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REVIEWS

                             BOOK OF THE MONTH


         TEACHING YOUNG LANGUAGE   chapters cover important   older students. The
         LEARNERS SECOND EDITION   aspects of child language   suggestions for further
         OXFORD HANDBOOKS FOR      learning such as social   reading at the end of
                                   learning, bilingualism,   each chapter are hugely
         LANGUAGE TEACHERS
                                   materials evaluation and   useful. The book includes
         ANNAMARIA PINTER          assessment. The chapter   a useful glossary and 25
         OUP                       on cultural awareness     tasks which encourage
         ISBN 978-0-19-440318-4    is new, and there are     teachers to explore their
                                   fresh ideas related to    own practice. This 217-
         Originally published      technology throughout.    page Handbook offers a
         in 2006, the second       I enjoyed reading about   thorough, accessible and
         edition of this Handbook   the need to balance co-  fascinating overview of the
         successfully brings       operative and competitive  area of TEYL – Teaching
         together research and     tasks, and the differing   English to Young Learners.
         practice. The twelve      needs of younger and      Highly recommended.

           reviews in brief


            MAKING CONNECTIONS 3                               PRIMARY LEARNER’S DICTIONARY
            Skills and Strategies for Academic Reading  Second Edition    Second Edition
            Kenneth J. Pakenham, Jo McEntire and Jessica Williams   Collins COBUILD
            CUP  ISBN: 978-1-108-66226-0                       ISBN: 978-0-00-825319-6
            This upper-intermediate                            At what age do you provide
            book aims to provide the                           young learners with a mono-
            skills and strategies needed                       lingual dictionary? The third
            to process academic                                edition of this primary learner’s
            texts. Four extensive,                             dictionary is for students aged
            topic-based units focus on                         seven and above. It is aimed at
            global health, multicultural                       A1-B1 users, and the defi nitions
            societies, language and                            are suitably simplifi ed. The
            sustaining planet earth. One                       most common and useful
            outstanding feature is the                         headwords are set in blue
            inclusion of “While you read”                      boxes, making them easy to
            questions in the margins,                          identify. Frequent line drawings
            encouraging students to                            provide visual support for
            engage with the content.                           words like ‘arch’, ‘handle’ and
            Other strengths include the                        ‘smudge’, and a 16-page colour
            focus on critical thinking                         insert provides more pictures in
            and the study of academic                          relevant areas like mathematics,
            vocabulary. I found the                            geography and science. I like
            ‘Closer Look’ questions to be really challenging, and some texts   the study exercises which
            (like the one on cardiovascular disease) are quite demanding and   familiarise users with concepts
            dense. One useful Appendix helps students calculate their reading   like ‘infl ections’ and ‘style
            speed. Worth investigation.                        labels’. Compact.



            REVIEWS COMING UP IN THE NEXT ISSUE:
            Feature: English Grammar in Use 5th Edition (CUP) by Raymond Murphy
            Book of the month: Alan Maley’s 50 Creative Activities (CUP) by Alan Maley
            Reviews in brief: The New A-Z of ELT, A Dictionary of Terms and Concepts (Macmillan) by Scott Thornbury
            ETpedia™ Grammar, 500 ideas and activities for teaching grammar (Pavilion) by Daniel Barber and Ceri Jones























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