New TESOL & Adult Literacies titles as at 3 November 2011

• Dwight Atkinson (ed) 2011, Alternative approaches to second language acquisition, Routledge, Milton Park, Abingdon.
  This volume presents six alternative approaches to studying second language acquisition - sociocultural, complexity theory, conversation-analytic, identity, language socialisation, and sociocognitive. Each chapter is authored by leading advocates for the approach described: James Lantolf for the sociocultural approach; Diane Larsen-Freeman for the complexity theory approach; Gabriele Kasper and Johannes Wagner for the conversation-analytic approach; Bonny Norton and Carolyn McKinney for the identity approach; Patricia Duff and Steven Talmy for the language socialisation approach; and Dwight Atkinson for the sociocognitive approach.
  401.9 ALT
• Kristen Sullivan, Todd Beuckens 2009, Impact conversation 1 [kit], (Impact series), Pearson Longman Asia ELT, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong.
  Impact conversation 1 is suitable for beginning level students. This resource is colourful and the presentation style would be appealing to young people and adults. It offers 16 thematic units with each featuring 5 different activities: Conversation starters; Building fluency; Conversation model; Let's talk about it; Language awareness. The 16 theme-based units cross a range of popular conversation topics: introductions, entertainment, hobbies, families, personality, work, experiences, health, relationships, shopping, travel, lifestyle, culture, food, events, and future. The Online Teacher's Manual offers lesson plans and tips , provides unit tests, semester tests and final tests to help assess student progress. [Contents: book + self-study CD]
  428.34 SUL
• Kristen Sullivan, Todd Beuckens 2009, Impact conversation 2 [kit], Pearson Longman Asia ELT, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong.
  Impact conversation 2 is suitable for high-beginning and low-intermediate students. This resource is colourful and the presentation style would be appealing to young people and adults. It offers 16 thematic units with each featuring 5 different activities: Conversation starters; Building fluency; Conversation model; Let's talk about it; Language awareness. The 16 theme-based units cross a range of popular conversation topics: introductions, home, food, fashion, work, travel, experiences, health, family, personality, beliefs, relationships, education, memories, hobbies, and inspiration. The Online Teacher's Manual offers lesson plans and tips , provides unit tests, semester tests and final tests to help assess student progress. [Contents: book + self-study CD]
  428.34 SUL
• Arizio Sweeting 2009, Language through film, Phoenix Education, Putney, NSW.
  This resource is a practical book for teachers working with upper-intermediate to advanced learners in senior secondary education and general English courses for developing spoken fluency, cultural awareness, knowledge of functional language, vocabulary and pronunciation, listening skills and drama techniques through film. The book is divided into six units, each containing ready-to-use photocopiable classroom activities to accompany the following feature films: Muriel's Wedding; Love Actually; American Beauty; Shrek; Romeo & Juliet; and short clips from Scream 2; Bridget Jones's Diary; My Big Fat Greek Wedding; and The Devil Wears Prada. (films are not included)
  428.24 SWE
• Claude Goldenberg, Rhoda Coleman 2010, Promoting academic achievement among English learners: a guide to the research, Corwin, Thousand Oaks, California.
  This resource for administrators, program developers, policy makers and educators addresses the increased focus on school accountability and educational equity of effectively educating language-minority students. The text explores the research on promoting academic success among language-minority students. The authors offer educators a firm basis for making decisions on policies and programs for English learners and provide research-based discussions on what is known about: Bilingual education and using a student's language in instruction; Teaching English and academic content simultaneously; School and district factors that affect achievement; and Sociocultural factors in success.
  420.7 GOL
• Karen Blanchard, Christine Root 2010, Ready to write 1: a first composition text (3rd ed), Pearson Education, White Plains, NY.
  This illustrated book teaches students the composition skills they need to be successful writers. Features include: Step-by-step activities to guide students from sentence-level to paragraph-level writing; Examples and model paragraphs illustrating organising elements, such as topic sentences, supporting details, and signal words; Guided assignments to give students practice with many different kinds of writing (describing people and places, writing instructions and opinions, writing narrative paragraphs); Authentic writing tasks; Editing and proofreading exercises. Grammar Guide sections in each chapter present important grammar points and practice items to boost accuracy in students' writing. Ready to write 1 integrates reading, speaking, and listening skills with prewriting, writing, and revising. Suitable for secondary and adult post beginner students.
  428.1 BLA
• Karen Blanchard, Christine Root 2010, Ready to write 2: perfecting paragraphs (4th ed), Pearson Education, White Plains, NY.
