This session, based on extensive corpus research, shows how the Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English tackles these issues. The presenter shows letters to demonstrate writing tasks that lead to highly motivating guided writing projects. This text uses a variety of rhetorical forms to teach the process approach to writing and the essential reading skills connected to the process. Theory and practical applications for the classroom will be discussed. When materials are translated to another English variety, more needs changing beyond the obvious.
Lifts become elevators but that is only half the story.
Other things that have to be changed reveal distinctive cultures and help us towards understanding the learner's perspective. McGraw-Hill's Degrassi High Video Guidebooks make the language and issues in selected episodes readily accessible to ESOL students. Authors show how to use these guidebooks. Gone is a traditional method that left no room for group exploration or personal interpretation. John Wagner, President of Linguatronics, is a pioneer in building Networked Multimedia labs.