How to be a Brilliant English TeacherThis book is packed with practical advice drawn from the author's extensive and successful experience as an English teacher, examiner and teacher trainer. It is accessible and very readable, and may be dipped into for innovative lesson ideas or read from cover to cover as a short, enjoyable course which combines exciting teaching principles in successful practical experience. In-depth chapters focus on:
Trainee teachers will find support in this cheerful little book and practising English teachers can use it as a self-help guide for improving their skills. Trevor Wright addresses many of the anxieties that English teachers face, offering focused and realistic solutions. |
Contents
the third element | 17 |
Learning to love objectives | 32 |
Poetry small texts and pupil responses | 44 |
Managing learning managing classrooms | 63 |
Evaluation | 82 |
key issues | 92 |
Working with big texts | 111 |
Drama | 131 |
Differentiation | 160 |
Bibliography 171 | 173 |
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