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Published 2006. Helps teachers extend their range of techniques for teaching grammar to secondary and adult students. Scott Thornbury's up-to-date treatment of the many different approaches to grammar uses new ideas and adaptable activities to help teachers become more versatile and resourceful in the classroom. How can it be used? To develop teachers by encouraging them to adapt activities. As 'loop input' on training courses. Who is it for? Teachers, Trainee teachers and Teacher trainers. Key features: Wide range of techniques develops teachers' skills. Over 60 generic activities encourage variety in class. Fully-adaptable activities offer plenty of new ideas for experienced teachers. Ready-made lessons provide extra support for new or trainee teachers.

This compact, user-friendly book provides practical tips to help you address the challenges of the teenage classroom. This compact, user-friendly book draws on Herbert Puchta's rich knowledge and experience to help you address the challenges of the teenage classroom. It references recent research and developments in understanding teenagers and offers practical tips for creating positive classroom dynamics and guiding teenagers towards becoming mature and responsible adults.

This concise book is authored by the highly-regarded educator and author, Carol Read and draws on her significant expertise in teaching children aged 6-12. It considers all aspects of children's development in primary language teaching, along with linguistic outcomes, and offers a wide range of methodological tips and practical ideas.

The CELTA Course offers a comprehensive preparation program for the CELTA syllabus, endorsed by Cambridge ESOL. It features structured sections including input sessions covering learner contexts, teaching methods, and professional development, alongside teaching practice and classroom observation. The Trainee Book provides essential materials and guidance, while the Trainer's Manual offers strategies for effective teaching. An introductory questionnaire and a concluding review test ensure trainees grasp key concepts and terminology, enhancing their learning experience.

Focusing on the dynamics of English conversation, this book explores its significance for English Language Teaching (ELT) classrooms. It delves into the nuances of conversational skills and their impact on language acquisition, offering valuable insights for educators. The text emphasizes practical applications and strategies to enhance conversational competence among learners, making it a vital resource for teachers aiming to foster effective communication in their students.

This concise and user-friendly book draws on Mark Hancock's wealth of knowledge and experience to provide 50 practical tips that will be useful for teachers of all levels of experience. It outlines the key issues and challenges, with three clear sections. The first addresses the goals and models of teaching pronunciation, the second provides guidance on what to teach in pronunciation classes - the phonology of English, and the third explores how to teach it, with tips covering the techniques and methods used in the classroom.

A compact, user-friendly reference book addressing many of the kinds of questions about grammar that regularly confront teachers, both novice and experienced, when planning or executing their lessons. A glance at any web-site, discussion forum or social network shared by teachers of English suggests that teachers are constantly asking each other questions related to pedagogical grammar. These may simply be questions about terminology or categorisation ('What's a clause?'; 'Is like a preposition?'), or they may seek to unravel subtle grammatical distinctions ('What's the difference between for and since?) or explain persistent learner errors ('Why in bed and not in the bed?'). This book is designed to fulfil this basic, everyday need - as well as being a book that can be read for interest, and even pleasure, in its own right.

Every teacher and teacher trainer needs this bookScott Thornbury's insightful text is an alphabetical list of key ELT terms and concepts, and outlines their relevance to the field. An A-Z of ELT covers terms and concepts such as grammar, lexis, phonology, discourse, methodology, theory and practice. Each entry is categorised, described and explained in terms of its importance and relevance to ELT. Each definition is authoritative, clear and concise, and cross-referenced where relevant. Who is An A-Z of ELT for? • Trainee teachers for whom the terminology and concepts may be new• Teachers who want to refresh or clarify their knowledge, find out more abut the history of teaching methodology or the views on teaching concepts and methodology• Teacher-trainers who want to give clear definitions of terms and concepts

"The New A-Z of ELT is a practical and informative guide that is indispensable to teachers and teacher trainers of all levels of experience. The new edition has been revised and restructured to take recent developments in language teaching into account. It is a fully cross-referenced, alphabetical guide to ELT that defines and explains essential language teaching concepts and terminology from fields including grammar, linguistics, discourse analysis, digital pedagogies, and phonology."--Back cover