Practical techniques and ideas for classroom activities. Assumptions about learning. The role of TP on a teacher training course. Feedback on lessons. Eliciting, giving instructions and setting up activities. Students working outside the classroom.
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Contents Introduction 1. What is teaching practice (or TP)? 2. Assumptions about learning 3. The aims of this book 4. How to use this book Chapter 1. Approaching teaching practice 1. The role of TP on a teacher training course 2. Working with others 3. Your own attitude 4. What do observers do during TP? 5. Feedback on lessons 6. Keeping track Chapter 2. Managing the class 1. Use of eye contact, gesture and the voice 2. Classroom arrangement 3. Attention spread 4. Teacher talk and student talk 5. Eliciting, giving instructions and setting up activities 6. Monitoring 7. Starting and finishing the lesson 8. Establishing rapport and maintaining discipline 9. The monolingual and the multilingual class Chapter 3. Managing resources: equipment and teaching aids 1. The board 2. The overhead projector 3. Visuals 4. Worksheets and workcards 5. The cassette recorder 6. Video 7. Computers 8. The photocopier Chapter 4. Using materials 1. Published materials 2. Authentic materials Chapter 5. Developing skills and strategies 1. Integrated skills 2. Receptive skills: listening 3. Receptive skills: reading 4. Productive skills: speaking 5. Productive skills: writing 6. Learner development and study skills 7. Students working outside the classroom Contents Chapter 6. Presenting and practising language 1. Structures: grammar and functions 2 Vocabulary 3. Pronunciation Chapter 7. Giving feedback to students 1. Giving positive feedback 2. Correction techniques 3. Evaluation and testing Chapter 8. Planning lessons 1. Lesson plans 2. Researching the language 3. Getting organized 4. Follow-up 5. Planning a series of lessons Chapter 9. For the new trainer 1. Organizing TP 2. Preparing trainees for TP 3. The role of the TP supervisor 4. Giving feedback on lessons observed 5. The recruitment of volunteer students 6. Trainer-training Glossary of terms Macmillan Books for Teachers Welcome to the Macmillan Books for Teachers series. These books are for you if you are a trainee teacher, practising teacher or teacher trainer. They help you to: • develop your skills and confidence • reflect on what you do and why you do it • inform your practice with theory • improve your practice • become the best teacher you can be The handbooks are written from a humanistic and student-centred perspective. They offer: • practical techniques and ideas for classroom activities • key insights into relevant background theory • ways to apply techniques and insights in your work The authors arc teachers and trainers. We take a learning as you go approach in sharing our experience with you. We help you reflect on ways you can facilitate learning, and bring your personal strengths to your work. We offer you insights from research into language and language learning and suggest ways of using these insights in your classroom. You can also go to and ask the authors for advice. We encourage you to experiment and to develop variety and choice, so that you can understand the how and why of your work. We hope you will develop confidence in your own teaching and in your ability to respond creatively to new situations. Adrian Underhill Titles in the series Beyond the Sentence Scott Thornbury Children Learning English Jayne Moon Discover English Rod Bolitho & Brian Tomlinson Learning Teaching Jim Scrivener Sound Foundations Adrian Underhill Teaching Practice Roger Gower, Diane Phillips & Steve Walters Teaching Reading Skills Christine Nuttall Uncovering Grammar Scott Thornbury 700 Classroom Activities David Seymour & Maria Popova Teaching Practice Who is the book for? This book is designed to help you with the teaching practice element of a training course where you teach part or all of lesson under supervision. You may be: • One of a group of trainees teaching volunteer students in a class especially arranged for teaching practice. • An apprentice attached to an experienced teacher and teaching some of that teachers lessons. • An untrained/inexperienced teacher working with your own class and learning on the job. What is Teaching Practice? A teaching practice (TP) session can range from informal practice of a particular technique, perhaps with other trainees acting as students, to a formally assessed lesson. Teaching practice can take place in an English speaking country or in a country where the first language is not English. The trainees can be native or non-native speakers of English and the classes may be monolingual or multilingual. Although much of the methodology outlined could be applicable to teaching children, it is assumed that the students are teenagers or adults. Teaching Practice sets out: • to increase awareness of the many aspects of the TP situation • to provide some guidelines for TP to help you get the most out of it; • to clarify the reasons behind many of the skills and techniques needed and to provide activities to help and improve them. The focus is on the teaching skills and techniques where the teacher is required to direct or orche