Beschreibung
Ideas in Action: Activities for Inclusive Language Teaching offers language teachers tools and techniques to embrace and harness the diversity that is inherent in any group of learners. These activities will enable both teachers and learners to recognise and break down barriers to learning in the language classroom, allowing each individual to be their unique and authentic selves, as part of the group. This book is primarily intended for the general adult and teenage classroom, but the ideas can be adapted for most language teaching situations. Activities for Inclusive Language Teaching: starts with an overview of the concepts and terminology used when discussing inclusive practices in ELTdoes not focus primarily on particular groups of students (e.g. visually impaired learners) but rather takes an holistic approach to inclusiontakes teachers through the typical cycle of meeting, getting to know, teaching and finally assessing groups of language learners, celebrating our differences along the waysuggests micro-strategies for nurturing an inclusive learning environment right from lesson 1 Additional features and resources include: access to worksheets accompanying most tasks (as well as accessible versions for learners using a screen reader) via the Delta Augmented appideas for differentiating and extending the activities for learners working at a range of proficiency levelssuggestions for adapting the activities for the online learning environment "In total there are over 30 activities that you can run tomorrow, but their additional value lies in the fact that they set inclusive teachers and school communities on the right track and inspire them to create own activities along the lines proposed by the book." Hanna Kryszewska, Humanising Language Teaching (https://www.hltmag.co.uk/dec22/short-book-reviews)
Autorenportrait
Dr Anne Margaret Smith has taught English for 30 years and is also a dyslexia specialist tutor and assessor. Through ELT well she brings together best practice from the two fields of ELT and SpLD support. She and the other authors of these activities are (or were) all committee members of the IATEFL SIG: Inclusive Practices and SEN, a group which promotes genuinely inclusive practices leading to a sense of belonging and full participation for all within the ELT community. The SIG's remit covers a wide range of human characteristics and identities, acknowledging that they overlap in many individuals.