Recent years have seen rapid growth in the numbers of children being taught foreign languages at younger ages. While course books aimed at young learners are appearing on the market, there is scant theoretical reference in the teacher education literature. Teaching Languages to Young Learners is one
Teaching Young Learners to Think
✍ Scribed by Herbert Puchta, Marion Williams
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No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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Cambridge University Press, 2012.— 222 pages. OCR.
This book offers 80 photocopiable worksheets devised to develop key thinking and language skills in YL. Herbert Puchta, author of a wide range of innovative teaching materials, and Marion Williams, well-known for her book Psychology for Language Teachers, have developed specifically designed tasks that develop children's foreign language competence while promoting the basic thinking skills they will need as they grow older. Teachers will enjoy using the motivating tasks that have been carefully devised to match the language level of EFL learners. Students will enjoy the fun of the thinking challenges these activities offer.
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Языки и языкознание;Английский язык;Преподавание английского языка / Teaching English as a Foreign Language
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