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The book begins by looking at recent developments in corpus linguistics and second language acquisition research and outlines the important role which chunks play in textual cohesion and fluency, as well as in grammar acquisition. It goes on to provide practitioners with over 95 practical classroom suggestions and activities for making grammar teaching more lexical, and for making vocabulary practice more grammatical. Activities range from identifying, highlighting and recording chunks of language to enabling learners to use chunks in their active repertoire.

Key features

  • Activities include clear rationales and procedures, and many contain variations and follow up suggestions.
  • Activities can be used on their own or to supplement and enhance coursebook content.
  • A glossary and list of tools and resources provides additional support for the reader.
]]> Ideas in Action: Activities for Alternative Assessment https://www.internationalbooks.ie/product/9783125017368/ Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:14:55 +0000 https://www.internationalbooks.ie/?post_type=product&p=18276 Monitoring learning accomplishments in the ELT classroom
Book with photocopiable and online materials

Ideas in Action: Activities for Alternative Assessment
Why is it that some students perform incredibly well in a grammar test, but cannot apply this knowledge in a conversation? How effective is formal language testing in proving how well students can actually apply language to life? In addition to exploring the theoretical background and looking at key concerns teachers have regarding alternative assessment, this book provides a wide selection of tools, ideas and example activities that teachers can use in their own classroom to support their own assessment practices and monitor learning
accomplishments.

Activities for Alternative Assessment:
starts with a clear overview of the concepts and terminology used when discussing assessment in ELT
offers strategies designed to help teachers embed assessment into their teaching
provides tools and activities for learning assessment
shows that implementing alternative assessment doesn’t have to be demanding or time-consuming

Additional features and resources include:
ideas for differentiating and extending the activities for different teaching scenarios
photocopiable worksheets accompanying most activities
suggestions for adapting the activities for the online learning environment

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