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The Practice of English Language Teaching (3rd Edition) (Longman Handbooks for Language Teachers)
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Product Description
- Includes new examples from published coursebooks and reference materials
- ‘Follow-up Tasks’ to practise the ideas presented in each chapter
- Suggestions for further reading, and a detailed bibliography
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #76881 in Books
- Published on: 2001-02-23
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 370 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Jeremy Harmer has taught in Mexico and the UK where he is currently an occasional lecturer at Anglia Polytechnic University. He has trained teachers and offered seminars all over the world. A writer of both course material and methodology, he is the author of methodology titles including How to Teach English (1998), The Practice of English Language Teaching (3rd edition 2001) and How to teach Writing (2004) all published by Pearson Education Ltd. He is the General Editor of the Longman methodology list and hosts a teacher development website at http://www.eltforum.com/
Customer Reviews
poor
Sorry, I can't see why this book has been recommended by so many courses. It's formulaic and fails to make useful judgements between methods. I suppose the thing I like least is how he interprets psychological theories. This is essentially a recapitulation of popular prejudices. He misses the basic points about behaviourism, comes out with outdated criticisms of intelligence testing and promotes 'Multiple Intelligence' uncritically (the experimental evidence is in fact unsupportive of this). And B.F. Skinner's first name was not Bernard!
Peculiarly enough, Harmer's other book, 'How to teach English' is probably the best introduction to English teaching. It's compact and leads to you having a basic understanding of what you should be attempting to do in class.
Note that this is the old 2001 3rd Edition. The 2007 4th Edition ISBN 1405853115 is available.
Note that this is the old 2001 3rd Edition. The 2007 4th Edition ISBN 1405853115 is available.
First class for a TEFL course
I read this book in its entirety before completing a TEFL course and found it invaluable. It covers everything from intonation through to the use of audio-visual equipment in class.
Whilst I did find some of the information plain common sense it is still a 'must read' to get a foot up in the world of TEFL/TESOL
