Teaching English as a Foreign Language For Dummies

If you thought it would be easy to teach a language youve 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 youve decided to take a TEFL course, if youre on a TEFL course and want some back-up, or even if youve 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 Spotlights 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 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 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