Product reviews for The Language Teaching Toolkit

Andy’s book adds to the ‘buffet of languages’ strategies that established and confident teachers can intersperse within a les­son or as a homework activity to engage and reinforce prior and/or new learning. This collection of 150+ activities for getting lan­guages to stick are part of creating multiple cross-modality opportunities for learners to really show you what they know, what they can do, and how they can be creative with lan­guage. These activities could form part of your classroom (or departmental) formative assessment approach too, which cre­ates opportunities for learners to really show you what has stuck, and what needs revisiting. As with any good classroom activity, they can be easily adapted to support the learners in front of you and could be used as an individual, a pair, or group task. Some activities do require some prior thought and preparation; I do think that the authentic resources in your classrooms and departments can be dusted off and used in relation to many of these activities. Whether you are an EAL/ESL or English teacher or international language teacher, there are activities in here that you will know and more activities you’ll want to get to know and that you’ll love! As a departmental head, you can absolutely work collaboratively on elements of these across classrooms and teams, developing skills, classroom activities, and practice as a department whilst also building resources and maximising time. One thing is for sure, your learners will become increasingly more active, more engaged, and increasingly confident in the language they are learning, so get ready to sprinkle these across your les­sons and out-of-hours learning.