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=**Assignment One: Focus on the Learner**=


 * Example of assignment**::[[file:Focus on Learner.doc.pdf]]

This assignment is designed to make you think about an individual learner's needs, analyse these and suggest ways of meeting these needs both inside and outside the classroom. The following articles are not all ideal to all students but you may find something which suits your case study.

Best of luck with this assignment!


 * 1) [|Learner English by Swan & Smith....]an essential guide to learners' problems with the English language.
 * 2) [[file:ETP Issue 92 2014.pdf]]...creating gap fills with graded tasks-also good for mixed abilities classrooms!
 * 3) [[file:5 YL theorists.pdf]]...the famous five!
 * 4) [[file:Atwelll et al..pdf]]... Italian & German learners.
 * 5) [[file:Drama Intro.pdf]]...the introductory chapter to CUP Drama with YLS.
 * 6) [[file:Drama piece.pdf]]...a sample chapter from CUP Drama.
 * 7) [[file:Druin & Fast.pdf]]...a look at children and technology in learning.
 * 8) [[file:Evolutionary Psychology & Piaget & Pedagogy.pdf]]...the name to drop in YL education and get a conversation going ;-)
 * 9) [[file:How Children Learn the Meanings of Words - Bloom.2000.MIT.Press.0262024691.pdf]]...A bit 'highbrow' but worth reading down the line perhaps.
 * 10) [[file:Horrigan ETP 2006.pdf]]...the first colour coded phonemic chart article.
 * 11) [[file:Horrigan IHJ Issue25.pdf]] How to implement the colour coded phonemic chart.
 * 12) [[file:McLaughling.pdf]]... Myths and Misconceptions About Second Language Learning: What Every Teacher Needs to unlearn
 * 13) [[file:(Ebook) Montessori Method.pdf]] ...and this would talk about Montessori! ;-)
 * 14) [[file:Nicholls.pdf]]...False friends between Italian and English
 * 15) [[file:PFRbookletBW.pdf]]...The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read
 * 16) [[file:TeachingSentenceStress.pdf]] English Raven's article on teaching sentence stress to YLS
 * 17) [[file:Thornbury 2.pdf]]...Accuracy, Fluency & Complexity.
 * 18) [[file:Thornbury Grammar.pdf]]...Uncovering Grammar, by Scott Thornbury. How grammar relates to context. A great book to invest in longterm!
 * 19) [[file:sound-foundations-phonemic-chart.pdf]]...Adrian Underhill's Chart and a short overview.
 * 20) [[file:Vosniadou.pdf]] ...an excellent overview of how children learn.
 * 21) [|English File:Tasks for the chart online]...something to play with for teachers & students who want to familiarise themselves with phonemes!
 * 22) [|Raising Bilingual Children] By Marsha Rosenberg
 * 23) [|A Child's First Steps in Language Learning] By J. Doug McGlothlin
 * 24) [[file:BenAfia.pdf]] ... English Clubs & Introducing EL to YLs
 * 25) [[file:Kang Shin.pdf]] ... Ten helpful ideas to teach YLs
 * 26) [[file:Mixon.pdf]] ... Language through stories
 * 27) [[file:Rivera.pdf]] ... Communicative Ideas for the Middle school classroom
 * 28) [[file:Schindler.pdf]] ...Vocabulary Activities
 * 29) [[file:Zaita.pdf]] ... Using drama
 * 30) [[file:Songs.pdf]] ... some of the more famous children's songs

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Some Phonology Videos from YOUtube which are good for revision but also good for a giggle ;-)
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