语言教学实用技巧-全书-Book-Review

1、Chapter 1 Student and Teacher,the role of teachers be clear about what Ss expect to learn, enjoy or not enjoy The construction of a harmonious relationship between teachers and students Provide feed back to Ss performance Avoid automatic answers, be a real person in the classroom ask students though

2、t about the class .,Chapter 2 Language and Language Learning,Language is a system, a habit, a set of conventions and a means of communication Thus, language is a complex phenomenon. Understanding of the essence of language should also be diversified. Successful language teaching should absorb variou

3、s linguistic view,Chapter 3 Classroom Management and General Tips,How to deliver a class Pay attention to your behaviors Admit your ignorance. Eye contact is important Proper body languages make your class effective Proper way of speaking make you understood easily Avoid unnecessary language Improve

4、 after class,chapter 4 preparation,Preparation of what to teach Courses and lessons need an overall structure Dont let the book dictate Preparation of how to teach Do not prepare too much or too rigidly Preparation must be concrete Aids are only aids if they help Never ignore the practical difficult

5、ies A good lesson has a beginning, a middle, and an end,terms,1. Productive practice (p.6) 2. Variety in teaching (p.9) 3. Communicative approach (p.17) 4. Natural language (p.22) 5. Accuracy practice (p.30) 6. Information gap (p.45),Productive practice (p.6),Carefully controlled listening practice

6、for eliciting knowledge and information from students,Variety in teaching (p.9),Different ways of approaching language teaching. for example, teach the unit in a different order; use different ways of reading texts; vary who performs the task; introduce alternative activities from time to time; chan

7、ge the seating plan for different activities and vary where individuals students are sitting for pair work so that on different days they are working with different partners.,Communicative approach (p.17),Communicative language teaching emphasizes on the fact that language is not used in a vacuum bu

8、t by one person to another in order to communicate a message. Teachers who recognize language as communicative will see the necessity for genuinely interesting texts, individualized teaching, pair work, free practices, listening practices and many other classroom activities.,Natural language (p.22),

9、The language used in a natural and real situation and the authentic materials for learning natural language can be a short tape-recording of natural speech, a piece of real printed material like a timetable, menu, form. For example, if a person asks, “ Excuse me, can you tell me the way to Crowther

10、Road, please?”, the natural answer may be “Are you going to the match then?” instead of those taught by teachers in classroom like “Turn left and go straightforwards”.,Accuracy practice (p.30),Accuracy practices are essentially classroom activities in which teachers will concentrate on accuracy and

11、language learning and correct all important mistakes. They are not very exciting, but are an important part of the learning process.,Information gap (p.45),It means a situation where two students each have different sets of information. Such situations provide a real opportunity for students to use

12、their English naturally and communicatively, and they do arise naturally in the classroom between the native speaker and non-native student, or between non-native teacher and non-native speaker.,Chapter 6 Techniques-Speechwork,1.Say less but dont speak slowly 2.Move around but remain same model 3.Us

13、e CIP but different criterion for each student and varied “Say after me” 4.Articulation, phonetics, intonation and stress are important 5.Demonstrate it, visually show it and refer to it frequently. 6.Back-chaining and unreal words,Chapter7 Techniques-Structure,1.Rules games: “gimmicks”, beehives,Ch

14、apter9 Techniques-Vocabulary,1. L2new words for old things 2. Vary the way you explain 3. Avoiding discussing the structure of lexical items 4. Dont teach a single word, but in group by comparing similarities and differences 5. Active vocabulary and passive voc.,Chapter10 Techniques-Texts,1. Choose

15、a text: different, interesting 2. Vary reading method: silent reading intensive any refers to all or none.,13. Beehive drill(P78),Beehive drill is a kind of practice, which involves several pairs at any one time and the whole class in saying something in a practice which lasts less than half a minut

16、e. For example, all the people sitting in the first line, ask the question ”How old are you?” to their neighbours; their neighbours answer and without pausing, pass the question on to the next student till the end of the line.,15. Active vocabulary(P93),Active words are the collection of words that

17、an individual commonly used in speech and writing, opposite to passive vocabulary. For example, “right” is an active vocabulary for many primary students while ”correct” is a passive vocabulary.,Techniques - listening, the real thing Ss listening prepared; 2-3mins the max (tape) sub-skills listen-re

18、spond activities,Ts help Ss get involved and listen efficiently,Chapter 5,Techniques - correction,Ss self-correct correct only when necessary; dont overcorrect vary types of correction,Self-correction is the best.,Chapter 8,Techniques - conversation,opportunities for natural conversation not necessa

19、ry serious; interesting no interfering provocative statements & problem solving activities,Encourage Ss to speak and talk,Chapter 11,Terms,text types (p.100) definition questions (p.106) conversation questions (p.109) provocative statements (p.114) problem solving activities (p.115),text types, scan

20、 skim start but do not finish,different skills for different types of texts,definition questions, What does mean? simple translation useless T What does gorgeous mean? S1 漂亮的 S2 华丽的 Ss definition Q definition(Ts) new words(Ss) valuable T What word in the text meant very beautiful and attractive? Ss

21、Gorgeous.,an important strategy to present new language,conversation questions,comprehension questions are about the text basis for development of the lesson. conversation questions are about the Ss involve individuals, but do not keep the class moving forward together.,comprehension and conversation question together,What does the author thin