What is Penny Ur?
'''Penny Ur''' (born 1944) is a [[professor]] at [[Oranim and Haifa University]]. She retired as head of the Masters of Education program at the [[Oranim Academic College of Education]]. Ur studied at several universities earning her [[Master of Arts]] at [[Oxford University]], PGCE at [[Cambridge University]], Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Foreign Language at [[Reading University]]. She moved from the [[United Kingdom]] to [[Israel]] in 1967. She taught in primary and secondary schools in Israel for more than 30 years. She is interested in language-teaching methodologies, how they change the ways teachers teach, and English as a [[lingua franca]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tesol-france.org/Colloquium09.php |title=TESOL France Colloquium 2009 |accessdate=2013-08-14 |last= |first= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |archive-date=2013-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226033333/http://www.tesol-france.org/Colloquium09.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> She writes for the Learning English section of the Guardian Weekly.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/profile/penny-ur |title=Penny Ur |work= The Guardian |accessdate=2013-08-14 |last= |first= |format= |publisher= |pages= }}</ref> Ur received the [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for her work as an English language teacher.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cambridge.org/gb/elt/news/news_article/item7266011/?site_locale=en_GB |title=Penny Ur and Simon Greenall awarded OBE |accessdate= 2013-08-14 |last= |first= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= }}</ref> == Works == * ''A Course in Language Teaching: Practice and Theory''. Cambridge University Press. * ''Discussions that Work''. Cambridge University Press. * ''Five-Minute Activities''. Cambridge University Press. * ''Grammar Practice Activities''. Cambridge University Press. * ''Teaching Listening Comprehension''. Cambridge University Press. * ''Vocabulary Activities''. Cambridge University Press. == References =