This book is targeted at modern languages teachers of primary school children and focuses on curricula and syllabi, as well as on teaching materials and methodology. The papers look into issues related to both pre- and in-service teacher education, innovative curriculum and syllabus design in tertiary education and lower primary schools, and how new ideas can be implemented at national and classroom levels. The first six papers focus on teacher education curricula and teacher development in pre-service and in-service programs, whereas the last four papers examine curricula, teaching materials and projects in primary schools.--Publisher's description.
Chapter 9 English phonetics and phonology in the curriculum Zeljka Zanchi 1.
Introduction English phonetics and phonology have not been systematically and
consistently included in primary and secondary school English teaching curricula
. This seems to be creating major problems for students, future teachers of English, as it impedes their successful mastery of English phonology essential to
any teacher of English as a foreign language (FL) to young learners. This chapter
attempts ...
Primary school teachers are increasingly faced with the task of assessing the literacy of pupils in a language other than a pupil's mother tongue. The handbook presents practical issues and principles associated with this assessment. The section on writing also contains a step-by-step guide for training teachers in the use of the material. Teachers will find tips on how to get pupils to write, how to assess their writing and how to give feedback. This is illustrated by pupils' texts and teachers' comments. In addition, the project website contains downloadable material for assessing writing. Samples of pupils' writing across a range of levels are provided exemplifying how to use the proposed material, with comments demonstrating how the assessment can be used as a basis for feedback to the pupils.
Writing, 7th-8th grades: I write longer texts on topics of personal life using simple
grammatical structures (the length of texts is about 90-120 words). Reading, 5th-
6th grades: I understand the basic information in short texts (up to 200 words) in ...
