Teaching English as a Foreign Language For Dummies

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Teaching English as a Foreign Language for Dummies

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

Michelle Maxom

English as a Foreign Language teacher and trainer

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

'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 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

If you thought it would be easy to teach a language youve 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 youve decided to take a TEFL course, if youre on a TEFL course and want some back-up, or even if youve 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 Spotlights 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 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 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