Discussion
papers from the 2003 Amazing Young Minds Primary Forum.
Learning
language - natural magic or long long haul? - by Prof.
Jean Aitchison, Rupert Murdoch Professor of Language and
Communication, Worcester College, Oxford University
Assessment
issues with young learners - by Shelagh Rixon, MA Co-ordinator
of TEYL, University of Warwick
Materials
in the classroom - by Maria José Lobo, Teacher
Trainer, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Learning
English through story books - by Heide Niemann, Committee
member, Germany's National Award for Children's Literature
Using
multimedia materials - by Nick Dawson, writer and teacher
trainer specialising in primary schools
More
information about the writers.
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