Teaching English as a Foreign Language For Dummies.
Title:
Teaching English as a Foreign Language For Dummies.
Author:
Maxom, Michelle.
ISBN:
9780470684566
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (404 pages)
Series:
For Dummies
Contents:
Teaching English as a Foreign Language For Dummies -- About the Author -- Dedication -- Author's Acknowledgements -- Contents at a Glance -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Conventions Used in This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- How This Book Is Organised -- Part I: Getting Started In TEFL -- Part II: Putting Your Lesson Together -- Part III: How to Teach Skills Classes -- Part IV: The Grammar You Need to Know - and How to Teach It -- Part V: What Kind of Class Will I Have? -- Part VI: The Part of Tens -- Icons Used in This Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part I Getting Started in TEFL -- Chapter 1 Discovering the Wonderful World of TEFL -- Understanding Why English -- Looking at the TEFL Marketplace -- Considering countries - both home and abroad -- Changing with the seasons -- Teaching trends -- Getting Out There -- Preparing to leave town -- Setting up elsewhere -- Thinking About a Stint or a Life in TEFL -- Filling gap years and career breaks -- Planning a new life -- Addressing some qualms -- Chapter 2 Looking at What TEFL Teachers Actually Do -- Answering Common Questions -- Can I teach English without knowing the students' language? -- Do I have to translate? -- Will the students be children? -- Do I have to know all the grammar in the English language? -- Can I teach without a degree and formal qualifications? -- I hated language lessons at school. Will the job be like that? -- Are there lots of books and exercises for students to work through? -- What kind of person makes an ideal TEFL teacher? -- Does it matter that I'm not a native speaker? -- How many students will I have? -- Is it okay if I don't 'talk posh'? -- Will the students like me? -- How will I know what to do? -- Talking to Students and So Much More - Teaching Basics -- Teaching the easier words first -- Focusing on the most useful words.
Giving students room to talk -- Keeping things relevant -- Recognising What Your Students Want from You -- Chapter 3 Examining Courses, Qualifications and Jobs -- Teaching the Teacher -- Finding your level -- Being an unqualified teacher -- Getting initiated -- Becoming a qualified teacher -- Getting on Course -- Entering introductory courses -- Signing up for a certificate course -- Keeping your distance -- Going for a diploma course -- Staying in for in-house training -- Banking on Salaries -- Finding Work -- Part II Putting Your Lesson Together -- Chapter 4 Starting from the Beginning: Planning the Lesson -- Deciding What to Teach -- Beginner -- Elementary -- Pre-intermediate -- Intermediate -- Upper-intermediate -- Advanced -- Proficiency -- Keeping Things Relevant -- Getting into Grading -- Setting Aims and Objectives -- Getting Your Timing Down and Planning for Interaction -- Assembling Presentation, Practice and Production -- Introducing the point -- Analysing the point -- Trialling the language -- Giving your students free practice -- Stepping Out of the Spotlight to Let Your Students Shine -- Chapter 5 Standing in the Spotlight: Presenting to the Class -- Eliciting Answers - Ask, Don't Tell! -- Creating Interest with Visual Aids -- Showing and telling - pictures and objects -- Travelling along timelines and tenses -- Using the board effectively -- Doing Concept Checks -- Introducing Vocabulary -- Sharing function and connotation -- Fish and . . . ? Teaching vocabulary in chunks -- All right mate! Teaching poshwords and slang -- Talking about words that mean the same and opposites - synonyms and antonyms -- Presenting Grammar -- Chapter 6 Holding the Reins and Letting Them Loose - Giving Students Practice -- Practising New Words -- Practising with the whole class first -- Practising alone -- Practising in pairs -- Practising in groups.
Moving to the Production Stage -- Writing and speaking -- Role-playing in pairs -- Getting dramatic in groups -- Giving Instructions -- Putting Students into Pairs and Groups -- Trying Out Practice and Production Activities -- Writing a blurb -- Doing class surveys and reports -- Playing Mastermind -- Producing predictions -- Chapter 7 Giving Correction and Feedback -- Knowing What to Correct and When -- Judging accuracy, timing and value -- Exploring the nature of the error -- Letting Your Fingers Do the Talking -- Using your hands -- Teaching with body language -- Leading to Self Correction -- Progressing by prompting -- Examining echoing -- Encouraging Peer Correction -- Scheduling Class Feedback -- Wielding Your Red Pen -- Marking with correction codes -- Choosing written errors to work with -- Marking criteria -- Praising the good bits -- Exposing Progress -- Chapter 8 Being Materialistic! Using Course Books and Other Materials -- Wasting No Time Reinventing the Wheel -- Listing Popular Course Books and Published Resources -- Going for general English books -- Imparting business English -- Starting off younger learners -- Adapting Your Course Book -- Catering to a class of mixed ability -- Dealing with mixed age groups -- Setting tasks -- Making Use of Authentic Materials -- Designing Your Own Materials -- Using What's at Hand -- Chapter 9 Who's The Boss around Here? Managing Your Classroom -- Running Your Classes Effectively -- Organising Your Classroom -- Considering basic equipment -- Arranging the room -- Establishing Classroom Rules -- Keeping Order -- Troubleshooting -- Dealing with disruptive students -- Handling a lack of participation -- Attending to poor attendance -- Part III Teaching Skills Classes -- Chapter 10 Taken as Read: Teaching Reading Lessons -- Choosing a Text -- Starting with the ABCs -- Reading whole words.
