Scott Thornbury – лучшие книги

"How to Teach Speaking" is a practical guide for teachers who want to improve their knowledge and develop their classroom skills in this area. The book includes: - a description of the characteristic features of spoken language; - an explanation of communication strategies that learners use; - ways to increase learner autonomy and confidence; - approaches to assessing speaking.

Finally... an introduction to teaching vocabulary that's both accessible and content rich. Here you'll find details on the characteristics of words, how they are learned and memorized, and the best ways to teach them. Complex issues are presented in the context of the real-life challenges of today's classrooms.

How to Teach Grammar is for teachers at the beginning of their careers and for more experienced teachers wanting to develop their skills in the teaching of grammar.

How to Teach Grammar offers:
• an overview of what grammar is;
• reasons for why grammar should be taught, either explicitly or implicitly;
• ways of judging the efficiency and appropriacy of any grammar lesson;
• sample lessons for a wide variety of approaches to the teaching of grammar and for an extensive selection of grammar topics;
• a Task File of photocopiable training tasks for each chapter;
• an answer key to many of the tasks;
• an appendix of further reading.

Teaching Unplugged is the first book to deal comprehensively with the approach in English Language Teaching known as Dogme ELT. It challenges not only the way we view teaching, but also the way we view being a teacher. Dogme ELT advocates teaching `unplugged': a materials-light, conversation-driven philosophy of teaching that, above all, focuses on the learner and on emergent language. Teaching Unplugged was awarded the British Council ELTons UK Award for Innovation in 2010.

Teaching Grammar Creatively is a practical new resource book that offers a variety of lessons and activities for everyday use in English language classes. It aims to stimulate students' imagination, humour and creativity and increase the effectiveness of grammar practice. The book offers more than 50 complete lessons covering a wide range of grammar structures, learner levels, and age groups. Each lesson is divided into two main sections: Language Awareness Activities and Creative Grammar Practice. The Language Awareness Activities are designed to introduce and provide initial practice of items that may still be unfamiliar to students. The Creative Grammar Practice section provides ideas for a deeper and more personalised familiarisation with these items, always with an element of individual creativity. Each lesson ends with the creation of a learner text - a permanent and original record of the grammar, in the form of a story or a poem for example.

Teachers of English need not only to have a good productive command of the language; they also need to know a good deal about the way the language works. This book asks: 'What is it that a teacher needs to know about English in order to teach it

Uncovering Grammar challenges the traditional view of grammar as a thing to be learned, suggesting it is more like a process that emerges. It re-examines traditional approaches to teaching it and shows how to create the right conditions for students to uncover grammar. - Contains a wide range of practical ideas, activities and photocopiable resources that can be used in the classroom. - Explains how grammatical systems emerge. - Suggests ways of creating awareness-raising tasks to help students acquire grammar.

THE CELTA COURSE is the only CELTA preparation course endorsed by Cambridge ESOL. It provides full coverage of the CELTA syllabus in a ready-to-use course. THE CELTA COURSE has been written in collaboration with Cambridge ESOL by authors who have a wealth of experience in teacher training and materials writing. The CELTA Course is divided into user-friendly sections:
- 40 input sessions on "The learners and their contexts", "Classroom teaching", "Language awareness" and "Professional development". These are all mapped against the recommended CELTA timetable sessions.
- "Teaching practice" covering planning TP, observing TP, giving feedback on TP and integrating TP on the course.
- "Classroom observation" to help trainees get the most from lesson observations.
The Trainer's Manual gives guidance and advice on how best to exploit the material in the Trainee Book. In addition, there is an "Introductory quiz" and a "Review game" to help trainees check their understanding of the key concepts and terminology.

Teaching Unplugged has just been awarded the British Council 2010 ELTons UK Award for Innovation.
Teaching Unplugged is the first book to deal comprehensively with the approach in English Language Teaching known as Dogme ELT. It challenges not only the way we view teaching, but also the way we view being a teacher.
Dogme ELT advocates teaching ‘unplugged’: a materials-light, conversation-driven philosophy of teaching that, above all, focuses on the learner and on emergent language.
Teaching Unplugged contains three distinctive parts A, B and C which focus in turn on theory, practice and development:
A:
A background to the ideas behind teaching unplugged.
A detailed explanation of the core principles behind Dogme ELT.
An invitation to reflect on the best way to learn a language and, consequently, to teach it.
B:
A bank of activities that teachers can use right away and which help them ‘unplug their teaching’ from the start.
Activities that involve little or no preparation, often requiring no more than pen, paper and the people in the room.
Tips, techniques and key terms to facilitate a new approach to teaching. C:
A reflection on questions relating to how Dogme ELT can be applied in different teaching contexts.
An in-depth examination of the issues and implications of adopting this new style of teaching.