Teaching English as a Foreign Language for Dummies

Cover Art for 9780470745762, Teaching English as a Foreign Language for Dummies by Michelle Maxom
ISBN: 9780470745762
Publisher: For Dummies
Published: 24 January, 2012
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Links Australian Libraries (Trove)
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If you thought it would be easy to teach a language you?ve spoken all your life, then think again! It can be a huge challenge to learn how to break English down into digestible chunks, and impart information in a logical and intuitive way. But the thousands of people who teach English abroad can certainly testify to the huge popularity of this career, so if you?ve decided to take a TEFL course, if you?re on a TEFL course and want some back-up, or even if you?ve already started teaching and need a helping hand, then look no further. Covering how to teach grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, to assessing students? performance, setting assignments and tests, and everything in between, this is a one-stop guide to one of the most enriching careers you can embark on. Teaching English as a Foreign Language For Dummies covers: Part I - Getting started in TEFL Discovering The Wonderful World of TEFL What Do TEFL Teachers Actually Do? Going from Student to Teacher: TEFL Courses, Qualifications and Jobs, Part II - Putting A Lesson Together Starting From the Beginning: Planning the Lesson The Spotlight?s on You: Giving a Presentation to the Class Holding the Reins and Letting Them Loose: Giving Students Practice Getting Your Red Pen Out: Giving Correction & Feedback Be Materialistic! Using Course Books and Other Materials Who?s the Boss Around here? Managing Your Classroom Part III - How to Teach Skills Classes Taken as Read: Teaching Reading Lessons Write or Wrong? Teaching Writing Lessons What Accent? Teaching Pronunciation Setting Their Tongues Wagging: Speaking & Discussing In One Ear, Out The Other: Learning to Listen Part IV - The Grammar You Need to Know And How To Teach It Stop Press! Student to Deliver Sentence Feeling Tense? Which Tense is Which? And There?s More?..Other Important Verb Structures Part V - What Kind of Class Will I Have? Put Them to the Test The Loner and Businessman: One to Ones and Business English Getting Youth on Your Side: Coping with younger learners Making The Grade: Handling Exam classes One For All And All For One Monolingual and multi-lingual classes Part VI - The Part of Tens 10 Ways to Liven up an English lesson 10 Great Resources for TEFL Teachers Lesson Plan Templates TEFL Locations Around the World

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