BOOKS FOR TEACHERS
On this page is a list of books that have been recommended for teachers. Mony of the recommendations have come from FLTeachers.
BLOCK SCHEDULING
Teaching Foreign Languages in the Block by Deb Blaz (ISBN 1 883001 52 8)
Foreign Language Teacher's Guide to Active Learning by Deb Blaz (ISBN 1 883001 75 7)
The 4X4 Block Schedule by J. Allen Queen and Kimberly Gaskey Isenhour
From Denise Hamwey
Hello FLTEACHers,
Over the past few years, I have gotten many great book
recommendations from members of this list. I have
also discovered a few books on my own that I think are
definitely worth taking a look at.
Here are my recommendations:
1) "Tools for Teaching"
This is a fantastic book that deals in detail with
classroom management. It really makes you re-evaluate
everything you do in the classroom, such as how to
create a logical seating arrangement, present a lesson
effectively, and deal with behaviors such as students
talking during a lesson. I definitely recommend this
book!
2) "The First Days of School"
No matter where you are in your teaching career, this
is a great resource, recommended by many teachers on
this list. This book, as well as the above book, can
be ordered through Amazon.com.
3) "Zero Prep"
This is an ESL book, but it has many great activities
that can be applied to the foreign language classroom.
There are four chapters outlining activities that
practice the skills of listening, speaking, reading,
and writing, as well as other chapters describing
activities that utilize more than one skill or
structure. This book can only be ordered from Alta
Book Center Publishers.
4) "Parle-moi un peu!"
A collection of information gap activities that can be
used in the French classroom. It says that these
activities are for beginning French classes, but I
have been able to use many of them in my French 4 and
5 classes. Great for speaking! This book can be
ordered from the Heinle & Heinle website.
5) "Fluency through TPR Storytelling"
For those of you who want to better understand TPRS,
this book explains this method in detail. It also
outlines how to use TPRS in different levels of
instruction. Teacher's Discovery carries this book.
6) "How Languages are Learned"
This book has been mentioned a lot recently on the
list. It gives a good overview of the different
theories of second language acquisition.
7) "Teacher's Handbook: Contextualized Language
Instruction"
Focuses on applying different language theories to
produce meaningful instruction and learning. Gives
plenty of practical examples as well.
What are your book recommendations?
Denise
How Languages are Learned, Patsy Lightbown and Nina Spada, (ISBN 0-19-437000-3)
Tasks and Communicating in Language Classrooms, James F. Lee,
(ISBN 0-07-231054-5) This is a how-to, hands-on, what-do-I-do-tomorrow book.
I'm reading a book that ALL teachers should read -- please, folks, if
you really want to know what's going on with your students today, get
it. It's "A Tribe Apart" by Patricia Hersch, $14 at Borders. Chapter
5, "Honor and Other Relative Things" relates so closely to topics that
have been discussed recently on this list. (Marilyn Barrueta)
Sender: FLTEACH@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU (Foreign Language Teaching Forum)
Reply-to: susan@follyhill.com
To: FLTEACH@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
My father taught for 25 years and was fond of this small reference book:
_Le Nouveau Bescherelle: "L'Art de Conjuguer" - Dictionnaire de 8000 verbes
usuels_
... I inherited his well-worn copy and am still using it. Haven't found a
better way to quickly find the right way to use the verb yet. It retails
for $15.95 but Half.com sells it used for $5 - $6 each... check here:
http://www.half.com/cat/buy/prod.cgi?cpid=509663&domain_id=1856&meta_id=1
Best regards,
Susan
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To: FLTEACH@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
I teach Spanish I & II. Does anyone know if Patti
Lozano's "Get them Talking" book will be useful for
these levels? And is it worth the $21.95?
Thank you for any help!
Renee
Hello,
When I started working for my current school system, they required all
teachers to attend certain workshops. We were given the book Cooperative
Discipline by Linda Albert, Ph.D..
She explains that students behave a certain way in order to achieve
certain goals (some positive and some negative in our opinions) and has
categorized students' goals for misbehavior into the following: 1. Attention
seeking, 2. Power seeking, 3. Revenge, 4. Avoidance-of-failure. The football
player in the one message is of course a Power seeker. She details the
characteristics of each type and explains the similarities as well as methods
of dealing with the student.
I hope that this assists you in your quest of educating our students.
Eric-Gene Shrewsbury
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From: todd@toddslater.org (Todd Slater)
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I read the book Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris back in August and
am finally getting around to recommending it. I first learned of Sedaris on
NPR. He read excerpts from the book once a week, and the stories always
made me laugh. The essays are highly personal.
Some of my favorite stories are about his life in Paris, and especially his
struggle to learn French. He had a very interesting way of increasing his
vocabulary, though the vocabulary he learned was most often useless. "Jesus
Shaves" is a funny story about his multi-national French class attempting
to explain Easter to a Muslim woman. I'm sure most on this list will
identify with the frustration the students experienced in trying to explain
Easter.
Anyway, it's a great book that will surely get you laughing. It's available
in paperback.
Todd
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