy 3.5 Reflect on Speaking as Performance --
Strategy 3.6 Reflect on the Role of Grammar in Speaking Lessons --
Strategy 3.7 Reflect on the Role of Pronunciation in Speaking Classes --
Strategy 3.8 Reflect on Developing Appropriate Speaking Tasks --
Strategy 3.9 Reflect on Developing Effective Speaking Lessons --
Strategy 3.10 Reflect on the Notion of Standard English in Speaking Classes --
Chapter Questions for Reflection --
ch. 4 Reflecting on Teaching Listening --
Strategy 4.1 Reflect on the Nature of Listening --
Strategy 4.2 Reflect on the Purpose(s) of Listening --
Strategy 4.3 Reflect on Interactive Listening --
Strategy 4.4 Reflect on the Features of Spoken Text for Listening Classes --
Strategy 4.5 Reflect on Listening for Comprehension --
Strategy 4.6 Reflect on Listening Strategies --
Strategy 4.7 Reflect on Developing Appropriate Listening Tasks --
Strategy 4.8 Reflect on Using Authentic Listening Materials --
Strategy 4.9 Reflect on Developing Effective Listening Lessons --
Strategy 4.10 Reflect on Extensive Listening --
Chapter Questions for Reflection --
ch. 5 Reflecting on Assessment --
Strategy 5.1 Reflect on the Nature of Assessment --
Strategy 5.2 Reflect on Selected-Response Assessment --
Strategy 5.3 Reflect on Constructed-Response Assessment --
Strategy 5.4 Reflect on Personal-Response (Alternative) Assessment --
Strategy 5.5 Reflect on the "Washback Effect" --
Strategy 5.6 Reflect on Assessment Bias --
Strategy 5.7 Reflect on Reading Assessment --
Strategy 5.8 Reflect on Writing Assessment --
Strategy 5.9 Reflect on Speaking Assessment --
Strategy 5.10 Reflect on Listening Assessment --
Chapter Questions for Reflection --
ch. 6 Reflecting for Action: Professional Development --
Strategy 6.1 Reflect on the Nature of Professional Development --
Strategy 6.2 Reflect on the Different Approaches to Professional Development --
Strategy 6.3 Reflect on the "Self-as-Teacher" --
Strategy 6.4 Reflect through Journal Writing --
Strategy 6.5 Reflect through Classroom Observations --
Strategy 6.6 Reflect through Action Research --
Strategy 6.7 Reflect with a Critical Friend --
Strategy 6.8 Reflect with a Teacher Development Group --
Strategy 6.9 Reflect with a Teaching Portfolio --
Strategy 6.10 Reflect on Teacher Language Proficiency --
Chapter Questions for Reflection.


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