"This teachers' resource book provides advice and activities to make working with teenagers a rewarding and enriching experience. It encourages learners to notice how language works, promotes cultural awareness, develops creative thinking and problem-solving skills, and appeals to teenagers' curiosity beyond the confines of media-driven popular culture.

• advice on teenagers' characteristics

• classroom management tips

• over 70 motivating classroom activities"

"As teachers, many of us have sat alongside children who can read all the words on a page correctly yet are unable to discuss what they've read because they didn't comprehend it. In this research-based book, Cheryl M. Sigmon and Lisa D. Gilpin share more than 50 mini-lessons they've designed to help children build the skills they need so they can comprehend what they read. Each lesson is linked to a National Reading Panel strategy, such as monitoring comprehension, generating and answering questions, creating and using images, summarizing, and more. The authors provide lessons for both fiction and nonfiction, and  they also include ready-to-use graphic organizers and checklists."

"Looking for an easy-to-manage accountability system for independent reading time? This resource gives you that and more. It combines the record-keeping benefits of typical reading logs with essential comprehension strategy practice. Using interactive bookmarks, students set goals, visualize as they read, summarize the text, and practice other key reading strategies. The practical lessons help you model each strategy in a think-aloud, so students are ready to use the bookmarks to monitor their own reading progress and apply the strategy independently."

"This book is based on my experiences as a language teacher for over twenty years and some of the chapters have been adapted and revised from early research papers and articles. This book starts with a description of the socio-historical backdrop of language policies in multilingual, multiracial Malaysia. Having to cater to national, international and diverse ethnic interests has not been an easy task vis-à-vis language policies but a vigilant government has ensured that policies changed and change with changing scenarios and demands. Keeping aligned with evolving needs is necessary as languages empower individuals and nations to progress both socially and economically."

"Teaching English is about more than just teaching language and skills. It is also about dealing with everyday challenges such as noisy, unmotivated students and the huge variation in ability and learning styles in many classes. Good teaching and learning cannot flourish in situations of stress, conflict and demoralisation. How can teachers cope?

Dealing with Difficulties looks at the typical classroom and teaching management problems facing teachers and students in five main areas:

• large classes

• discipline

• mixed-level classes

• homework

• teaching exam classes"