Teaching English as a Foreign Language for Dummies

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