Product Description

If you have recently trained to teach English as a foreign language or are currently on a training course, this book will give you practical help and support as you start your first teaching assignments. It will provide you with the basic teaching skills, background knowledge and awareness that will enable you to enter the classroom with confidence and develop your skills.

Teach Yourself Teaching English contains:
- advice on effective and successful teaching techniques,
- invaluable tips on classroom management, lesson planning and using coursebooks,
- approaches to teaching different kinds of lessons,
- tasks and review sections in each unit to help you remember what you have learnt,
- lots of information about job hunting and career development.

This book is the ideal teaching companion and can be referred to at short notice for suggestions, examples and reassurance.

The leader in self-learning with more than 300 titles, covering all subjects.
Be where you want to be with Teach Yourself.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8290 in Books
• Published on: 2003-03-28
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Synopsis
If you have recently trained to teach English as a foreign language or are currently on a training course, this book will give you practical help and support as you start your first teaching assignments. It will provide you with the basic teaching skills, background knowledge and awareness that will enable you to enter the classroom with confidence and develop your skills. "Teach Yourself Teaching English" contains: advice on effective and successful teaching techniques; invaluable tips on classroom management, lesson planning and using coursebooks; approaches to teaching different kinds of lessons; tasks and review sections in each unit to help you remember what you have learnt; and lots of information about job hunting and career development. This book is the ideal teaching companion and can be referred to at short notice for suggestions, examples and reassurance. The leader in self-learning with more than 300 titles, covering all subjects. Be where you want to be with "Teach Yourself."

About the Author
David Riddell qualified as an EFL teacher in 1984 and became an approved teacher in 1987. He is currently teaching students of English and training new teachers in London. Since 1994 he has also been Senior Assessor.

Customer Reviews

Far too much on teaching, nowhere near enough on English
I bought this book in the fond belief that it would help me teach English to students in a non-English speaking country, only to find that it's not about that at all. It's apparently aimed at teachers who are either mid-way through, or have already been trained on, a teaching-English-as-a-foreign language (TEFL) course. Why qualified teachers should need a book on how to impart knowledge in the classroom is, I'm afraid, quite beyond me, but if you're a teacher who desperately needs a guide on how to teach, perhaps this strange little book will be right up your street. Those of us who are not qualified teachers and those who are not interested in the latest laid-back educational fashions should look elsewhere, and preferably for a book written not by an education specialist, but by a competent linguist who knows English well, and who can offer well-informed advice on how to design an introductory English language course for foreign students - something that this book doesn't really do.

Great book
I wasnt sure about buying this book to begin with but after reading the first few pages, I realised I had made an excellent choice. The layout is good and it is easy to read and full of tips, advice and ideas on teaching. It practically covers a TEFL course in a few pages. Definately recommend it to anyone interested or going to work as a TEFL teacher.

A whole CELTA/TEFL course in one book
This book comprehensively distills the whole TEFL course in a book. (If it werent for requiring the certificate I'd recommend saving yourself some money by just buying the book!). An indespensible resource, especially for new EFL teachers.