Trainee and practising teachers will benefit enormously from this practical handbook. It includes: classroom techniques covering all four skills; testing; problem classes; phonetics; and syllabus design. All the topics contain practice material such as exercises, activities, and discussion points, as well as reference to existing textbooks. Suitable for both EFL and ESL, native and non-native teachers, the book makes particular reference to, and covers the syllabus of, the RSA Certificate for Overseas Teachers of English.
1. First principles
2. Useful classroom techniques
3. Teaching aids
4. Errors and mistakes
5. Planning and preparation
6. From controlled to free practice
7. The teaching of pronunciation
8. Recent approaches
9. Testing
10. Special techniques for problem classes