Teaching and assessing EIL in local contexts around the world /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	McKay, Sandra (Author), Brown, James Dean (Author)
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, 2016.
Series:	ESL and applied linguistics professional series.
Subjects:	English language > Study and teaching > Foreign speakers. Communication, International. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; BRIEF CONTENTS; CONTENTS; Introduction; 1 The Social and Educational Context of EIL Classrooms; The Current Status of English; Varieties of English: Common Features; Varieties of English: Public Attitudes; Varieties of English: The Question of Standards; Current Trends in English Education; Summary; Discussion Questions; Application Tasks; 2 EIL Teachers, Learners, and Classroom Interaction; EIL Teachers; EIL Learners; EIL Classroom Interaction; Summary; Discussion Questions; Application Tasks; 3 Key Aspects of EIL Students' English Needs
The Impossible Dream of Speaking Fluent EnglishSetting Narrower and More Realistic Goals; Defining Local EIL; Doing Informal Locally Defined EIL Needs Assessment; Summary; Discussion Questions; Application Tasks; 4 Teaching and Assessing Grammar; English Diversity; Standard English and EIL Instructional Targets; Grammar Teaching in EIL Classrooms; Assessing Grammar in EIL Classrooms; Summary; Discussion Questions; Application Tasks; 5 Teaching and Assessing Oracy; Defining Oracy; Defining Fluency; Defining Intelligibility; Keys to Teaching EIL Oracy; Assessing EIL Oracy; Summary
Discussion QuestionsApplication Tasks; 6 Teaching and Assessing Literacy; Cultural Issues and Written Texts; Responding to and Assessing L2 Texts in EIL Contexts; Cultural Issues and the Reading Process; Assessing L2 Reading in EIL Contexts; Summary; Discussion Questions; Application Tasks; 7 Integrating Computer-Mediated Language into EIL Classrooms; Linguistic Corpora; Available Corpora Useful for EIL Teaching; Using Corpora in the Classroom; Other Specific Uses of Technology in the EIL Classroom; Important Considerations in Low Technology Environments; Technology in EIL Assessment; Summary
Discussion QuestionsApplication Tasks; EIL Teaching/Learning Principles; Index