500 Tips for TESOL Teachers

home, communication with 32
homework 44, 50
homophones 70
house identity 14, 79

independent learning (self-access) 77–88
induction 30
information 30
information technology 89–105
institutional needs 12, 27
international learners 30–32
intonation 41
involving learners 20
isolation 31

keys for corrections 51
knockout quizzes 70

large groups 23–4
learning by doing 4, 81, 84, 87
learning needs 6–9, 11, 19–20, 29, 43
learning outcomes (objectives) 9, 14, 79,
80–81, 84, 87, 98
learning processes 4–5
learning strategies 20, 39, 43–4
listening 42–4
literature 67–8

mature learners 28–9
mini-corpus 63
moderation (computer conferences) 96
motivation 4
multiple-choice questions 100–102

names 23
native English speakers 20
natural language data 58–60
news, using 74–5
objectives (learning outcomes) 9, 14, 79,
80–81, 84, 87, 98

pair work 21–2, 23, 47, 68
paperwork 141–2
part-time teaching 139–40
peer-assessment 114, 115–17
permission 58
personal development 121–42

phonemics 41

phonological features 65

planning a course 9–10

portfolios 128–33

professional development 121–42

professional journals 123–4

pronunciation 40–41

public examinations 118–19

questionnaires 33–5

quizzes 70, 74

radio bulletins 75

reading 45–6, 61–3

real time processing 64

recordings 41, 42–4, 58–60

register 39

religion 31

research 125–7

resource-based learning (self-access) 77–88

role play 48, 72–3

rubrics 15

Scrabble 71

security 19

self-access 77–88

self-access centres 78–9, 85–6

self-access materials, choosing 80–82

self-access materials, designing 83–4

self-access, training learners 87–8

self-assessment 112–14

self-esteem (learners) 19

single letter mindmaps 70

social roles 7

source materials 14

speaking 47–9

speech 40–41, 47–9

starter pages (computer conferencing) 95

stress management 136–8

syllabus organization 11

tabloids 75

targets 6

tasks 15, 21–2

teaching portfolios 128–33

teletext 75

tenses 63

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