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This page deals with the sorts of things you might learn on TEFL courses. You'll find a few articles here by David Overton and I. David has got 23 years of teaching experience, and I (Steven Starry) have been teaching English for about 16-17 years now (Feb. 2008) and personally this serves as a bit of prepping for a couple of advanced TEFL courses that I one day hope to do such as the DELTA, which I believe David already has done.

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David Warner (Director de SERVICIOS LINGÜÍSTICOS ASTEX) and Nicole Escario (Director of Studies of ASTEX) answer questions about the TEFL jobs recruitment process, such as: "Is a TEFL course necessary? Does ASTEX prefer one certifcate over another? What characteristics is ASTEX looking for in a new English teacher?"




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See a couple of the top-guns:

Scott Thornbury - 6 Things beginning with R - One of the most fantastic English teacher educators around. His writing credits include several award-winning books for teachers on language and methodology.
See more: ThornburyScott.com, Scott Thornbury on Youtube.

Adrian Underhill - Successful Pronunciation Learning - A great speaker, author and editor (Macmillan Teacher Development Series of handbooks for teachers.) See his Youtube video here: Adrian Underhill on Successful Pronunication. Phonetic Chart - Downloadable phonetic chart.
Compare with phonetics.

Paul Seligson is another one of those great speaker-writer-trainer combos that flies in from time to time. He is also a co-author of English File Levels 1 and 2, maybe my favorite textbook title, published by Oxford University Press. See: Paul Seligson on Youtube.

Expert advice on reading in English - Videos clips from OUP: Professor Richard Day, University of Hawaii and Chair of the Extensive Reading Foundation. Jennifer Bassett, Oxford Bookworms Series Editor.





Jennifer demonstrates teaching pronunciation. She has a blog at: http://englishwithjennifer.wordpress.com and loads of videos on Youtube at: JenniferESL.




The reality of teaching pronunciation with Steve Martin




An introduction to Steven Starry's new video-blog about English teaching in Madrid. Currently, this whole blog project is on hold I'm afraid while I come to terms with my new job (see my study program below.)


My study program - the books I use:

I mainly use OUP's New English File. I'm currently working on organizing some online support materials for two levels, the second of which is better developed for the moment.

Elementary
Pre-intermediate




My latest work: Problems in English Teaching - Reaction to a poll on TeachingEnglish.org.uk about problems in English teaching in general.
TeachingEnglish Poll on problems in English teaching


I'm Losing Students - - March 3, 2009: A video blog entry on Youtube: In this video I answer a teacher's question. He talks about a problem he had with a class and a boss and asks what I would do in a similar situation. Basically, his boss wants him to teach using the book, but the students prefer his materials off the internet.

You Can't Always Please Everyone - Feb. 15, 2009: A video blog entry about the stress I suffer trying to deal with all the different things that pop up with English classes.

Steven's own reading list in preparation for the DELTA:

I'm including this list in the off chance that you might want to keep up with this or somehow participate in it as if it were a "book club".
Key: I'm reading this book right now. - I'm either reading this book right now or intend to read it soon. I have this book - I have this book. I have this book, but use it as a reference book - I have this book, but use it as a reference book. I haven't got this book, but I know who does - I haven't got this book, but I know who does (and I may eventually borrow it). - Review on DevelopingTeachers.com.

General Methodology
I'm reading this book right now. Memory, Meaning and Method by Earl Stevick
I have this book Planning Lessons and Courses by Tessa Woodward
I have this book Readings in Teacher Development by Katie Head
I have this book Inside Teaching by Tim Bowen
Language Teaching Methodology
I have this book Practical Techniques by Michael Lewis
Teaching Practices
I have this book The Practice of English Language Teaching by Jeremy Harmer (I have a very old edition).
I have this book The Internet and the Language Classroom by Gavin Dudeney
I have this book How to Teach English by Jeremy Harmer.
I haven't got this book, but I know who does Approaches and Methods by Richards & Rodgers
I haven't got this book, but I know who does How Languages are Learned by Lightbrown/Spada
I haven't got this book, but I know who does Designing Language Courses by Kathleen Graves
One to One: A Teacher's Handbook by Peter Wilberg

Speaking
I haven't got this book, but I know who does How to Teach Speaking by Scott Thornbury
Speaking
Conversation
Discussions that Work
Discourse Analysis
I have this book Contrasting Conversations by Fanselow
Teaching English Pronunciation
Sound Foundations by Adrian Underhill

Vocabulary
I'm going to re-read this book soon. How to Teach Vocabulary by Scott Thornbury
I have this book Meanings and Metaphors
Metaphors We Live By
I have this book Working With Words by Ruth Gairns
Use Your Head by Tony Buzan
I have this book Mind Maps for Kids by Tony Buzan.
Lexical Approach by Michael Lewis

Language
I have this book Grammar for English Language Teachers by Martin Parrott
I have this book The English Verb by Michael Lewis
I have this book About Language by Scott Thornbury
Explaining English Grammar
I have this book Discover English
I have this book, but use it as a reference book Practical English Usage by Michael Swan (OUP, 1980).

