Success in English Teaching

This is a comprehensive and readable introduction to teaching English. It is ideal for initial teacher training, but also provides guidance and fresh ideas for more experienced teachers. It offers realistic ways of achieving success even with large classes and limited resources.

Introduction

xiii

A general approach to teaching English

1

(16)

Introduction

1

(1)

Recognizing success in teaching English

1

(2)

Teachers and teaching

2

(1)

Co-ordination of English language departments

2

(1)

Establishing goals and objectives in teaching English

3

(2)

Variations in course goals

3

(2)

Communication first and last

5

(5)

English as the main classroom language

6

(2)

Routine communicative activities

8

(2)

A general model of English teaching

10

(2)

Creating conditions for learning

12

(5)

Learner participation

12

(1)

Motivation

13

(2)

Summary

15

(1)

Project

16

(1)

Presenting new language items

17

(18)

Introduction

17

(1)

New items in an English language course

17

(4)

What you need to know about new items

19

(1)

Functional-grammatical items

20

(1)

Presenting new functional-grammatical items

21

(9)

Teaching analysis and planning

21

(3)

Presentation procedures

24

(6)

Coursebook material

30

(1)

The place of writing in presentation

30

(1)

Writing for clarification and consolidation

30

(1)

From presentation to practice

31

(4)

Summary

33

(1)

Project

34

(1)

Organizing language practice

35

(24)

Introduction

35

(1)

The difference between accuracy and fluency practice

35

(3)

Practice and communication

36

(2)

Oral accuracy practice

38

(9)

Language patterns and substitution

39

(1)

Accuracy practice and communication

39

(4)

Information gaps

43

(1)

Elicitation in accuracy practice

44

(1)

Interactions

45

(1)

Topics and activities

46

(1)

Oral fluency practice

47

(6)

Types of fluency activity

48

(5)

Feedback and correction in oral practice

53

(3)

Feedback and correction in accuracy work

54

(1)

Feedback and correction in fluency work

55

(1)

Written practice

56

(3)

Summary

57

(1)

Project

58

(1)

Handling vocabulary

59

(12)

Introduction

59

(1)

Vocabulary in language teaching and learning

59

(1)

Dealing with new vocabulary

60

(7)

Meaning and use in communication

61

(2)

Pronunciation and spelling

63

(3)

Grammar

66

(1)

Working on vocabulary

67

(4)

Remedial work

68

(1)

Summary

68

(1)

Project

69

(2)

Developing spoken communication skills

71

(18)

Introduction

71

(1)

Communication

71

(4)

Communication outside the classroom

71

(3)

Communication in the classroom

74

(1)

The four skills

74

(1)

Listening

75

(7)

Classroom listening

77

(1)

Recorded texts

77

(5)

Speaking

82

(7)

Classroom speaking

83

(1)

Speaking activities

84

(3)

Summary

87

(1)

Project

88

(1)

Developing written communication skills

89

(14)

Introduction

89

(1)

Spoken and written language

89

(1)

Reading comprehension

90

(6)

Ways of reading

91

(1)

Reading activities

92

(3)

Reading outside the classroom

95

(1)

Writing

96

(3)

Writing activities

96

(3)

Integrating skills

99

(4)

Summary

100

(1)

Project

101

(2)

Review and remedial work

103

(14)

Introduction

103

(1)

The need for review and remedial work

103

(1)

The language learning process

104

(4)

Input, imitation, and cognitive hypotheses

104

(1)

Subconscious and conscious processes

105

(1)

Errors and learning

105

(1)

Pedagogical and natural syllabuses

106

(1)

Variables

106

(1)

Implications for review and remedial work

107

(1)

Review activities

108

(4)

Remedial work

112

(2)

Personalized remedial work

114

(3)

Summary

115

(1)

Project

116

(1)

Planning and managing classes

117

(88)

Introduction

117

(1)

Long-term planning

117

(78)

The course syllabus

117

(2)

Syllabus units

119

(72)

Alternative methods

191

(2)

Communicative Language Teaching

193

(1)

The `Course Design Approach'

194

(1)

Current Developments

195

(2)

Learner-centred Teaching

195

(1)

Task-based Learning

196

(1)

Developing as a teacher

197

(8)

Self-development

198

(1)

Co-operative development

199

(2)

Formal development

201

(1)

Summary

202

(2)

Project A

204

(1)

Project B

204

(1)

Glossary

205

(6)

Sources and further reading

211

(6)

Index

217

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