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TESOL 2010: Special Coverage
Get a free conference planner, learn about book signings and conference discounts, and find out how to win an iPod Touch!
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Penguin Active Reading in the Classroom: More Free Resources for Teachers
Tara
Maceyak, Marketing
Manager
Penguin Active
Reading is an exciting series that provides reading and
language learning through full-color, beautifully illustrated readers.
Each month Pearson Longman will be bringing you a featured reader along
with free teaching
resources from our Penguin titles. This month's Penguin
Active Reader is Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Learn more about Penguin
Active Readers and download free classroom resources.
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Getting Students Ready for Academic Writing
John Brezinsky, Higher
Education Marketing
Manager
I just got back from the American Association of Applied Linguistics conference, and there was plenty of talk about academic writing. This article gives a quick summary of the most interesting things I learned.
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The Longman Elementary Dictionary and Thesaurus: A New Academic Language Tool for your Classroom
Tania Saiz-Sousa, Marketing Manager
Language acquisition experts such as Dr. Kate Kinsella have long espoused the importance of intensive vocabulary-building as an essential component of academic English fluency. A dictionary designed with the English learner in mind can be a powerful tool to explicitly teach vocabulary and support students in becoming confident users of the the English language. Using an elementary dictionary specifically designed to scaffold vocabulary helps teachers make academic language instruction an integral part of lesson design.
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How Can a Computer Make Your Life Easier?
John Brezinsky, Higher Education Marketing Manager
Advances in software now allow students to receive feedback on micro-level aspects of their writing, which gives instructors more time to focus on higher-level writing skills. Taking advantage of this software can help students become better self-editors and can save instructors valuable time..
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Future Directions in Language Teaching
Patricia Richard-Amato
Following theories of Vygotsky, Freire and many others, our field appears headed ever closer to the sociocultural end of the teaching continuum. However, aspects of cognitive theory will continue to inform a broader and more inclusive paradigm in which western and nonwestern perspectives are considered.
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Free Resources to Celebrate
National Grammar Day
John Brezinsky, Higher Education Marketing Manager
March 4th was National Grammar Day and we're celebrating for the whole month. We’ve brought together a huge list of articles, videos, photocopiable worksheets, podcasts, blog posts, and more.
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Why Call the Whole Thing Off?
Kelsey
P. Miller, Senior
Marketing Manager, Americas, Pearson Language Tests
A famous Gershwin song chronicled the difficulties language nuances can contribute. If you say "ta-may-to" and I say "tah-mah-to," let's call the whole thing off..
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