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Teach Yourself Teaching English as a Foreign/Second Language One to One

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It is a practical book for Teaching English one-to-one. It contains 1)advice on teaching techniques 2) sample lessons 3)tips on needs analysis right in the first 10 pages 4)a resource bank including on-line material. It has been written in response to a growing need for one-to-one teachers, not only aimed at experienced and qualified teachers but also to those who have not taught English before and who find themselves in a situation where their knowledge of the language means that they can help others to learn it. There is an Introduction followed by twelve chapters, an additional chapter on resources and ideas bank, a glossary or terms encountered in the profession such as lexis which means vocabulary, a list of useful books and other materials and an index. One chapter has only two pages (listening to the student).The chapters on a)Coursebooks, retrospective coursebooks and blank tapes b)Cuisenaire rods(brightly coloured,plastic or wooden rods, which measure from 1cm to 10cm in length c)Corresponding and writing d)Peopling and placing the room are MAJOR chapters in the book. Plenty of Sample Activity Sequences, forms and tables. Buy it, it is good value for the money.

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