Information Gap: ESL Techniques

by Leann Howard, K. Lynn Savage

This series for teachers and teacher trainers gives sound, straightforward advice on good teaching methods, and practical suggestions for lessons and activities. Teacher Training Through Video brings the power of video into your staff development workshops, masters programs, or private offices. Perfect for introducing skill-based training for teachers of ESL, TTTV offers 12 unique videotapes and interactive materials that take teachers into a variety of classrooms to view different language-teaching techniques. Each video presents key -- Goals and principles of a technique -- Multiple models of the technique -- Practicing the technique -- Transference of skills to the classroom -- Flexibility of training time Techniques -- Lesson Planning -- Focused Listening -- Early Production -- Dialogue/Drills -- Information Gap -- Role Play -- Beginning Literacy -- Total Physical Response -- Problem Solving -- Language Experience -- Life Skills Reading -- Narrative Reading

25 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997