Compelling Conversations - Vietnam de Nguyen, Teresa X.

Compelling Conversations - Vietnam: Compelling Conversations, cartea 5

Nguyen, Teresa X.

Eric H. Roth

Toni Aberson

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 oct 2016

Become who you want to be - in English

Compelling Conversations - Vietnam: Speaking Exercises for Vietnamese Learners of English is the second edition of Compelling Conversations - Vietnam: Questions and Quotations for Advanced Vietnamese English Language Learners. Based on our original and highly successful English as a Second Language (ESL) textbook, Compelling Conversations, this unique ELT textbook was created specifically for Vietnamese learners of English in the United States. This fluency-focused second edition includes 14 revised thematic chapters to create quality conversations, interview questions, pronunciation exercises, and paraphrasing exercises of traditional proverbs to create hours of English conversation and class discussions.

Compelling Conversations - Vietnam also expands work knowledge and academic vocabulary with communicative activities focused around the study of common prefixes and suffixes.This conversation book also includes cultural tips for international students and immigrants. Students gain greater fluency, confidence, and vocabulary in communicative activities. Adult and community college students share opinions, build critical thinking skills, and create authentic conversations.

Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations for Advanced Vietnamese English Language Learners includes:

Over 100 communicative activities about daily life
Focused pronunciation activities that target common "good mistakes" made by Vietnamese learners of English
Includes short readings on American culture
Over 100 global and 40 Vietnamese proverbs to build intercultural under- standing and develop critical thinking skills
Designed for multi-level listening and speaking classes
Helps prepare for standardized tests like TOEFL, IELTS
Includes 15 Search and Share assign- ments for homework
Includes 10 additional reproducible surveys, forms, and worksheets in the appendix

This communicative, oral skills EFL/ESL textbook has been primarily designed for international high schools, community college/university English language programs, and adult education programs. The book combines focused communicative activities and the natural language approach.

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Notă biografică

Teresa X. Nguyen, M.A. in Linguistics, B.A. in English Literature, brings considerable experience to this innovative textbook for Vietnamese learners seeking to improve their English speaking skills. Currently a core faculty at the California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) in the American Language Program (ALP), she has spent over ten years directing and teaching English to Vietnamese learners, both abroad in Southeast Asia and locally in southern California. Nguyen's thirst to sharpen her teaching skills, has led her to seize many opportunities to teach a wide variety of English language learners. Nguyen has taught English language learners in China, Vietnam, and the United States from over 25 countries. She has also taught English learners from elementary school to graduate students. The experiential basis for this communicative ESL textbook is her own struggles and successes as an international student studying abroad in Korea (2006), Spain (2007), and China (2008). Nguyen has also presented at several English teacher conferences, including TESOL international conferences in Baltimore, Maryland (2016) & Toronto, Canada (2015), CATESOL conferences in Anaheim, California (2015) & Santa Clara, California (2014), and at TESOL club events (2014, 2015). Her presentations focus on the optimal use of edtech and accessible pedagogy. However, Nguyen's most rewarding career experience - so far - has been supervising and training TESOL graduate students as a Master teacher (2013-present). Compelling Conversations - Vietnam: Speaking Exercises for Vietnamese Learners of English is her first book. Today, as a more successful language learning adult, she hopes to share these effective strategies through this innovative speaking skills textbook.