  This illustrated book teaches students the composition skills they need to be successful writers. Features include: Extensive practice and step-by-step activities to guide students through the writing process of prewriting, writing, revising, and editing as they move from personal to academic writing; Examples and model paragraphs illustrating organising elements, such as topic sentences, supporting details, and signal words; Paragraph writing assignments to give students practice with many different kinds of writing (comparing and contrasting, describing, analysing, writing test answers, summarising); Editing and proofreading exercises to encourage students to refine their writing skills. Grammar Guide sections in each chapter present important grammar points and practice items to boost accuracy in students' writing. Suitable for secondary and adult post-beginning and intermediate students.
  428.1 BLA
• Paula Withers 2011, Safe Driving, TELLS Publications, Brisbane.
  Safe Driving has been developed through a partnership between TAFE Queensland English Language and Literacy Services (TELLS) and the Department of Transport and Main Roads Queensland (TMR). It is designed to assist new arrivals to be well informed about road safety rules in Queensland while developing listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Materials comprise a narrative-style reader, language development worksheets based on the reader, and extension units based on themes introduced by the reader. The reader follows a family as they buy their first second-hand car, introduces safety themes of child restraints, learning to drive, drink driving, school zones, speeding, distractions and long distance driving. Most of the extension units have drawn on internet sources and relevant links are included within the 'Teacher's Guide' . Level: Post-beginner to Intermediate. Contents: 10 readers, teacher's manual
  428.24 WIT
• Nicky Hockly, Lindsay Clandfield 2010, Teaching online: tools and techniques, options and opportunities, (DELTA Teacher Development Series), DELTA Publishing, Peaslake, Surrey.
  Teaching Online is a clear, accessible and reassuringly practical book - essential reading for anyone interested in online teaching and course delivery. It deals comprehensively with: ways you should approach both online and blended courses; tools you should know about; and techniques you should use for successful online teaching. Part A gets you started and describes a wide-ranging list of tools for teaching, from blogs to word clouds. Part B provides a bank of practical activities that cover the four skills. Part C investigates avenues for your further online development, both professional and personal. (from book cover)
  001.64 HOC
• Terrific Australian topics: integrated units on popular themes - lower primary 2009, Blake Education, Clayton South, Vic.
  book, DVD.
  This resource contains eight integrated topics suitable for lower primary which include: introductory background notes for the teacher; an outline of the outcomes across key learning areas; 10 photocopiable work sheets; references to topic-specific book and internet resources; answers for the work sheets; detailed teaching notes and ideas for each work sheet; and topic word sheets for inclusion with weekly spelling lists. Six of the topics are supported by short video extracts with a synopsis of each and suggestions for how to use them. Units for Lower Primary cover: Australian animals: marsupials; The meaning of Anzac Day; Volunteers in the community; Farm animals; Minibeasts: insects and spiders; The first Australians: then and now; Australian states and cities; and TheCircus.
  372.6 AUS
• Terrific Australian topics: integrated units on popular themes - middle primary 2009, Blake Education, Clayton South, Vic.
  book, DVD.
  This resource contains eight integrated topics suitable for middle primary which include: introductory background notes for the teacher; an outline of the oucomes across key learning areas; 10 photocopiable work sheets; references to topic-specific book and internet resources; answers for the work sheets; detailed teaching notes and ideas for each work sheet; and topic word sheets for inclusion with weekly spelling lists. Five of the topics are supported by short video extracts with a synopsis of each and suggestions for how to use them. Units for Middle Primary cover: Schools: then and now; Australian animals: reptiles; Bush tucker; Communication: then & now; Cultures in Australia: the Vietnamese; Australian inventions; Flight in Australia; and Water.
  372.6 AUS
• Terrific Australian topics: integrated units on popular themes - upper primary 2009, Blake Education, Clayton South, Vic.
  book, DVD.
  This resource contains eight integrated topics suitable for upper primary which include: introductory background notes for the teacher; an outline of the outcomes across key learning areas; 10 photocopiable work sheets; references to topic-specific book and internet resources; answers for the work sheets; detailed teaching notes and ideas for each work sheet; and topic word sheets for inclusion with weekly spelling lists. Six of the topics are supported by short video extracts with a synopsis of each and suggestions for how to use them. Units for Upper Primary cover: Aboriginal culture; Australian animals: endangered, exotic and feral; Identity; Democracy in Australia; Famous Australians: currency lads and lasses; Alternative energy; Inventive Australians; Rocks and minerals.
  372.6 AUS

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