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Linguistic Soup
Recipes for Success
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by Richard Caraker
A4;
102 pp
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Linguistics
Soup: Recipes for Success is an applied
linguistics course for English as a second
language classes, which integrates the content of
teaching methodology and second language
acquisition theories with task-based reading,
writing, listening, speaking, and vocabulary
exercises. It is a CLIL course for students
interested in increasing both their English
proficiency and their knowledge of principles of
language teaching and learning.
The seven units alternate between reading and
listening input, and challenge students from CEFR
A2-B2 levels. The content is presented through a
variety of genres, including blogs, radio
interviews, roundtable discussions, university
lectures, and encyclopedia entries. Preservice
teachers benefit from relevant and high interest
topics, such as communicative competence,
individual differences in language learning,
English dialects, educational psychology, aspects
of language teaching and learning, and second
language acquisition theories.
Students interact with the content through honing
group discussion skills, engaging in information
gap activities, participating in mock interviews,
delivering oral presentations, and writing
academic essays. Targetted at university students
who want to be English teachers in the future,
Linguistic Soup: Recipes for Success can also be
motivating materials for anyone interested in
increasing English proficiency and learning about
how languages are learned and taught.
Use this book for:
- Teaching
methodology classes
- Skill-based
English classes
- Oral
communication classes
- Integrated
skills classes
- Pre-service
teacher training classes
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About the Author
Richard Caraker has been teaching applied
linguistics and academic English skills at Nihon
University’s Department of English Language and
Literature since 2011, and before that taught
content-based English courses for medical, nursing,
and rehabilitation students in rural Japan. A
resident of Japan since 1992, he loves creating a
learning environment where students have fun and
take charge of their learning. A sax player since
high school, Rich enjoys playing in jazz combos and
rockin' style bands in Tokyo and Yamanashi.
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