Barney Barrett, Pete Sharma

Best Practices for Blended Learning

Handbook

Practical ideas and advice for language teachers and school managers running Blended Learning courses

Best Practices for Blended Learning is a comprehensive, practical handbook to help you deliver successful Blended Learning lessons and courses.

£34.95

Description

Best Practices for Blended Learning supports language teachers and school managers in developing and running blended courses.

Authors Pete Sharma and Barney Barrett bring their years of experience to this ever-evolving and highly-complex field.  They offer systematic guidance on the various technologies available to language teachers.  They also introduce a framework to help you choose which of the many learning platforms available is suitable for your context and goals.

The handbook also contains a wealth of practical teaching ideas which blend traditional classroom input with online activities.

If you are a language teacher or teacher trainer looking to blend your classes, this resource offers the information and support that you need. It is also ideal if you are an academic manager looking to improve learning outcomes in your institution.

This title is part of Pavilion ELT’s Teaching English series.

Audience

Best Practices in Blended Learning is ideal for ELT teachers of varying experience levels.

This comprehensive handbook provides new teachers with much-needed support, but also offers inspiration for experienced teachers and teacher trainers with lots of new ideas and checklists to develop your skills further.

Details

ISBN: 9781911028840
Publication: 30 March 2018
Content:
Section 1: Blended Learning in language teaching

1. What is Blended Learning?
2. A brief history of Blended Learning
3. Research
4. Models
5. Why run a Blended Learning course?
6. Challenges
7. Success factors
8. A framework for creating a Blended Learning course
9. Platform options
10. Blended Learning in action

Section 2: Practical ideas

1. Starting a BL course
2. Grammar
3. Vocabulary
4. Listening
5. Reading
6. Speaking
7. Writing
8. Games and projects
9. Testing and assessment
10. Finishing a BL course

Section 3: Resources

1. Blended Learning and the future
2. Evaluating technology: hardware and software
3. Tips for teacher trainers
4. Learning more about Blended Learning

Photocopiables

Online appendices

Authors

Pete Sharma is a teacher trainer, a trainer trainer, a consultant, a presenter and an ELT author. He specialises in educational technology and Blended Learning.

Barney Barrett is a specialist in the use of technology in English language teaching and Blended Learning, and is a teacher and teacher trainer. Both have over 20 years of experience.

Pete and Barney have worked closely together for many years, writing books and delivering training courses.

Kindle edition

If you would like to get your copy immediately or save on postage costs, you can now buy a Kindle version of Best Practices for Blended LearningYou can also take a look inside before you buy. Kindle editions can be read on the Kindle app across most devices, including phones, tablets and computers, so you do not need a Kindle device to purchase a copy.

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