Teaching English through English is a practical training course for teachers or intending teaching English as a second or foreign language. It is designed to give them practice effective use of classroom English and to extend their language teaching skills and techniques, with the aim of helping their students learn to сcommunicate successfully in English. It can be used on teacher training courses and as a reference book for teachers to use on their own. It is suitable for both native and non-native speaker teacher | LONGMAN HANDBOOKS -for- LANGUAGE TEACHERS leaching English through English Jane Willis Longman Contents Introduction including notes to tutors v Introductory unit for non-native speakers 1 PART ONE THE LANGUAGE OF THE CLASSROOM SOCIAL PERSONAL ANDOROAMSATIONAL USES 1 Thebeginningofthelesson 6 2 Checkingaittendance 13 3 Physicaiconditionsintheclassroom 19 4 Getting organised seating books blackboard 25 8 Introducingdifferentstagesofthelesson 32 6 Usingvisualaids 39 7 Tape recorders and other electrical equipment 45 8 Dividing the class up choral individual and teams 52 9 Dividingtheclassup pairsandgroups 58 10 Interruptions latecomers thingslost 63 11 Control and discipline 69 12 Endingthelessonorastageinthelesson 75 PART TWO TEACHING TECHNKMJES AND THE LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION 13 ThefirstlessonsinEnglish 84 14 Dialoguesforpresentationandpractice 94 18 Oral practice 104 18 Teaching vocabulary 114 17 Oral production 124 18 Listening skils 134 19 Reading skills 142 20 Writing practice 156 21 Written production 164 Appendix A List of language items for Part One EXPLOITATIONSections 177 Appendix B Summary of basic student language 178 Appendix C Tapescripts of SAMPLE EXPLOITATION taped materials Part One 180 AppendixD Key to TEACHING HINTS 183 Glossary Definitions of specialised terms currently used when talking about English teaching 185 Select bibliography 190 index of teaching skill 191 Index of language games for teachers .
