ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING - Oxford Academic

ENGLISHLANGUAGETEACHING

ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN OR SECOND LANGUAGE

VOLUME XXIV NUMBER 1 OCTOBER 1969

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THE BRUTONENGLISH COURSEfor adults

Important features of the course:•k Emphasis on spoken English : many of the reading passages

are dialogues.

•A'Realistic and contemporary illustrations.

Tfc-The adventures of a group of young people of different

nationalities learning English in London link the lessons.

•£ Problems and games are used for structural work. Exercises

are not mechanical.

•^Additional material in the language laboratory drills.

•fc Detailed guidance and extra oral work in the teacher's books.

The author:J. G. BRUTON is Director of the British Institute, Madrid.

Summary of the Books:Book 1 has forty-two lessons usually in the form of dialogue,

simple narrative or letters, followed by practice with structures,

pronunciation and vocabulary. The pace is quick and stimulating.

Book 2 continues with a similar pattern to which new kinds of

work are added. There is most useful material for guided writing,

exercises based on illustrations and vocabulary practice. A

substantial revision section is included.

Book 3 presents, the remaining structural features of English.

This structural work includes more complicated verb structures

and close attention to adverbial and prepositional uses. Increasing

emphasis Is given to difficult aspects of vocabulary and meaning,

to writing and to comprehension.

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A new course for beginnersproviding three years' work

an illustration from Book 2

The Bruton English Course for adults

Already published:Book 1 9sTeacher's Book 1 16sTranscript 1 16sLanguage Laboratory Drills 1 £60 plus £10 P.T. in U.K. only(14 tapes and 10 copies of tapescript)Book 2 10sBook 3 11s

In preparation:Teacher's Book 2 16sTeacher's Book 3 16sLanguage Laboratory Drills 2 and 3

For Inspection copies and a specially prepared specimen tapewrite to ;

Overseas DepartmentThomas Nelson & Sons Ltd36 Park StreetLondon W1Y 4DE NELSON

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Speak English FluentlyONA LOW Book I 14s. net

Book II Probable publication January 1970

The aim of these two boolo, together with Proficiency EnglishCourse for Foreign Students (14s. net) and Lower CertificateEnglish Course for Foreign Students (12s. 6d. net) by the sameauthor, is to encourage foreign learners to speak English fluentlyas well as correctly. The material used is largely concerned withthe everyday life, interests and occupations of British people andwith some of their institutions and ideas. The books are intendedfor the student who has a basic knowledge of simple Englishwords and sentence patterns: school children may be ready touse them at the beginning of their second or third year. Thematerial, though mainly dealing with adult interests, shouldappeal to anyone over the age of thirteen.

Edward Arnold41 Maddox Street, London W.1

courses for teachers of English at

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE

The Direct Method—fresh Ideas on class techniques; theuse of audio-visual aids; an Introduction to the languagelaboratory; teaching for examinations; English structureand pronunciation; dally practice In teaching foreignstudents.

S-waak counts for foreign teacher* 1969: Oct. 20-Dec. 12. 1S7XI: Jan. 12-March 6; Oct. 26-Dec. 18.

4-week course* for foreign teacher* 1970: June 1-26; June 29-July 24;July 27-Aug. 21; Aug. 24-Sept. 18.

Special course* on language 1969: Nov. 17-28; Dec. 29-Jan. 2.laboratory technique* 1970: Jan. 5-9) Feb. 2-15; March 2-13;(For foreign and English nationals) May 4-15; July 13-24; Aug. 10-21.Courses for English nationals Apply for details

Further details from:The International Teacher Training InstituteInternational House, 40 Shaftesbury AvenueLondon W1V8HJ

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Ma cm iI IanPractical Books in Englishas a Second or Foreign LanguageCOMPREHENSION PRACTICE:All texts are followed by multiple-choice and open-endedquestions.

Listening and Comprehending M. H. Combe Martin(including short intonation guide) 85Reading English Objectively (Series)Stage 1. LJnton Stone IsStage 2. R. L Malone 7s

ORAL PRACTICE:Providing extensive and graded practice.

Oral Drills In Sentence Patterns (revised edition)Helen Monfries 7* 9rfTo Start You Talking J. F. de Freitas(guided practice on everyday adult topics) 10s approx.

STRUCTURE PRACTICE:A Remedial English Grammar for Foreign StudentsF. T. Wood Paper 6s. Answer Book 3sThe Groundwork of English Sentence StructureD. Waldo Clarke 5s 6dLower Cambridge English Exercises Linton Stone(over 500 sections of graded exercises) 6sModern English Structures. Books 1 -3R. Ridout and S. MasonBook 1,6s. Book 2, 6s 6d. Book 3, in the press

IDIOMATIC USAGE:English Prepositional Idioms F. T. WoodBoard 3Os. Paper 1&sEnglish Colloquial Idioms F. T. WoodBoard 35s. Paper 16s

BACKGROUND BOOKS:Background to Britain. M. D. Munro Mackenzie andL J. Westwood (topical information with languagecomprehension and exercises) 6s

REFERENCE BOOKS:An Advanced English GrammarPaul Christophersen and Arthur O. Sandved(a descriptive grammar specialising in commondifficulties for foreign learners) Board 30s. Paper 18sA Reference Book of EnglishR. Ridout and D. Waldo Clarke(covers linguistic, literary and background information inexplanations intelligible to the intermediate student andabove) 12s 6d approx.

