What English Language Teachers Need To Know

Abstract

Designed for pre-service teachers and teachers new to the field of ELT, these companion textbooks are organized around the key question: What do teachers need to know and be able to do in order for their students to learn English? All English language teachers need to understand the nature of language and language learning, and with that understanding they need to be able to facilitate student learning ... --Book Jacket. V. 1. Understanding learning. Part 1: Identity and context : Learner identities -- The world of English -- English language learning around the world -- The cultural context -- Learning about identity and setting -- Part 2: Language awareness : The sound system -- The system of words -- The sentence system -- Beyond the sentence : spoken and written language -- Part 3: Learning -- Theories of learning -- An introduction to second language acquisition -- Second language acquisition and second language pedagogy -- Learning theories in the classroom -- Part IV: Professionalism : Sustaining professionalism. V. 2. Facilitating learning. Part 1: Planning : Planning curriculum -- Planning lession content -- Planning activities and managing classroom interaction -- Selecting and adapting materials -- Part 2: Instructing for learning : Teaching young learners -- Teaching adolescent learners -- Adult immigrants and refugees -- Postsecondary adult learners -- Workplace literacy -- Integrating language and content -- Exploring one's own instruction -- Part 3: Assessing for learning : Formative and alternative assessment -- Large-scale assessment -- Program evaluation. V. 3. Designing curriculum. Part 1. Contexts for ELT curricula. The nature of curriculum design -- Social, political, and historical contexts -- The world of English language teaching -- The technological context -- Part 2. Key processes in curriculum design. The cycle of curriculum design -- Using curriculum to connect lessons, courses, and programs -- Quality assurance and the curriculum -- Part 3. Linguistic-based curricula. The structural approach -- The notional-functional approach -- The academic language functions approach -- A genre and text-based approach -- A vocabulary approach -- A skills-based approach -- Part 4. Content-based curricula. The integration of content and language -- Topical and situational approaches -- Part. 5. Learner centered curricula. A negotiated curriculum -- A humanistic curriculum -- A task-based curriculum -- Part 6. Learning centered curricula. Outcome-based education -- Competency-based curriculum -- Standards-based curriculum.