Choosing your words carefully
How many words do learners need in order to operate effectively in English? How do we decide which words to prioritize, and in what order to teach them? How does the careful grading of vocabulary in a text aid learning? In this talk, Caroline Krantz, co-author of Navigate, a unique new course for adults, will explore these questions and offer some insight into how the course has been underpinned by the careful attention to the selection of words to ensure learners get the words they need to maximize their progress in English. She will also offer practical suggestions for activities to help adult students learn the vocabulary.
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Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary: bringing words off the page
This session introduces some of the features of the new 9th edition of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (OALD) - book, DVD and new premium website. It demonstrates how the dictionary can be used as much more than just a reference resource. It focuses especially on how students can use the new iSpeaker (DVD and website) and Speaking Tutor to improve their speaking skills.
Agenda:
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 11.30 - 12.00 | Registration, book exhibition |
| 12.00 - 12.10 | Introduction |
| 12.10 - 13.10 | Session 1 Choosing your words carefully. Speaker: Caroline Krantz |
| 13.10 - 13.30 | Coffee break, exhibition |
| 13.30 - 14.10 | Session 2 Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary: bringing words off the page. Speaker: Anna Morris |
| 14.10 - 14.30 | Prize draw from Oxford University Press, Summary |
Caroline Krantz
Caroline Krantz is a teacher and ELT writer, based in Oxford. She studied classics and modern languages at Oxford University and joined the world of EFL in 1991. She worked for two years as a teacher in Barcelona and for a further twelve years as a teacher and teacher trainer at language schools in Oxford. She began her writing career in 2005 and has authored and co-authored a number of Coursebooks, Workbooks and Teacher Resource Books for adult and upper-secondary learners. Her titles for OUP include Move On Students’ Book, Solutions Advanced Workbook and Headway Teacher’s Resource Books. Most recently she has co-authored two levels of Navigate, OUP’s new General English course for adults. She also writes listening exams for Cambridge ESOL.
Anna Morris
Anna Morris is Area Manager for Oxford University Press (OUP) Ukraine and in this capacity she has run numerous teacher training sessions and commercial presentations for teachers of English for the last 19 years.
Anna has a degree from Dragomanov National Pedagogical University and IH Certificate in Teaching English at International House, where she taught prior to her work at OUP. She has MBA from International Management Institute.
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