ABSTRACT

Designed for pre-service teachers and teachers new to the field of ELT, What English Teachers Need to Know I and II are companion textbooks organized around the key question: What do teachers need to know and be able to do in order for their students to learn English? The focus throughout is on outcomes, that is, student learning.

Volume I, on understanding learning, provides the background information that teachers need to know and be able to use in their classroom:

  • the characteristics of the context in which they work
  • how English works and how it is learned
  • their role in the larger professional sphere of English language education

Volume II, on facilitating learning, covers the three main facets of teaching:

  • planning
  • instructing
  • assessing

The texts work for teachers across different contexts (countries where English is the dominant language, one of the official languages, or taught as a foreign language); different levels (elementary/primary, secondary, college or university, or adult education), and different learning purposes (general English, workplace English, English for academic purposes, or English for specific purposes).

part |2 pages

PART I Identity and Context

chapter 1|13 pages

Learner Identities

chapter 2|13 pages

The World of English

chapter 3|14 pages

English Language Learning Around the World

chapter 4|11 pages

The Cultural Context

chapter 5|15 pages

Learning about Identity and Setting

part |2 pages

PART II Language Awareness

chapter 6|19 pages

The Sound System

chapter 7|15 pages

The System of Words

chapter 8|16 pages

The Sentence System

part |2 pages

PART III Learning

chapter 10|14 pages

Theories of Learning

chapter 13|13 pages

Learning Theories in the Classroom

part |2 pages

PART IV Professionalism

chapter 14|20 pages

Sustaining Professionalism