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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.

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 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

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      Publisher: Canadian Scholars
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/12/2019
      ISBN13: 9781773381367, 978-1773381367
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      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 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

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