English Language Teaching Books
These books on English language teaching are often on the recommended reading list given to you by many teacher trainers. Some may help with your pre-training tasks set for you by your tutors.
classroom management
Teaching English to Young Learners: Anger in our Classrooms
Reflecting on Anger and Classroom Management when teaching English to Young Learners At my age, a lot of memories of being seven-and-a-half have been pruned… Read More »Teaching English to Young Learners: Anger in our Classrooms
Differentiated Instruction
We talk about the principle of differentiation in the TEFL Preparation Course and again in the Teaching English to Young Learners Course. In both courses we consider how to apply it both in the adult classroom and with younger english language learners. Here are some books for further reading.
Learner Centredness, Management, Language Clarification, Practice, Skills and Planning
Part of being a teacher is also like being a camp leader. How a group bonds, how they manage cultural difference, and solve problems at a social level really affects your class. Language clarification aside, you need to have techniques, approaches and activities that help develop rapport.
Classroom Management: Getting the Buggers to Behave, by Sue Cowley
“This book gives you advice on behaviour management that is easily accessible and equally easy to apply. This book provides plenty of information on the basic of behaviour management, lots of tips and ideas for managing the physical aspects of the classroom environment. The ideas and advice given are based on common sense observations and strategies that have worked for me.”
Reading for Teachers of English to Young Learners
Reading for Teachers of English to Young Learners. This list will be added to!
Post CELTA: Managing the Young Learner Classroom
This month, Moira Allen, a Young & Very Young Learners teacher based in Seville, Spain, has shared with us some of her advice for teachers who find themselves in a YL classroom. Read her highlights below and listen to us talking about classroom managment on the podcast.
Where the Growth is. An Interview with Jim Scrivener.
This month we talk with twice ESU Duke of Edinburgh Prize winner, Jim Scrivener. Best known for his book “Learning Teaching” (Macmillan ELT), a wide-ranging guidebook to contemporary English Language Teaching, which won the ARELS Frank Bell Prize, and featured on our reading list, Jim is a freelance writer, consultant, teacher and trainer.
English Language Teaching Books
These books on English language teaching are often on the recommended reading list given to you by many teacher trainers. Some may help with your pre-training tasks set for you by your tutors.