Cet auteur s'est impliqué dans l'enseignement de l'anglais langue étrangère dans diverses capacités depuis le début des années 80. Son travail couvre l'enseignement aux étudiants, aux enseignants et aux formateurs d'enseignants, complété par la rédaction d'articles et de livres. Un domaine d'intérêt actuel est le CLIL (Apprentissage Intégré de Contenus et de Langues), une grande partie de son activité étant facilitée par Pilgrims à Canterbury. L'auteur partage fréquemment son expertise lors de conférences et d'ateliers internationaux, tout en maintenant constamment l'instruction directe avec les apprenants de langue pour ancrer son travail de formation dans la pratique.
Part of a post-First Certificate advanced-level ELT course which aims to bridge the gap between speaking in English and thinking in English. The materials consist of a coursebook, a teacher's book, a self-study workbook, and two cassettes.
Part of a post-First Certificate advanced-level ELT course which aims to bridge the gap between speaking in English and thinking in English. The materials consist of a coursebook, a teacher's book, a self-study workbook, and two cassettes.
Using the Mother Tongue, part of the Professional Perspectives series , offers a variety of practical ways to make use of what is a very valuable resource by: providing ideas and guidelines on when and how to use the mother tongue encouraging teachers to use the mother tongue selectively and effectively raising awareness of the similarities and differences between languages building links between the mother tongue and the foreign language through comparison and translation The use of the mother tongue in the foreign language classroom has often been officially discouraged; however, many teachers have recognised that in practice using one’s own language to learn a foreign language is natural, necessary and efficient.