Het schrijven van Alan Duff wordt gekenmerkt door rauw realisme en een scherpe analyse van maatschappelijke problemen. Zijn kenmerkende vertelstijl, die vaak naast elkaar geplaatste innerlijke monologen gebruikt, kreeg voor het eerst brede erkenning met een roman die onmiddellijk resoneerde bij lezers. Duff's werk verkent consequent thema's als identiteit, armoede en sociale rechtvaardigheid, en schuwt de confrontatie en het stellen van uitdagende vragen niet. Zijn proza is urgent, meeslepend en vormt diepgaand de perceptie van de wereld door de lezer.
Resource Material for Listening Comprehension and Fluency Practice
This book offers something completely new for high-intermediate and more advanced listening comprehension: a set of short dialogues built around a common theme (generally a language function) and often intentionally ambiguous.
Poetry in the Language Classroom
Numerous ideas on the use of poetry to promote discussion and creative composition are included within a rich collection of poems and techniques geared to improving comprehension, appreciation and enjoyment. The selections can be used at any level starting from lower-intermediate,
This resource book offers teachers of the English language a variety of practical ideas for the use of literature in class. The text stresses the use of literature for language practice only
The fully revised edition of this 'classic' helps teachers give their learners the tools they need to express themselves through a range of stimulating drama contexts. This completely revised edition of the classic title Drama Techniques provides: *150 ideas for interesting and productive fluency practice *a large selection of drama-based techniques which focus learners' attention on communicative tasks or activities *techniques suitable for all levels *clear instructions for the teacher *advice on how to use the techniques in the classroom
Drama Techniques in Language Learning offers a large selection of techniques for use at all levels which focus learners' attention on communicative tasks or activities. These involve the whole personality of the learner and provide real reasons for expressing feelings and opinions. The techniques require no special training and can easily be introduced into normal course work. This greatly expanded highly successful edition provides: advice on using the techniques in the classroom; 150 ideas for interesting and productive fluency practice; clear instructions for the teacher; and detailed cross-referencing between exercises.
Once Were Warriors is Alan Duff's harrowing vision of his country's indigenous people two hundred years after the English conquest. In prose that is both raw and compelling, it tells the story of Beth Heke, a Maori woman struggling to keep her family from falling apart, despite the squalor and violence of the housing projects in which they live. Conveying both the rich textures of Maori tradition and the wounds left by its absence, Once Were Warriors is a masterpiece of unblinking realism, irresistible energy, and great sorrow.
Drama Techniques in Language Learning offers a large selection of techniques for use at all levels which focus learners' attention on communicative tasks or activities. These involve the whole personality of the learner and provide real reasons for expressing feelings and opinions. The techniques require no special training and can easily be introduced into normal course work. This greatly expanded highly successful edition provides: advice on using the techniques in the classroom; 150 ideas for interesting and productive fluency practice; clear instructions for the teacher; and detailed cross-referencing between exercises.
The raw and powerful sequel to Once Were Warriors . It is six years since Jake's daughter Grace hanged herself. Jake's wife, Beth, has left him, his son Nig was killed in a gangland fight - his only consolations are drink and his memories. His daughter Polly is determined to escape the violence that is destroying the Maoris. But can Jake, too, redeem himself?