Reading
Teaching Reading
Developing Reading Skills

Listening
I have this book Music and Song by Tim Murphey
Listening
Teaching Listening Comprehension
Using Authentic Vocabulary

Writing
I have this book How to Teach Writing by Jeremy Harmer
Process Writing
I have this book Writing for Advanced Learners of English by Francoise Grellet

Assessment
I'm going to read this book soon. Assessment by Michael Harris
I'm going to read this book soon. Testing Spoken Language by Nic Underhill
I'm going to read this book soon. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (See also: DVD "Spoken performances illustrating the 6 levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages")

Children
I have this book Story Telling with Children by Andrew Wright
I have this book Creating Stories with Children by Andrew Wright

April 30, 09 udpate: Because I have students currently working on Cambridge exams, I myself am currently working on "Assessment," "Testing Spoken Language" and the CEFRL. I'm also working on "Memory, Meaning and Method." I've already read a couple of other books such as How to Teach Vocabulary (I'm reading this book right now.) which was excellent and which I'd like find the time to re-read more thoroughly in order to do a review video.




An explanation of using "Moodle in the Classroom". There are loads of other videos about Moodle on Youtube.
Here is a company which creates and hosts Moodle sites for you.

Troy's House - A blog by Troy in Caceres, Spain. There's less about teaching and more about the life of a teacher on this " cultural" blog.

Real English Blog - A blog by Michael Marzio of "Real-English.com." See his Youtube channel here: Real English on Youtube.

English With Jennifer - A blog by a "Super English Teacher." See her Youtube channel also: Jennifer ESL.

Students aren't totally satisfied with our "teacher" services - on "Business by Janice".

Meanings and Metaphors - A book review of Meanings and Metaphors, by Gillian Lazar.

Why don’t clients take language learning seriously? - on "Business by Janice".

Metaphors We Live By - A book review of Metaphors We Live By, by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson.

Should we teach our children English - An interesting Q and A post on LinkedIn. My addition to this forum: Hello Stella (cross my heart after I wrote the post I found that the lady had disabled the answers, and as I don't want to see my response go to waste . . .).

To TEFL or not to TEFL - Janice Haywood, DOS and owner of Windsor idiomas, writes about whether or not to do a TEFL course and what type.

Teaching courses - An opinion from a teacher in Japan.

ExpatriateCafe.com: Rip-off Academies! Beware - A bit of bellyaching on a forum about bad TEFL courses in Madrid.

How much method is in our teaching methodology? - Janice Haywood, DOS and owner of Windsor idiomas, writes about problems teachers have with methodology.

Youtube.com Video - Taylor Mali - What do teachers really make?


Talking Teachers - Watch David Overton's video-article on Carefully Controlled Teacher Talking Time. (CCTTT)

Approaches and Methods - A book review by David Overton of Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching (Cambridge Language Teaching Library) by Jack C. Richards and Theodore S. Rodgers.

Lexical Approach - A book review of Michael Lewis' "A Lexical Approach" (1993) Hove, Language Teaching Publications" by David Overton (this book is for experienced teachers).

Teaching Interesting English Classes - A 30-minute video-talk about with trying to stay interesting and entertaining.


Intensive English Classes - In-person or online - A self-promotional video for an English teacher in Alcorcón, Spain. Ok, so it's not actually part of my "blog", but in the 3-part 25-minute video I say a lot of the kinds of things that I usually tell my students.

Speaking about Stress - A video-article about some interesting conclusions that I've drawn from a National Geographic video on the science of stress.

How to Organize Yourself - How to organize yourself when you first start teaching English.

How to Teach English - A book review of Jeremy Harmer's "How to Teach English" (Longman - Pearson Education), 2005 (First published in 1998).

Listening - English teacher Kelley Pigott writes about how he approaches teaching listening. Also, a Youtube video-chat by Steven Starry.

The Times on English, Sports and Translations - Great article on the kinds of difficulties non-native professionals (our students) can have with the language.

Where to do a TEFL Course - Article about the risks in doing TEFL courses.





ESL Teaching Tips from a Young Teacher: A MUST watch - it'll give you a bit of perspective on TEFL courses and experience.
Also, Classroom management, The Headless Rabbit on Youtube


TeachingEnglish Poll on Using Coursebooks

TEFL, Spain and the Café - Article about doing TEFL courses on the Expatriate Café.

TEFL Quality Assurance - Article about accreditation in TEFL on the Expatriate Café.

Teaching English - Guest Teachers from around the world are a regular feature on TeachingEnglish.

Lesson plan template - Victoria Fontana shares her lesson plan template with us.

Obstacles to Learning English - In this video, I talk about some of the obstacles that I've experienced with students' learning English.

General Tenses - In this video, I talk about the general tense system in English.

How to Use an English Textbook - In this video, I talk a little bit about using textbooks in classes.

Materials I use in my classes - A 15 minute video-chat on how I organize myself materials-wise - besides text books, which I don't talk about in this chat, I use Hot English Magazine's Teachers' Pack and the internet.

My personal links to sites I frequently use

Why you need a program - The key to becoming a better teacher and to getting and keeping your own company clients / students is to come up with your own programs.

DevelopingTeachers.com - Of course, there are already some websites out there which do what I'm just starting to do (in my own way) quite well.

Error Correction Techniques - In this video, I explain some techniques commonly used when correcting students' errors.


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