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Making Everything Easier!

Teaching English as a Foreign Language for Dummies

Learn to:

• Put an EFL course programme together from scratch

• Let your students loose in skills classes – from reading to listening

• Deliver grammar lessons in a logical and intuitive way

• Cope with different age groups and capabilities

Michelle Maxom

English as a Foreign Language teacher and trainer

Your one–stop guide to a career that will take you places

If you thought that teaching a language that′s second nature to you would be easy, think again! Explaining grammar, or teaching correct pronunciation while simultaneously developing your own skills as a teacher can be a huge challenge. Whether you′re on a training course or have already started teaching, this book will help launch your career and give you the confidence and expertise you need to be a brilliant teacher.

• Make an educated decision – decide between the various courses, qualifications and job locations available to you

• Start from scratch – plan well–structured lessons and develop successful and effective teaching techniques

• Focus on skills – from reading and writing, to listening and speaking, get your students sounding and feeling fluent

• Get your head around grammar – teach students to put sentences together, recognise tenses and use adjectives and adverbs

• All shapes and sizes – tailor your lessons to younger learners, one–to–ones, exam classes and Business English learners

′An invaluable manual for anyone thinking of embarking on a TEFL journey. Michelle Maxom′s step–by–step guide provides practical¿tips to get you started and offers key advice to help unleash the creative English language teacher within.′¿

– Claire Woollam, Director of Studies¿& a Teacher Trainer at¿Language Link¿London

Open the book and find:

• TEFL, TESOL, EFL – what all the acronyms mean

• The best course books and materials to supplement your teaching

• Advice on running your class and handling difficulties

• Lesson plans that you can use in the classroom

• Activities and exercises to keep your students on their toes

• Constructive ways to correct and assess your students′ performance

• Ways to inject some fun into your classes

• Insider information on the best jobs around the world

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #114372 in Books
• Published on: 2009-08-14
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 396 pages

From the Back Cover

Making Everything Easier!

Teaching English as a Foreign Language for Dummies

Learn to:

• Put an EFL course programme together from scratch

• Let your students loose in skills classes – from reading to listening

• Deliver grammar lessons in a logical and intuitive way

• Cope with different age groups and capabilities

Michelle Maxom

English as a Foreign Language teacher and trainer

Your one–stop guide to a career that will take you places

If you thought that teaching a language that′s second nature to you would be easy, think again! Explaining grammar, or teaching correct pronunciation while simultaneously developing your own skills as a teacher can be a huge challenge. Whether you′re on a training course or have already started teaching, this book will help launch your career and give you the confidence and expertise you need to be a brilliant teacher.

• Make an educated decision – decide between the various courses, qualifications and job locations available to you

• Start from scratch – plan well–structured lessons and develop successful and effective teaching techniques

• Focus on skills – from reading and writing, to listening and speaking, get your students sounding and feeling fluent

• Get your head around grammar – teach students to put sentences together, recognise tenses and use adjectives and adverbs

• All shapes and sizes – tailor your lessons to younger learners, one–to–ones, exam classes and Business English learners

′An invaluable manual for anyone thinking of embarking on a TEFL journey. Michelle Maxom′s step–by–step guide provides practical¿tips to get you started and offers key advice to help unleash the creative English language teacher within.′¿

– Claire Woollam, Director of Studies¿& a Teacher Trainer at¿Language Link¿London

Open the book and find:

• TEFL, TESOL, EFL – what all the acronyms mean

• The best course books and materials to supplement your teaching

• Advice on running your class and handling difficulties

• Lesson plans that you can use in the classroom

• Activities and exercises to keep your students on their toes

• Constructive ways to correct and assess your students′ performance

• Ways to inject some fun into your classes

• Insider information on the best jobs around the world

About the Author

Michelle Maxom has been teaching English throughout the UK and Italy since 1997 and has the Trinity Certificate and Licentiate Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Formerly Director of Studies at Avalon School of English, she now trains would–be TEFL teachers and runs one–to–one and executive English courses.

Customer Reviews

Comments on "Teaching English as a Foreign Language for Dummies"
Having done a TEFL qualitication in Paris a few years ago, which I've not had the opportunity to use much since, I was most interested in this book and eager to read it.
I was happily making my way through it (and I had the impression that it was well written and knowledgeable) until the author, who says that she's lived and worked in Italy, confidently declares (on page 329 in a chapter about "The English class in Italy"), that the Italian word for magazine is "scomparto". This came as a big surprise to me as I know perfectly well from my own knowledge of the language (but I did also check with some Italian friends to get their opinion) that the correct word is "rivista".
Not having a lot of personal practical experience of TEFL teaching, it's clearly difficult for me to judge the quality of the advice / practical examples but, I have to say, if the author's knowledge of Italian is any reflection of her knowledge of TEFL, then it doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

How to teach English as a foreign language.
This book offers help on how to plan lessons and gives hints and tips, like to simplify your language and use gestures/body language to communicated more easily, and to limit your talking time to a maximum of 30% of the lesson and play games to get the students working and using there newly acquired skills. The back of the book has a list of countries and the requirements you must need (e.g. visas and qualifications) to teach in each country. Very informative and highly recommended.

Very useful
I was fortunate to be in a class taught by Michelle last year. She is a great trainer/teacher and I'd recommend the TEFL course to anyone who may be interested. This book is also recommended because it strides through the whole process of teaching TEFL in an organised and uncluttered way. The book is easy to read, and the teaching and organisational tips are brilliant.Ideas can be drawn from this book to help anyone at the learning stage of TEFL. The book also gives information on how much you can earn in different countries,in private teaching and in language schools. I don't think there are many teaching for dummies books out there, hoping that there may be a business English for dummies book to follow.