Marta Garrote Salazar

University English Course for Pre-service Primary Teachers is an English as a second language textbook specially addressed to would-be Primary teachers. It was designed following the main principles of English for Specific Purposes, as it is a learner-centered material to teach English as an additional language, which focuses on developing communicative competence in a specific discipline, that is, teaching in Primary Education. Therefore, contents are based on authentic texts, videos, etc. related to education and emphasising the vocabulary which teachers-to-be will need in their future practice.According to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, the English level of this textbook isindependent user(B1-B2). However, it contains authentic sources without manipulation which independent users may occasionally find slightly demanding. This is, nonetheless, a necessary part of the learning process References to authentic material can be found as footnotes throughout the book and in the list of references.It is the perfect book to use in the classroom, but also in self-learning contexts, as several activities were designed from a blended-learning and flipped-classroom approach.

How to assess primary school learners of foreign languages. A guide for classroom practice documents assessment as an essential part of the learning process. It introduces an overview of the recent theories, terminology and practical in classroom approaches concerning assessment of primary school language learners.The book is organised in two parts. The first part, the Theoretical framework, deals with important terms, reasons and effects, methods, principles, and procedures of assessing primary school learners of foreign languages (FL).The second part, Practice, is organised in three working sections: Section I includes seven steps to help the reader during the classroom assessment design; Section II covers how to give effective oral and written feedback; Section III addresses observing, documenting, and reflecting on primary school learners of FL.Finally, some assessment tasks are included in appendices. Appendix I includes printable worksheets illustrating formative assessment ideas. Appendix II provides a framework for teachers to support their reflections on learning outcomes, the topic of learning, success criteria, and performance descriptors for primary school learners of FL. Appendix III includes six short video clips from real life FL teaching practice of primary sc

Didáctica de segundas lenguas y lenguas extranjeras en Educación Infantil y Primaria recoge los conocimientos básicos sobre enseñanza de lenguas, haciendo una revisión de las principales teorías sobre su adquisicion y aprendizaje, de los metodos didacticos mas habituales en el aula y de la gestion de esta ultima. El objetivo es dar una vision global de la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de segundas lenguas y lenguas extranjeras y facilitar a los maestros, tanto potenciales como en activo, diferentes metodos de enseñanza, herramientas para gestionar su aula, estrategias para enseñar las distintas destrezas y consejos para identificar las necesidades de su alumnado y, de esta forma, aplicar la metodologia mas adecuada. El volumen esta estructurado en cinco partes: - Fundamentos teoricos: sintetiza las teorias principales sobre adquisicion y aprendizaje de lenguas y los metodos de enseñanza mas empleados a lo largo de la historia. - Enfoques didacticos: se amplian los metodos mas actuales. - Necesidades del alumnado, gestion del aula y evaluacion. - Destrezas y competencias: como enseñar las destrezas y competencias necesarias para comunicarse en una segunda lengua o lengua extranjera. - Recursos y planificacion de sesiones. Marta Garrote Salazar es profesora en el Departamento de Filologias y su Didactica de la Facultad de Formacion de Profesorado y Educacion de la Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. Doctora en Linguistica y licenciada en Filologia Inglesa y Linguistica por esta misma universidad imparte clases de ingles en los Grados de Maestro de Educacion Infantil y Primaria, asi como de didactica de la lengua inglesa en la Mencion de ingles. Asimismo, ha impartido varios seminarios sobre Linguistica Computacional aplicada tanto a la investigacion en educacion como a la enseñanza de segundas lenguas. Esta ultima actividad ha supuesto un nuevo camino en su trayectoria investigadora, aunando la linguistica descriptiva, computacional y de corpus y la enseñanza de segundas lenguas y formacion del profesorado.