Details about "Teaching English as a Foreign Language"
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| Teaching English as a Foreign Language |
DESCRIPTION
Learn to:
- Put an EFL course programme together from scratch
- Let your students loose in skills classes – from reading to listening
- Deliver grammar lessons in a logical and intuitive way
- Cope with different age groups and capabilities
Your one-stop guide to a career that will take you places
If you thought that teaching a language that's second nature to you would be easy, think again! Explaining grammar, or teaching correct pronunciation while simultaneously developing your own skills as a teacher can be a huge challenge. Whether you're on a training course or have already started teaching, this book will help launch your career and give you the confidence and expertise you need to be a brilliant teacher.
- Make an educated decision – decide between the various courses, qualifications and job locations available to you
- Start from scratch – plan well-structured lessons and develop successful and effective teaching techniques
- Focus on skills – from reading and writing, to listening and speaking, get your students sounding and feeling fluent
- Get your head around grammar – teach students to put sentences together, recognise tenses and use adjectives and adverbs
- All shapes and sizes – tailor your lessons to younger learners, one-to-ones, exam classes and Business English learners
Open the book and find:
- TEFL, TESOL, EFL – what all the acronyms mean
- The best course books and materials to supplement your teaching
- Advice on running your class and handling difficulties
- Lesson plans that you can use in the classroom
- Activities and exercises to keep your students on their toes
- Constructive ways to correct and assess your students' performance
- Ways to inject some fun into your classes
- Insider information on the best jobs around the world
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Started in TEFL 7
- Chapter 1: Discovering the Wonderful World of TEFL 9
- Chapter 2: Looking at What TEFL Teachers Actually Do 19
- Chapter 3: Examining Courses, Qualifications and Jobs 31
Part II: Putting Your Lesson Together 47
- Chapter 4: Starting from the Beginning: Planning the Lesson 49
- Chapter 5: Standing in the Spotlight: Presenting to the Class 67
- Chapter 6: Holding the Reins and Letting Them Loose – Giving Students Practice 85
- Chapter 7: Giving Correction and Feedback 101
- Chapter 8: Being Materialistic! Using Course Books and Other Materials 115
- Chapter 9: Who’s The Boss around Here? Managing Your Classroom 125
Part III: Teaching Skills Classes 137
- Chapter 10: Taken as Read: Teaching Reading Lessons 139
- Chapter 11: Write or Wrong? Teaching Writing Lessons 157
- Chapter 12: What Accent? Teaching Pronunciation 171
- Chapter 13: Setting Their Tongues Wagging: Speaking and Discussion 183
- Chapter 14: In One Ear, Out the Other: Learning To Listen 195
Part IV: The Grammar You Need to Know – and How to Teach It 209
- Chapter 15: Stop Press! Student to Deliver Sentence 211
- Chapter 16: Feeling Tense? Sorting Out Verb Tenses 227
- Chapter 17: Exploring More Important Verb Structures 247
Part V: What Kind of Class Will I Have? 263
- Chapter 18: Putting Students to the Test 265
- Chapter 19: Getting Specific: Teaching Just One Student and Business English 275
- Chapter 20: Getting Youth on Your Side: Coping with Younger Learners 283
- Chapter 21: Making the Grade: Handling Exam Classes 299
- Chapter 22: Distinguishing Monolingual and Multi-lingual Classes 317
Part VI: The Part of Tens 333
- Chapter 23: Ten Ways to Liven Up an English Lesson 335
- Chapter 24: Ten Great Resources for TEFL Teachers 341
Appendix A: Lesson Plan Templates 349
Appendix B: TEFL Locations around the World 355
Index 363