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December 2019
Print ISBN: 9781773381367
Overview
Designed as an all-in-one guide, this practical, easy to
use text is essential to all courses offering instruction to
students who are training to become language teachers
in Canada and abroad. Awarded the 2017 TESL Canada
Innovation Award for Teacher Professional Development
Resource, this wonderfully concise textbook covers key topics including course design, lesson planning, and classroom
management. It also identifies how to teach speaking,
listening, reading, and writing, with special attention to
language acquisition and intercultural communication. This
essential resource is ideal for courses in teaching English as
a second or foreign language and for certificates in TESL,
TEFL, TESFL, or TESOL.
FEATURES:
- "Meet the Teacher” case studies prompt students to consider and develop their teaching style
- includes sample lesson plans, classroom activities, discussion questions, and robust appendices
- instructor supplements include a companion website with links to web resources and practice activities
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I – Teaching Language: An Overview
Chapter 1: All about Teachers
Chapter 2: Learning about Learners
Chapter 3: Learning from Others: Approaches and Methods
Chapter 4: Planning Courses
Chapter 5: Planning Lessons and Activities
Chapter 6: Class Management
Chapter 7: Assessment
Part II – Teaching Language Skills and Subskills
Chapter 8: Teaching Speaking
Chapter 9: Teaching Listening Comprehension
Chapter 10: Teaching Reading
Chapter 11: Teaching Writing
Chapter 12: Understanding and Teaching Vocabulary
Chapter 13: Understanding Grammar
Chapter 14: Teaching Grammar
Chapter 15: Understanding Speech Sounds
Chapter 16: Teaching Sound Perception and Pronunciation
Chapter 17: Linguistic Factors in Language Acquisition
Chapter 18: Intercultural Communication
Chapter 19: Frequently Asked Questions
Appendix 1A: Common Acronyms
Appendix 2A: Student Details
Appendix 2B: Common Frameworks for Describing Language Proficiency
Appendix 2C: Appropriate Instruction for Particular Language Levels
Appendix 2D: Sample Needs Assessment
Appendix 3A: Sample GTM Grammar Worksheets
Appendix 3B: Sample GTM Reading Activity
Appendix 3C: Sample Audio Lingual Drills
Appendix 3D: Sample Communicative Lesson
Appendix 3E: Sample Content-Based Lesson
Appendix 3F: Sample Lexical Approach Activities
Appendix 7A: Commonly Used (International) Proficiency Tests
Appendix 8A: Common Discourse Markers
Appendix 8B: Sample Simulation and Role-Play Scenarios
Appendix 9A: Sample Listening Activities
Appendix 10A: Sample Reading Lesson
Appendix 11A: Sample Writing Lesson
Appendix 12A: Sample Vocabulary Lesson
Appendix 13A: Verb Tenses in English
Appendix 14A: Sample Grammar Lesson (Tense)
Appendix 14B: Sample Grammar Lesson (Conditionals)
Appendix 15A: IPA Vowel Chart for North American English
Appendix 16A: Sound Families for Common North American Vowel
Sounds
Appendix 16B: Sound Families for Tricky Consonant Sounds
Glossary of Key Terms
Index
