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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
'An invaluable manual for anyone thinking of embarking on a TEFL journey. Michelle Maxom's step-by-step guide provides practical tips to get you started and offers key advice to help unleash the creative English language teacher within.'
Auteur
Michelle Maxom has been teaching English throughout the UK and Italy since 1997 and has the Trinity Certificate and Licentiate Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Formerly Director of Studies at Avalon School of English, she now trains would-be TEFL teachers and runs one-to-one and executive English courses.
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Learn to:
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.
All shapes and sizes – tailor your lessons to younger learners, one-to-ones, exam classes and Business English learners Open the book and find:
Contenu
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