Success on your certificate course in English language teaching : a guide to becoming a teacher in ELT/TESOL / Caroline Brandt.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Brandt, Caroline.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

Physical Description:

viii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2006.

Contents:

• English Language Teaching 1
• Why do people take ELT/TESOL certificate courses? 2
• The aims of this book 3
• To clarify the field of ELT/TESOL 3
• To enable you to identify a good certificate course 3
• To help you to succeed on your certificate course 4
• To help you prepare for employment in ELT/TESOL 5
• Chapter 2 Introducing English Language Teaching 8
• ELT, TESOL, EFL? A look at the language 8
• The profession 9
• The people 11
• The language 12
• ELT as a profession 13
• English as a medium of instruction 13
• The scope of ELT 14
• Linguistics, Applied Linguistics and ELT 16
• Snapshots of a career in ELT 16
• What kind of people go into ELT? 19
• Is ELT for you? 20
• 'But I'm not a native speaker...' 22
• 'I don't know the first thing about grammar...' 23
• Introducing English Language Teaching: Key points to take away with you 25
• Chapter 3 Becoming qualified 26
• Why should you become qualified? 26
• The development of initial English language teacher training 28
• A quality qualification 29
• Validation 31
• Supervised teaching practice and guided observation 33
• Recognition and reputation 33
• Centre staff, facilities and procedures 34
• Course selection criteria and process: a summary 36
• Taking a certificate course: some alternatives 37
• Full-time courses 38
• Part-time courses 40
• Other ways of taking a certificate course 42
• Becoming qualified: Key points to take away with you 43
• Chapter 4 Knowing your certificate course 44
• Why certificate courses are as they are 44
• Standardization 45
• Syllabus statements 46
• The CELTA, CertTESOL and TESOL Certificate: some similarities 49
• The CELTA and CertTESOL: some differences 50
• Course components 51
• A three-way learning opportunity 52
• The syllabus in action 53
• Input 54
• Supervised teaching practice 55
• Lesson planning 57
• Guided observation 58
• Written assignments 61
• Assessment: what to expect 62
• Knowing your certificate course: Key points to take away with you 63
• On Your Marks: applying for a place 64
• Snapshot of the application stage 65
• Completing an application form 66
• Learning from pre-course tasks 68
• Examples of pre-course tasks 69
• Pre-course task strategies 75
• The interview 76
• Seven steps to interview success 78
• Get Set: pre-course preparations 79
• Go: first days 81
• Snapshot of early days 82
• Getting started: Key points to take away with you 85
• Chapter 6 Learning 86
• Workshops 86
• An example workshop schedule 86
• The foreign language lesson 88
• Observing 91
• Peer observation 92
• Observing experienced teachers 93
• Observation tasks 94
• Written assignments 98
• Four assignments 98
• 'Lessons from the classroom': an example of a completed assignment 103
• Tackling written assignments 106
• Your ten-point plan for tackling written assignments 109
• A time for all things 109
• The course as springboard 110
• Learning opportunity or learning support? 111
• Organize yourself: the personal planner 112
• Learning: Key points to take away with you 114
• Chapter 7 Teaching 115
• Teaching practice 115
• Teaching practice points 116
• Lesson planning 119
• Making steady progress 123
• Managing performance nerves 124
• Practising, not performing 126
• Your essentials for teaching practice survival 127
• Giving and receiving feedback 130
• Your guiding principles for effective feedback 135
• Teaching: Key points to take away with you 140
• Chapter 8 Working together 142
• Working with language learners 142
• Monolingual and multilingual classes 143
• Proficiency and level 144
• What levels mean for you 145
• The influence of a learner's first language 147
• Working with fellow participants 147
• Ways of working 148
• Collaboration matters 148
• Your teaching team performance plan 151
• When teams go wrong 154
• If your team needs help... 156
• Working together: Key points to take away with you 158
• Chapter 9 Succeeding 160
• Using the sixteen strategies for certificate success 160
• Sixteen strategies for certificate success 162
• Succeeding: Key points to take away with you 193
• Chapter 10 Being qualified 196
• Early days in the life of a teacher in ELT/TESOL 196
• The job hunt: issues and strategies 198
• A viable position with a reputable employer 203
• Your new teaching job: how to survive the first weeks 207
• Continuing to learn 212
• Being qualified: Key points to take away with you 217.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-223) and index.

ISBN:

• 1412920590
• 1412920604

OCLC:

67375165

Publisher Number:

• 9781412920599 (hbk.)
• 9781412920605 (pbk.)