From Language Teacher to Language Learner 1st edition by Don Snow (2007) Paperback

by Donald B. Snow

Today, there are about four nonnative-speaking English teachers for every teacher who is a native speaker. More English teachers work in non-English-speaking settings than in English-speaking settings, and most are natives of the countries in which they teach. This volume focuses on the challenges faced by English teachers for whom English is a second (or even third or fourth) language. Four themes receive special communicative language teaching, proficiency, language learning, and practicality. Chapters 1–5 cover issues of classroom basic principles of language learning and teaching and course and lesson planning. Chapters 6–13 discuss the language skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar; the role of culture in language teaching; and some of the problems that recur in EFL classrooms. An afterword suggests paths for teachers who want to pursue further study, and appendixes offer a starter kit for course planning, sample course plans, culture-topic activity ideas for oral skills classes, and print and Internet resources for teachers and students.

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First published January 15, 2007