Cambridge handbooks for language teachers.

Machine generated contents note: Beginning and ending the lesson -- 1.Start with a smile -- 2.Begin and end clearly -- 3.Give an advance overview -- 4.Teach new material first: review later -- 5.Don't give homework at the end -- 6.End with something nice -- The Coursebook -- 7.Use the coursebook -- selectively -- 8.Vary the way you use exercises -- 9.Allow lots of right answers -- 10.Recycle tasks -- Discipline -- 11.Learn students' names -- 12.Keep the lesson moving -- 13.Make the lesson interesting -- 14.Catch problems as they start -- 15.Avoid confrontations -- 16.Compliment good behaviour -- Error correction -- 17.Do correct mistakes -- 18.Correct (sometimes) during speech -- 19.Get students to self-correct -- 20.Draw attention to correct answers -- Games -- 21.Make sure games are fun -- 22.Check games are learning-rich -- 23.Keep games simple -- 24.Involve all, or most, students -- 25.Have more than one winner -- Grammar -- 26.Keep explanations short

Tried and tested teaching tips for language teachers. This practical book, with its clear and accessible style, will be useful to many teachers, whether trainee, novice or experienced, in a variety of contexts. It provides a set of 100 hands-on tips on 19 different areas of classroom teaching, including using a coursebook, giving and checking homework, classroom discipline, testing and assessment. The clear and concise advice is accompanied by brief explanatory notes based on the author's extensive teaching experience

Note continued: 27.Use mother tongue to explain -- 28.Avoid grammatical terms -- 29.Get students to learn by heart -- 30.Get students to make meanings -- Group work -- 31.Have a good reason to use group work -- 32.Make collaborating worthwhile -- 33.Do group work in the middle of the lesson -- 34.Use pair work a lot -- 35.Instruct before making groups -- 36.Organize groups quickly -- 37.Arrange endings in advance -- Heterogeneous (mixed-level) classes -- 38.Let students choose -- 39.Attend to the weaker students -- 40.Invite different answers -- 41.Limit tasks by time, not amount -- 42.Give basic tasks plus options -- Homework -- 43.Clarify requirements in advance -- 44.Make homework success-oriented -- 45.Include homework in the final grade -- 46.Plan homework-giving in advance -- 47.Check homework has been done -- 48.Keep class checking to a minimum -- 49.Check written homework -- Interest -- 50.Don't worry about the topic -- 51.Keep activities short and varied

Note continued: 52.Tell students what the goals are -- 53.Use higher-order thinking skills -- 54.Personalize -- 55.Use visual materials -- Listening -- 56.Give topic and task in advance -- 57.Don't always pre-teach vocabulary -- 58.Don't use written texts -- 59.Let students see the speaker -- 60.Divide the text into short bits -- 61.Use dictations -- Pronunciation -- 62.Teach pronunciation (a little) -- 63.Drill isolated sounds -- 64.Contrast with mother-tongue sounds -- 65.Teach ìnternational' pronunciation -- Reading comprehension -- 66.Read aloud while students follow -- 67.Minimize guessing from context -- 68.Don't make students read aloud -- 69.Read and re-read -- 70.Use readers' theatre -- 71.Vary comprehension tasks -- Speaking activities -- 72.Use language practice for fluency -- 73.Use group work -- 74.Let students use memorized text -- 75.Give tasks rather than topics -- 76.Make sure the language is easy -- Teacher talk -- 77.Talk a lot

Note continued: 78.Keep eye contact -- 79.Tell stories -- 80.Teach common classroom language -- 81.Use mother tongue occasionally -- 82.Invite short responses 97 Testing and assessment -- 83.Assess not only through tests -- 84.Use (also) student self-assessment -- 85.Use tests as a teaching tool -- 86.Add optional sections to tests -- 87.Prepare students for the test -- 88.Assess yourself -- Vocabulary teaching -- 89.Teach a lot of vocabulary -- 90.Teach multi-word chunks -- 91.Sometimes teach out of context -- 92.Do plenty of review -- 93.Use mother tongue to explain -- Writing -- 94.Use copying tasks for beginners -- 95.Do writing in class -- 96.Teach spelling rules -- 97.Encourage typing -- 98.Get students to rewrite -- 99.Use SMS texting -- P.S. -- 100.Do your own thing