Cambridge International AS and A Level English Language Teacher’s Resource CD-ROM

DESCRIPTION:

Endorsed for the Cambridge International AS and A Level English Language syllabus (9093), this Teacher’s Resource CD-ROM is packed with practical guidance and support for the planning and delivery of this syllabus. Written in a clear style by an experienced examiner and teacher, Marilyn Rankin, this resource is the perfect complement to the Cambridge International AS and A Level English Language Coursebook. Including lesson plans, worksheets, presentations, indicative answers to Coursebook activities and homework ideas, this comprehensive and invaluable Teacher’s Resource is designed to support all aspects of teaching, saving time on planning and preparation.

FEATURES:

• Includes clear and practical classroom support with 36 lesson plans, accompanying worksheets and presentations including lesson starters and teacher tips saving time in preparation and planning.
• Written by the co-author of the Cambridge International AS and A Level English Language Coursebook, highly experienced examiner, syllabus designer and teacher, Marilyn Rankin.
• Provides indicative answers to Coursebook activities and guidance on responses to worksheet tasks, supporting teachers with assessment and marking.
• Navigates a clear path through the Coursebook content helping teachers plan and prepare the classes.
• Includes a detailed introduction offering guidance and information on how to teach the course and how to make the most of this Teacher’s Resource CD-ROM.
• Suggested further reading and homework tasks provide a rich bank of content to draw upon saving time in research and planning.
• Features a planning chart setting out various options for delivery plans for Cambridge International AS and A Level English Language, including options for co-teaching.

CONTENTS:

Part 1. AS Level: Unit 1. Reading non-fiction: 1. Types of question, language and style
2. Key reading skills for responding to passages
3. Planning and structuring a commentary
4. Using evidence and quotations
5. Descriptive writing
6. Personal writing
7. Memoirs and autobiographies
8. Persuasive writing
Unit 2. Writing non-fiction: 9. Approaching 'directed writing' questions
10. Approaching 'writing for a specified audience' questions
11. Planning written responses
12. Text types and purposes
13. Discursive writing and writing to argue
Unit 3. Imaginative writing: 14. Exploring imaginative writing tasks
15. Key reading and writing skills
16. Creating your own imaginative and descriptive writing
Part 2. A Level
Unit 4. Text and discourse analysis: 17. Features of spoken language
18. Speech strategies
19. Transcribing speech
20. Para linguistic features
Unit 5. Spoken language and social groups: 21. The context of spoken language
22. Language used to include and exclude
23. Non-standard features of English
24. Speech sounds and accents
25. Theories and studies of social variation in language
26. Dialect, sociolect and idiolect
Unit 6. English as a global language: 27. English and other languages
28. Whose English is it? Kachru's Circles model
29. From British to Global English
30. English: standard and non-standard
31. British vs American English
32. Language death
Unit 7. Child language acquisition: 33. The main stages of early development
34. Language acquisition by children and teenagers
35. The functions of young people's language
36. Theories of language acquisition.