Bøger af Keith S. Folse

Provides an Introduction to English for Academic Purposes in speaking skills. The exercises practice an array of important academic speaking strategies, including tips for impromptu speaking and making presentations, and also reinforces vocabulary. Each unit includes activities based on the types of speaking situations that students will encounter in academic settings.

Written for classroom teachers (K-12, ESL, EFL), this book teaches the most common ESL grammar points in an accessible way through real ESL errors together with suggested teaching techniques. Relevant grammar terminology is explained.

This workbook, which may be used independently or in conjunction with English Sentence Structure, contains more than 400 exercises that cover beginning- and intermediate-level grammar points such as tenses, articles, count and noncount nouns, modals, verbals, relative clauses, passive voice, adverbs, and conditional sentences.

A guide to language testing and assessment. It provides useful insights into the practice and terminology of assessment. It focuses on providing the cornerstones of good assessments - usefulness, validity, reliability, practicality, washback, authenticity, transparency, and security - and techniques for testing.

Breaks down the teaching of second language vocabulary into eight commonly held myths. In debunking each myth, Keith Folse introduces the myth with a story based on his teaching experience, continues with a presentation of what empirical research has shown on the topic, and shows what teachers can do to facilitate true vocabulary acquisition.