Introduction -- Classroom methodology -- Developing language awareness -- Background to teaching -- Appendix -- Reading and reaction worksheet -- Reading and reaction worksheet. Classroom methodology -- 30. Classroom management and teacher language -- 2. Providing feedback and correction techniques -- 3. Teaching receptive skills: reading and listening -- 4. Oral fluency and speaking skills -- 5. Developing learner's writing skills -- 6. Teaching vocabulary -- 7. Teaching grammar -- 8. Lesson planning -- 9. Planning a sequence of lessons -- 10. Teaching exam classes -- 11. Exploiting authentic material -- 12. Promoting learner autonomy -- Developing language awareness -- 13. Phonology: sounds and word stress -- 14. Phonology: sentence stress and connected speech -- 15. Vocabulary: features of lexis -- 16. Concept checking: vocabulary and grammar -- 17. Grammar: tense, time and aspect -- 18. Grammar: narrative verb forms -- 19. Grammar: future forms -- 20. Grammar: conditional forms -- 21. Grammar: modality -- 22. Grammar: the noun phrase -- 23. Functional language -- 24. Discourse analysis -- Background to teaching -- 25. Methodology: historical perspectives -- 26. Second language acquisition (SLA) -- 27. Sociolinguistic perspectives -- 28. World englishes -- 29. COurse design -- 30. Testing and evaluation -- Appendix -- Reading and reaction worksheet.
Summary:
Ready-to-go activities for teacher trainers running pre- and in-service training courses. For busy teacher trainers who practise what they preach: trainees will benefit from learning about methodology in training sessions which are in themselves models of good teaching practice.
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