- Introduction Acknowledgements viii
- Chapter 1 Planning for Teaching and Learning
- 1 Exploring learning processes
- 2 Assessing learners’ language needs
- 3 Planning a course
- 4 Choosing the right coursebook
- 5 Designing your own materials
- Chapter 2 Meeting Learners’ Needs
- 6 Responding to learning needs in the classroom
- 7 Using pair and group work
- 8 Working with large classes
- 9 Keeping your class in good order
- 10 Mature learners
- 11 Supporting learners away from home
- 12 Designing feedback questionnaires
- Chapter 3 Language Work in the Classroom
- 13 Teaching vocabulary
- 14 Teaching pronunciation
- 15 Teaching listening
- 16 Teaching reading
- 17 Teaching speaking
- 18 Teaching writing
- 19 Teaching grammar
- 20 Making good use of your coursebook
- 21 Collecting natural language data
- 22 Exploiting authentic written texts
- 23 Exploiting authentic spoken texts
- 24 Using literature
- 25 Games for language learning
- 26 Role play
- 27 Using the news
- Chapter 4 Implementing Self-access
- 28 Setting up a self-access facility
- 29 Choosing self-access materials
- 30 Designing self-access materials
- 31 Supporting self-access from the classroom
- 32 Training learners to use self-access materials
- Chapter 5 Using Information and Communications Technologies
- 33 Helping learners to get started with e-mail
- 34 Setting up computer conferencing
- 35 Choosing computer-aided learning packages
- 36 Designing computer-delivered assessment elements
- 37 Giving learners feedback using e-mail
- Chapter 6 Assessment
- 38 Designing classroom tests
- 39 Giving feedback on classroom tests
- 40 Getting learner self-assessment going
- 41 Getting learner peer-assessment going
- 42 Preparing learners for public examinations
- Chapter 7 Personal and Professional Development
- 43 Using professional journals
- 44 Doing action research
- 45 Starting a teaching portfolio
- 46 Building your teaching portfolio
- 47 Managing your time
- 48 Dealing with stress
- 49 Working as a part-time teacher
- 50 Coping with your paperwork
- Conclusions
- Further reading
- Index