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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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