On Being a Language Teacher
eBook - PDF

On Being a Language Teacher

A Personal and Practical Guide to Success

  1. 384 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

On Being a Language Teacher

A Personal and Practical Guide to Success

About this book

On Being a Language Teacher provides an innovative, personal approach to second-language teaching. Through illustrative personal anecdotes, this text guides new and aspiring language teachers through key pedagogical strategies while encouraging productive reflection by classroom veterans. An ancillary website provides online videos to complement the text by showing an experienced teacher applying the book's lessons.

In a market dominated by dense theoretical approaches to language pedagogy, this text provides an instantly accessible, practical set of teaching tools for educators at all levels. Its accessible style and affordability give it the flexibility to serve as either a primary or a supplemental text for teaching assistants, students in credential programs, or undergraduates in applied linguistics courses.

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Yes, you can access On Being a Language Teacher by Norma López-Burton, Denise Minor in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Education Theory & Practice. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2014
eBook ISBN
9780300189582
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education Theory & Practice

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. To the Reader
  3. Introduction
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Part I. In the Classroom
  6. 1. The First Day of Class and Lesson Planning
  7. 2. Introducing Grammar and Vocabulary
  8. 3. Communicative Tasks
  9. 4. Teaching Culture
  10. Part II. Theory
  11. 5. History of Second Language Acquisition
  12. 6. Standards of Foreign Language Teaching: The Five C’s
  13. 7. Factors Impacting Second Language Acquisition
  14. 8. Types of Teachers; Dos and Don’ts
  15. 9.The Captain of the Ship: Classroom Management
  16. 10. Heritage Language Learners
  17. 11. Including Students with Disabilities and Learning Differences in a Language Classroom
  18. 12. The Use of Technology
  19. 13. Assessment
  20. 14. Hitting the Job Market: Getting a Job at a University
  21. 15. Hitting the Job Market: Getting a Job at a High School
  22. 16. Surviving the Political Jungle
  23. Appendix A. Chapter 3. Sample Task Activities
  24. Appendix B. Chapter 12. Sample Lab Exercises
  25. Bibliography
  26. Index
  27. Illustration Credits