Jane Arnold Knihy

Nurturing Beginnings guides you through the new mother’s journey and emphasizes the importance of supporting postpartum women and their families. As one of the first comprehensive postpartum training manuals, it is featured on the current DONA Reading List for Postpartum Doulas. The chapters cover essential topics such as the role of the doula, home visiting, health and safety precautions, honoring postpartum women, teaching self-care, and easing postpartum adjustment. It also addresses cultural diversity, breastfeeding support, newborn care, and offering support to partners and siblings. The book discusses unexpected outcomes, caring for families during loss, and nurturing oneself. Contributions from experts like Leah DeCesare, Penny Simkin, and William Sears enhance the content, while poems by Maureen Cannon and insights from the authors enrich the reading experience. With a wealth of links and resources, this manual serves as a valuable tool for birthworkers of all experience levels. We hope you find it an essential addition to your birth resources.

The Principled Communicative Approach offers a fresh take on communicative language teaching, based on cutting-edge research in psychology and linguistics.The Principled Communicative Approach integrates scientific discoveries with the accumulated experience of classroom practitioners.In this book the three renowned authors propose seven key principles that underlie effective communicative teaching, and then illustrate these principles with 75 practical classroom activities.The Principled Communicative Approach is a unique blend of theory embedded in practice, providing excellent resource material for the classroom that students will find motivating and very rewarding, but also useful information for teachers to keep up with the latest developments in the field.

Seeds of Confidence beinhaltet neueste Erkenntnisse zu einem wichtigen Aspekt des affektiven Bereichs – dem Selbstwertgefühl. Es liefert Lehrer/innen die richtigen Techniken und Übungen, um auf kreative Art und Weise das Selbstvertrauen und die sprachlichen Fähigkeiten der Schüler/innen im Unterricht zu fördern. Selbstvertrauen führt zu Können. Fünf wichtige Komponenten des Selbstvertrauens werden in Seeds of Confidence gefördert: Sicherheit, Identität, Zugehörigkeit, Bestimmung und Können. Zu jedem Teilgebiet gibt es mehrere Vorschläge, wie dieses im Unterricht behandelt werden kann. Somit wird ein Unterrichtsklima geschaffen, in dem effektiver Spracherwerb stattfinden kann. Lehrer/innen, die Seeds of Confidence im Unterricht verwenden, können ihre Lehrpraxis einfallsreicher gestalten und so ihre eigene Motivation anheben. Es gibt auch einige Übungen, die für andere Fächer adaptiert werden können, um das Lernen in jeglichem Kontext zu unterstützen. Sämtliche Übungen können für die Verwendung mit allen Schwierigkeitsstufen adaptiert werden – von Anfänger bis Fortgeschritten.

Imagine That explores new ways to enliven your classroom by opening 'the mind's eye, ear and heart' with over 70 motivating activities that help your students learn more effectively. Using more of their inner resources, students will find greater personal meaning in the classroom experience. Imagine That presents a clear introduction to mental imagery, stressing its importance for our cognitive processes in general and for better language learning. A brief review of relevant research provides a background for the many practical ideas about using imagery in secondary and adult ELT classrooms described in this book. All the language skills are addressed. The book comes with a multimedia CD-ROM with worksheets, artwork, music, and recordings of parts of the activities. It can be used on a computer with Power Point and with a CD player. The activities can be adapted and used for all level of students from beginner to advanced.

This book examines the role of affect and cognition in language learning