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What is Language?
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by Eleanor Kane Hinohara
A4;
132 pp
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What
is Language? follows a CLIL approach. Each
of the 15 units is scaffolded for learners, with a
progression from lower order thinking skills
(LOTS) to higher order thinking skills (HOTS).
There is a mix of communicative and receptive
tasks, and some focus on form through teaching
Academic Word List (AWL) vocabulary and academic
language skills.
Productive
tasks include pair work in scaffolded discussions
and individual presentations.
The
topics progress from talking about one’s own
language learning in Unit 1 to more
cognitively-demanding topics, such as language
policy in Unit 15. Further reading for students
for each unit is also suggested in a comprehensive
bibliography.
Each
unit includes:
- Scaffolded pair work
- Listening to
proficient users of English perform the above
task
- Key vocabulary
- Reading for main
ideas
- Reading section
(600–700 words)
- Reading for detail
- CLIL tasks using
data relating to the main topic
- Academic Word List
vocabulary tasks using words from the reading
section
- Academic language
function progressing from LOTS to HOTS
- Suggested individual
presentation topics with space for students to
take notes
CEFR:
B2–C2
Use this book for:
- CLIL courses
- Introduction to
linguistics courses
- Pre-service teacher
education courses
- Oral communication
courses
- English seminars
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About the Author
Eleanor Kane Hinohara, professor in the Faculty of
International Relations, University of Shimane,
Japan, has taught for over thirty years in the UK
and Japan. She has focussed on Content and Language
Integrated Learning (CLIL) methodology in initial
teacher education since 2010 and is especially
interested in the role that Virtual Exchange can
play in a CLIL approach to language learning through
collaboration between educators in diverse fields.
She is the recipient of several Japanese Ministry of
Education grants to investigate CLIL. She holds an
MA (Hons) in English Language and Literature from
the University of Glasgow, an MPhil in Publishing
from Stirling University, and an MSc in TESOL from
Aston University, all in the UK.
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