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Examinations in Spoken Englishas a Second Language

The current syllabus published by TrinityCollege London is compiled by Dr. W. R. Leeand contains the requirements for twelveexaminations graded in difficulty from the mostelementary standard to the most advanced.The examinations meet the needs of bothchildren and adults and are conducted in manyschools and colleges at home and overseas.There is also a Teachers' Diploma syllabus.

Full particulars available free from the

Secretary, Trinity College

11 Mandevllle Place, London W.1

ExplorationsA practical study of

children writing poetryRhodri Jones September 1969 20s

Remarkable results are achieved by encouragingchildren to express and extend their experience throughthe medium of language.

The author shows with numerous authentic exampleshow literature, music, painting and drama can be used toteach all children the creative writing of poetry.

The teacher of English In primary and secondaryschools will find this book an Invaluable practical guide,while no student training to teach English should miss theopportunity of using the text.

A new British book fromMcGraw • Hill

Maidenhead • Berkshire

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A TwentiethCenturyEnglishVernar Blckley and Kenneth Methold

A series of books written for adult students and SecondarySchool pupils studying English as a foreign language. It issuitable for use In Colleges of Education, Adult EducationClasses, Language Institutes and In the senior classes ofSecondary Schools, taking the student up to the standard ofthe Lower Cambridge Certificate Examination and equivalentexaminations.

Basic course now complete with the publication of Book 4Twentieth Century EnglishVerner Blckley and Kenneth MetholdBook 1 7/6Book 2 8/-Book 3 7/6Book 4 11/-

Ancillary course now complete with the publication ofBook 3English Idioms at WorkKenneth MetholdBook 1 6/6Book 2 7/-Book 3 9/-

Other titles In the Twentieth Century English series

Progressive English ExercisesVerner Blckley and Kenneth Methold 6/6

Systematic CompositionVerner Blctdey and Kenneth Methold 7/-

Twentieth Century English Book 1 Tape Recording(8-ln. reel, 3.75 I.P.S./9.5 cm./s.) 55/-+27/3 P.T.

For further details and for Inspection copies, please write to

I]Dept. A 246 St Paul's House Warwick Lane London EC4

UNIVtRSITY OF LONDON PRESS LTO

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ContentsEditorial • 1The Role of the Mother Tongue at Home and at School In the

Development of Blllngualism * Seraflna B. Krear • 2The New Grammarians and the Language Teacher *

L G. Alexander • 5An American View of the Training of EFL Teachers In Britain •

Thurston Womack * 11English Language Teaching In a Social/Cultural Dialect Situation (2) •

J. Allen Jones • 18Some More Non-Rules • Brian Pearce • 23On the Specific Character of Pronunciation • Ana Tataru * 26More Classroom Conversation • A. Wharton * 27Speaking Together • W. R. Lee • 30The Variation of Classroom Drill Techniques • M. J. Paine • 34Dramatic Dialogues • Hana Raz (Polak) * 43Teaching Intonation In the Language Laboratory * J. J. Higglns and

J. Windsor Lewis • 46The Blackboard Composition • W. L. Radford * 49Tests of Writing Ability In English as a Foreign Language *

/. Dunlop • 54The Survey of Language Use and Language Teaching In Eastern Africa *

Clifford H. Prator • 59An Experimental Summer School on ELT Methods In Northern

Nigeria • A. M. Shaw * 63Some Aspects of Modern-Language Teaching In West Germany •

Klaus Wilpert • 71For the Young Teacher—

Contextuallsation • J. G. Bruton • 76Two Structure Stories • Peter Curran * 79Newsboard • 81Question Box • 83Reviews * 86Books and Periodicals Noted • 91

English Language Teaching is published by Oxford University Press inassociation with the British Council.New and renewal subscriptions and orders for back issues should be sentto Subscription Department, Oxford University Press, Press Road, Neasden,London, NW10, except in Western Germany, where the sole agent for saleand distribution is Julius Groos Verlag, 6900 Heidelberg, Postfach 629.Annual subscription (three issues) 20J. (J3.00) post free (DM12.50 notincluding postage).Single issues Is. 6tL (DM4.50) from Vol. 24.Orders for Volumes I-XV should be addressed to Johnson ReprintCompany Ltd, Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square, London, Wl.Contributions and general correspondence should be addressed toDr W. R. Lee, 16 Alexandra Gardens, Hounslow, Middlesex. Prospectirecontributors should first contact the editor or submit outlines of theirarticles. Manuscripts should be typed in double spacing on one sideof the paper only. No responsibility can be accepted for the loss ofmanuscripts.The views expressed in English Language Teaching are the contributors'own and not necessarily those of the publisher or the editor.

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