Collins English Skills 2 is intended for children age 6-7 in Year 2/P3. The photocopiable activity sheets follow a repeated pattern of reading, phonics work, grammar and punctuation points, and writing. The illustrated activities are ideal for use in literacy sessions. This book was previously published as Folens English Skills 2.

It is a book with 14 comperhension passages; each is followed by 16 exercises on comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, punctuation, pronunciation, and free writing. It can be used as a textbook for university students (the English Department or Language Center). Descriptor(s): ENGLISH LANGUAGE | SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING | EXAMINATION QUESTIONS

English Skills 1 Answers summarises for teachers and other helpers the key Focus of each set of questions and gives answers to facilitate marking. Writing task assessment sheets and Completed proofreading tasks are also provided.

The Blending Language Skills Simplified series helps students identify and practice their grammar with skill-specific activities. Students using this eBook will gain a practical knowledge of standard speech patterns, increase self-esteem upon successful completion, and improve their performance on the grammar and usage sections of standardized tests. Lessons include invaluable features, such as off-the-page interactive activities, parent-involvement ideas, and journal-writing suggestions. Answers are provided at the back of the book. Book A is Grade 1.

This edited volume presents eleven empirical papers reporting the existing literature and the results of an original study focusing on EMI (English as a medium of instruction) in a particular area (Central and Eastern Europe, Western and Southern Europe, Nordic/Baltic countries, Central Asia, the Middle East, East Asia, South-East Asia, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America). Each of these different areas tends to have its own ways of dealing with the EMI issue, and these are brought together in a meta-analysis in the final chapter. Implications for the conduct of English as a medium of instruction are drawn, both on a chapter-by-chapter basis and also in the meta-analysis. The examination of EMI on a contextual basis is a unique feature of this book, setting it apart from others in the field, which almost all deal with a single or limited context. The volume will be of interest to policymakers, institutional heads, graduate students and their teachers, and to thesis writers and researchers.

Reporting the findings of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth, this book concisely summarises what is known from empirical research about the development of literacy in language-minority children and youth, including development, environment, instruction, and assessment.

This book describes a theory-guided approach to Foreign Language (FL) course development, implementation, instruction and assessment. It documents the development and implementation of a theory-guided approach designed to exploit cross-linguistically sharable competencies as resources for promoting FL learning. The volume delineates the processes of (a) identifying cross-linguistically sharable competencies, (b) exploring ways of exploiting sharable competencies as resources in promoting language skills through their purposeful use for content learning, (c) implementing the instructional approach in multiple EFL classrooms, and (d) evaluating the approach by comparing learning outcomes across classrooms. It presents a solid conceptual framework that integrates theories in multiple research domains, including second language acquisition, knowledge acquisition, and language assessment. It also provides detailed descriptions of framework construction and classroom implementation – the two processes that are integral to course design and development.