Becoming an Outstanding Languages Teacher
(Becoming an Outstanding Teacher) 2nd Edition
by Steve Smith (Author)
Becoming an Outstanding Languages Teacher
explores the skills that it takes to deliver exceptional language
teaching and produce outstanding results. Written by a highly
experienced teacher and teacher educator, this book provides a wide
range of approaches to teaching, along with an abundance of practical
classroom ideas.
This new edition keeps the focus on
the nuts and bolts of planning lessons – which will keep students
engaged and stimulated when learning a language – and features a new
chapter on intercultural understanding, as well as updated information
on the latest digital technology tools. Reference is made to tried and
tested methodologies and classroom procedures, along with exciting new
approaches which teachers have found productive. The book covers:
- how to run a room;
- dissecting lessons: written texts, aural texts and visuals;
- teacher-student interactions, communicative tasks and sentence-building;
- developing phonological and phonics skill;
- purposeful games;
- teaching with words and chunks;
- teaching students with varying aptitude for language learning;
- using digital technology to support learning;
- what it means to "teach grammar";
- intercultural understanding;
- building a repertoire to lighten your workload.
Packed
full of strategies which are easy to implement, this book is essential
reading for both pre-service teachers and experienced practitioners.
