Practice in TESOL (Edinburgh Textbooks in TESOL)

Summary

Do you want to improve your teaching practice and get the most out of student feedback? This textbook prepares TESOL teachers for the practical component of their programme. It covers both the theory of reflective practice and practical techniques and explains the cycle of observation, planning and materials, teaching, feedback, and action. By raising your awareness of this teaching practice cycle and you will learn the practical ways in which these activities can improve your teaching performance. It includes activities which focus on your own knowledge and experiences. It provides a selection of further reading. It uses real data, including classroom interaction and feedback discourse, from a range of different cultural contexts. It explains on going professional development and practice based and action research.