Teaching English as a foreign/second language

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    • Riddell, David

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Teaching English as a foreign/second language

David Riddell

(Teach yourself books)

Teach Yourself, 2003

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Teaching English as a foreign language

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"First published in UK 2001 by Hodder Education ... This edition published 2003"--T.p. verso

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

If you have recently trained to teach English as a foreign language or are currently on a training course, this book will give you practical help and support as you start your first teaching assignments. It will provide you with the basic teaching skills, background knowledge and awareness that will enable you to enter the classroom with confidence and develop your skills. Teach Yourself Teaching English contains: - advice on effective and successful teaching techniques, - invaluable tips on classroom management, lesson planning and using coursebooks, - approaches to teaching different kinds of lessons, - tasks and review sections in each unit to help you remember what you have learnt, - lots of information about job hunting and career development. This book is the ideal teaching companion and can be referred to at short notice for suggestions, examples and reassurance. The leader in self-learning with more than 300 titles, covering all subjects. Be where you want to be with Teach Yourself.

Table of Contents

  • Being a student
  • being a teacher
  • classroom management and manner
  • teaching grammar via a situational presentation
  • teaching grammar via a text or recording
  • teaching grammar via "test teach test"
  • teaching vocabulary
  • checking understanding of meaning
  • pronunciation
  • practice activities
  • receptive skills - reading
  • receptive skills - listening
  • receptive skills - speaking
  • receptive skills - writing
  • spoken and written mistakes
  • correction
  • lesson planning 1 - aims
  • lesson planning 2 - writing a lesson plan
  • lesson planning 3 - anticipating problems/language analysis
  • lesson planning 4 - what would you do if?
  • using course books and other materials
  • testing students
  • teaching one-to-one
  • using video
  • professional awareness and development
  • career prospects and job hunting
  • a guide to levels.

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