Graduating from words to sentences with the help of punctuation -- Looking at length -- Judging interest and relevance -- Working with the Text -- Getting ready to read: Pre-reading tasks -- Finding your way around -- Getting the gist -- Getting down to the nitty-gritty -- Predicting -- Summarising -- Handling Vocabulary -- Before you set off -- Along the way -- Try another route -- Working on Skills Associated with Reading -- Including reading-related skills -- Doing more than reading -- Reading Case Study -- Chapter 11 Write or Wrong? Teaching Writing Lessons -- Putting Pen to Paper -- Paying attention to basic writing skills -- Completing sentences -- Moving on to paragraphs -- Structuring a Writing Lesson -- Energising the class with pre-writing tasks -- Setting the writing task and explaining the stages -- Registering the Right Degree of Formality -- Writing Case Study -- Chapter 12 What Accent? Teaching Pronunciation -- Repeat after Me -- Repeating first -- Repeating as a class and individually -- Using Phonology: Sound and Spelling -- Getting to know the 44 key sounds of English -- Using phonemes in class -- Adding Emphasis to Words and Syllables -- Impotent or important? Placing emphasison syllables -- Emphasising words -- Improving Fluency through Pronunciation -- Watch Your Tone! - Intonation -- Chapter 13 Setting Their Tongues Wagging: Speaking and Discussion -- Getting Students Talking -- Warming up -- Talking about communicative activities -- How About You? Extending Conversations -- Helping students depart from the script -- Following up -- In My Opinion - Agreeing, Disagreeing and Negotiating -- Expressing an opinion -- Interjecting, rephrasing and summing up -- Planning a Discussion Lesson -- Choosing the right topic -- Creating structure in the discussion -- Paying attention without taking over.
Chapter 14 In One Ear, Out the Other: Learning To Listen -- Structuring Your Lesson -- Choosing a Listening Activity -- Finding material from the real world -- Choosing the material from course books -- Using CDs and DVDs for authentic listening -- Whetting Students' Appetites -- Motivating students to listen -- Running through some pre-listening tasks -- Come Again? Repeating the Text -- Listening for the basic idea -- Listening for detail -- Planning Follow-Up Activities -- Part IV The Grammar You Need to Know - and How to Teach It -- Chapter 15 Stop Press! Student to Deliver Sentence -- Starting with the Basics: Subjects, Verbs and Objects -- Thinking about subjects -- Activating verbs -- Acting on the object -- Proposing Prepositions -- Introducing Articles -- Using the indefinite a/an -- Getting specific with 'the' -- Foregoing the article altogether -- Describing Adjectives and Adverbs -- Sprucing up a noun with an adjective -- Expanding on verbs with adverbs -- Connecting with Conjunctions -- Differentiating conjunctions -- Weaving conjunctions into writing and speaking -- Chapter 16 Feeling Tense? Sorting Out Verb Tenses -- I Speak, I Spoke, I've Spoken: Identifying the Tenses -- Beginning with the Present Simple -- Staying Continuously in the Present -- Going Back to the Past, Simply -- Remembering a Moment in the Past -- Presenting the Present Perfect Simple -- Sharing experiences -- Continuing from the past until the present -- Anticipating expectations -- Noting recent changes -- Acting in the Present Perfect Continuous -- Moving from the past until the present -- Showing recent changes -- Getting to the Past Perfect Simple -- Seeing the structure -- Plotting a timeline -- Focusing on the Past Perfect Continuous -- Expressing the Future -- Doing the future simple -- Going into the future continuous -- Getting to the future perfect.
Looking forward to the future perfect continuous.
Abstract:
Making Everything Easier! Teaching English as a Foreign Language for Dummies Learn to:Put an EFL course programme together from scratchLet your students loose in skills classes - from reading to listeningDeliver grammar lessons in a logical and intuitive wayCope 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 youStart from scratch - plan well-structured lessons and develop successful and effective teaching techniquesFocus on skills - from reading and writing, to listening and speaking, get your students sounding and feeling fluentGet your head around grammar - teach students to put sentences together, recognise tenses and use adjectives and adverbsAll shapes and sizes - tailor your lessons to younger learners, one-to-ones, exam classes and Business English learners "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."-Claire Woollam, Director of Studies & a Teacher Trainer at Language Link London Open the book and find:TEFL, TESOL, EFL - what all the acronyms meanThe best course books and materials to supplement your teachingAdvice on running your class and handling difficultiesLesson plans
that you can use in the classroomActivities and exercises to keep your students on their toesConstructive ways to correct and assess your students' performanceWays to inject some fun into your classesInsider information on the best jobs around the world.
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