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EL 441 / 641 Teaching Young Learners

EL 441 / 641 Teaching Young Learners. Spring Term 2004 Session 5: course book evaluation Tutors: Liz Austin & Nilufer Demirkan. Suggested reading. Brewster J., G. Ellis, D. Girard (2002) Chapter 11 Cameron L. (2001), Chapters 4 & 5 Halliwell S. (1992) Chapter 4. Further reading.

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EL 441 / 641 Teaching Young Learners

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  1. EL 441 / 641Teaching Young Learners Spring Term 2004 Session 5: course book evaluation Tutors: Liz Austin & Nilufer Demirkan

  2. Suggested reading • Brewster J., G. Ellis, D. Girard (2002) Chapter 11 • Cameron L. (2001), Chapters 4 & 5 • Halliwell S. (1992) Chapter 4

  3. Further reading • Ervin S.M., 1961, “Changes with age in the verbal determinants of word association” in Journal of American Psychology 74, pp 361 - 372 • Nation, I. S. P., 1990, Teaching & Learning Vocabulary, Boston, Mass: Heinle & Heinle • Nation P., 1997, “Vocabulary Size, Text Coverage And Word Lists” in N. Schmitt and M. McCarthy (eds), Vocabulary Description, Acquisition And Pedagogy CUP pp. 6-19 • Singleton, D. M., 1999, Exploring the second language mental lexicon, CUP • Rixon S., 1999, “Where do the words in EYL Textbooks come from?” in Young Learners Of English: Some Research Perspectives, Longman, Chapter 5 pp 55 – 71.1.

  4. Serena Liang: current PhD research

  5. What does it mean to know a word? • To know a word is “a matter of degree rather than all or nothing”. Cameron (2001) p.76. • If a course aims to ‘teach’ a word (i) what information, (ii) what practice must it provide? • The principle of recycling language. • Principle of lexical grouping. • Syntagmatic-paradignmatic shift. • Vocabulary load: 500 words per annum??

  6. The Rixon Study Rixon 1999, “Where do the words in EYL Textbooks come from?” • Big Red Bus, Heinemann, 1993 • Chatterbox, OUP, 1989 • Crackerjack, Nelson, 1994 • Fanfare, OUP, 1993 • Look Listen & Learn, Longman, 1968 • Stepping Stones, Collins ELT, 1989 • Tip Top, MacMillan, 1990

  7. The Rixon Study Rixon 1999, “Where do the words in EYL Textbooks come from?” • 889 items • Range 181 – 459 • Common to all 7 books: 7 items • Common to at least 5 books: 113 items (30 numbers) • 83 words • Greatest variation in books with strong story-line

  8. The Rixon Study Rixon 1999, “Where do the words in EYL Textbooks come from?” • Colours (9) • Parts of the body (7) • Verbs (5) • Classroom objects (5) • Animals (3) • Prepositions (2) • Family members (2)

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