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December 2016 ELreviews Page 11

ESU announces

awards shortlist Book of the month

Phonology for Listening – Teaching the ‘stream of speech’. This fascinating
Matt Salusbury looks at the contenders fighting for stream of speech account is well-researched, detailed and
glory at this year’s English Speaking Union awards Richard Cauldwell, Speech in Action; quite demanding. One section of the book
978-0-9543-4472-6
covers accents and identity. Another
section presents practical teaching ideas,
Learners have problems decoding fast, including how to use digital audio editors
he English Speaking Carol Read and Mark Ormerod, An app in iOS format to spontaneous speech. The author of this like Audacity. An extensive twelve-page
Union (ESU) English Macmillan Education; improve pronunciation, fluency ground-breaking book uses a framework glossary explains terms like ‘soundscape’
TLanguage Awards for A six-level coursebook for and confidence in English, its called the ‘window on speech’ to analyse and ‘acoustic blur’, a continuous stream
outstanding ELT resources is primary school, including songs, features include interactive pho- what happens to words when they are which is difficult to transcribe in phonetic
back. After ‘resting’ for a year, chants and humorous stories told netic spelling allowing the user subjected to the speed and stresses of symbols. This essential, 330-page book
the ESU’s awards return in a in different genres. to listen to the individual sounds natural speech. For example, non- will really have an impact on teaching
new format with four catego- for each word, and to record prominent words are squeezed and listening in the classroom.
ries replacing the original two. President’s their speech and compare sound- re-shaped in what is described as the Recommended.
We’ll know who the winners Award for New waves and stress markers against
are shortly after we go to press, Technology model pronunciation.
with the awards to be presented
at a ceremony at the historic Shakespeare Speaks produced Resources for Unlock – Reading and variety of text types and lead cover grammar, vocabulary
Dartmouth House in London’s by Catherine Chapman, BBC Secondary and writing skills 3g logically into each final writing and the four language skills,
Mayfair. Learning English website; Higher Learners Carolyn Westbrook, CUP / task. The topics are stimulating although the writing tasks are
The shortlisted entries are: A series of twenty online (aged 12 and up) Discovery Education; and include robots, history, quite short. There is an
video sessions 978-1-1076-1526-7 economics, fast fashion and the attempt to include critical-
Resources for with each exer- Shakespeare brain. One highlight is the thinking activities, which is
Young Learners cise based on Speaks (see This new English for academic critical thinking strand, challenging at this low level.
(aged 3–13) an expression above). purposes course book draws on providing practice in analysis The book has a lively, busy
from a Shake- corpus research, using the and evaluation. Impressive. feel which is appropriate for
Guess What! by Susannah Reed speare play that’s Navigate by Cambridge English Corpus to teenage students. The texts on
and Kay Bentley, CUP; entered the Eng- Caroline Krantz identify which academic Gateway – Build up to B1 ‘tourist graffiti’ and ‘women
A coursebook series present- lish language, and Julie Norton, vocabulary to cover at B1 (second edition) inventors’ are especially
ing facts in an engaging way, from ‘as dead OUP; level. Each of the ten units David Spencer, Macmillan; interesting. The word lists
using photography and video to as a doornail’ to An adult starts with a stimulating picture 978-1-7863-2527-3 usefully include the phonetic
explore the natural world while ‘spotless reputa- coursebook and a set of questions to script of the key vocabulary;
learning English. tion’. informed by aca- engage learners, and includes a This slim 72-page general users will need to supplement
demic research thought-provoking video from English book is aimed at A2 the course with extra work on
Discover with Dex by Sandie Learning on how adults Discovery Education. The learners, with a useful pronunciation. Worth
Mourão and Claire Medwell, Circles BBC best learn lan- reading tasks are based on a ‘starter’ unit. The ten units investigation.
Macmillan Education; Learning Eng- guages.
This three-level coursebook lish; Reviews by Pete Sharma for the Bournemouth English Book Centre: www.bebc.co.uk
series for young learners, intro- Online sessions to help users BBC Learning English You-
duced by enthusiastic dinosaur and their families learn English. Tube Channel BBC Learning
Dex, features numerous Brit- Its videos, games and flash- English;
ish nursery rhymes. (Co-author cards include everyday English A YouTube channel with new enquiries from English teachers Teaching Chil- form for teach-
Mourão was interviewed on needed to survive in the UK, videos appearing every day, about TED videos to use with dren How to ers of English to
teacher training for pre-primary from job interviews to calling an covering grammar, vocabulary, classes. Learn: Plan, use in class with
education in the November 2016 ambulance. pronunciation and business Do, Review by both adult and
Gazette young learners supple- English, answering viewers’ Resources for Gail Ellis and teenage learners,
ment.) Velawoods English Velawoods questions and giving tips on Teachers Nayr Ibrahim; compiled by an
Learning Ltd; study skills. Written by two ELTon award-
The Thinking Train – At The An app for tablets, this self- Film in Action – Teaching lan- British Coun- winning author.
Zoo by Herbert Puchta, Günter study course in collaboration Keynote by Paul Dummett, guage using moving images cil experts on It includes
Gerngross, Hel- with CUP and Lewis Lans- Delta Publish- young learners, ‘Rules of the
bling Languages; Cambridge Eng- ford and Helen ing; this book aims Game’ handouts
A title in a lish is set in an Stephenson, This book to help teach- which become
series of picture animated ‘vir- National Geo- includes over ers create the an authentic
books which tual town’ and graphic Learning 100 activities optimum condi- reading task.
focus on the includes speech with Cengage for teachers on tions for children
developing chil- analytics and Learning; bringing film to reach their full potential as Language Learning with Digi-
dren’s thinking help from a ‘vir- An ELTon into the language enthusiastic and motivated lan- tal Video by Ben Goldstein and
skills through tual teacher’. award-winning classroom, with guage learners. Paul Driver, CUP;
the use of sto- coursebook how-to guides A guide for teachers with
ries, supported Say It: Pro- series based for teachers and Speaking Games: Photocopia- practical activities and techni-
by free online nunciation from on TED talks, learners on cre- ble activities to make language cal tips on using video in the
games. Oxford OUP in published in ating their own learning fun by Jason Ander- language classroom, from You-
partnership with response to moving images. son, Delta Publishing; Tube clips and documentaries to
Tiger Time by Phona; thousands of Fifty speaking games in book learner-generated material.
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