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500 Activities for the Primary Classroom by Carol Read, Macmillan 2007
Discover English: a language awareness workbook by Rod Rolitho & Brian Tomlinson, Macmillan 2005
Teaching Tenses: ideas for presenting and practising tenses in English by Rosemary Aitken, Nelson LIT 1991
Learner English: A teacher's guide to interference and other problems by Michael Swan and Bernard Smith, Cambridge University Press 2001
Dictionary skills by Tim Bowen at:
http://www.onestopengiish.com/ This series of worksheets is aimed at training learners in dictionary use and developing their vocabulary.
Grammar Practice Activities (Second edition) by Penny Ur, Cambridge University Press 2009
A Checking the form and use of grammatical structures В Checking the spelling, pronunciation and use of lexical items C Developing your own understanding of language D Anticipating learners' difficulties
E Helping students to become more independent learners F Loo king f о r ne w a pp ro a che s to t ea c h mg 1 ess о n s a nd n e w da ssr о о m a cl i ■v i tie s G Finding practical teaching ideas to use with young learners
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Module 2
Think about these comments from teachers. Which do you agree with and why?
English changes so fast these days that language reference books are out of date as soon as they're published. Online grammars and dictionaries are a far more useful reference resource.
f don't allow students to bring bilingual or electronic dictionaries to the classroom. I insist on them always using monolingual dictionaries.
Colleagues are the best reference resources.
Teachers are resources, too! Share ideas with your colleagues about resources that you and they have used. Keep a simple record in your Teacher Portfolio of resources you have used and their strengths and weaknesses.
Look at the teacher's book that comes with your coursebook. Try out some of the additional ideas in the book (Ideas for limber practice', 'Extension activities', etc.) Compare them with the tasks and activities in the coursebook. Keep a record of your conclusions in your Teacher Portfolio,
For some good advice on using reference resources for finding information about language, look at Chapters 13 and 14 of The Practice of English Language Teaching (Fourth edition) by Jeremy Harmer, Pearson Education Ltd 2007,
For ideas on building up your Own library of resources, look at Unit 12 'Building a Resource Bank' of Language Assistant by Clare La very, downloadable free from: http://www.britishcouncikorg/languageassistanl7about
A very useful website with large numbers of links to other sites with lesson plans, games, ideas about teaching and many other resources is: http://iteslj.org/links
Here are two teachers' magazines with lesson ideas from teachers all over the world, as well as articles by well-known authors and textbook writers. You can subscribe to Modern English Teacher (http://www.onlinemet.com/) in print and to English Teaching Professional (http://www.etprofessional.com/) in print and/or online.
Use tire TKT Glossary to find the meaning of these terms: consult, cross reference, entry, headword, thesaurus.
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Unit 23 Consulting reference resources to help in lesson preparation
For questions 1-7, look at the statements about reference resources and the three options for completing them listed A, В and G.
Two of the options complete the statements correctly. One option does NOT.
Choose the letter (A, В or C) which does NOT complete the statements correctly. 1
1 A language awareness book can help teachers to
A check their own use of language.
В improve their pronunciation.
G vary their methodology.
A teacher’s resource book can help teachers to A try out new teaching ideas.
В improve their language knowledge.
C monitor their own use of language.
A bilingual dictionary can help teachers to
A check how L2 words are said in the L1.
В find L1 explanations of L1 words.
G check the meaning of words in two languages.
A picture dictionary can help teachers to
A show the meaning of some common compound nouns.
В explain new words to beginners.
C revise abstract vocabulary with beginners.
A learner’s grammar book can help teachers to
A learn how to teach structures.
В find simple ways of explaining uses of grammar.
C check their own knowledge of grammar.
A monolingual dictionary in the L2 can help teachers to
A see all the meanings of a word.
В check the pronunciation of target language.
C teach students about rhythm and stress.
A book about interference from different first languages can help teachers to
A identify false friends.
В find ideas for motivating learners.
C design relevant exercises.
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