Task-based teaching has created enormous interest among teachers in recent years. But how does the idea of designing tasks (e.g. discussions, problems, games) that encourage learners to use real language work in practice? This book explains the basic principles behind task-based learning and teaching and gives practical examples of how to make it work in different teaching situations.

face2face Second edition is the flexible, easy-to-teach, 6-level course (A1 to C1) for busy teachers who want to get their adult and young adult learners to communicate with confidence.

Your perfect start-of-course companion for teaching training in primary education.

Supports ITT providers with a resource that allows trainees to audit their own skills, to find gaps and areas for development, to track progress in this development and to record competence.

A practical guide for educational leaders on deeply understanding, and implementing, the Learning Forward Standard for Professional Learning: Leadership.

This book is designed to help pre-service teachers through one of the most important aspects of their education: their school experience placements.

This book supports trainee teachers to explore the complex relationships between literacy achievement and social background.

An updated edition of this popular introduction to language teaching methodology which describes different methods and approaches in language teaching.

In The Poverty Problem, you'll learn how to increase students' perseverance and confidence and positively impact outcomes by arming yourself with research-based instructional strategies that are inspiring, realistic, and proven to work.

Student Course Book* Authentic texts from the Financial Times and other sources develop reading skills and provide essential business vocabulary. * Interviews with business people and experts develop listening skills, such as prediction, listening for specific information and note taking. * Language Work develops students' awareness of common problem areas and introduces grammatical concepts.

* 16 pages of business skills in each level: negotiating, presentation, writing emails, telephoning a...