Voices of experience
Subtitle: how teachers manage student-centered ESL classes
By: Janet Giannotti (Northern Virginia Community College)
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780472036141
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: English language; Study and teaching; Foreign speakers; Teaching; Methodology
Description: This book is a collection of strategies and tips collected through a survey of 80 practicing ESL professionals, as well as a series of conversations with the author{u2019}s colleagues. The book reveals teachers{u2019} motivations for choosing certain techniques. A unique feature of the book is the thinking that underlies teachers{u2019} choices in terms of how they manage their classroom. Voices of Experience was designed and written with teachers-in-training and seasoned professionals in mind; the book would be used differently by each. The book has five units: The Classroom Environment, Lesson Planning, Pair and Group Work, Classroom Interactions, and Classroom Trouble Spots. Each unit has two or three chapters that discuss the survey responses and relevant quotes from participants. Each unit concludes with a Connections section that features: · *Challenging Beliefs: What Teachers Think, which presents a statement for readers to respond to and compare their responses to others who completed the survey. · * Classroom Connections: What Teachers Do, which lists reflection or discussion questions · * Strategies and Motivations: What Teachers Say, which presents more quotes from respondents, particularly those that look at what{u2019}s behind teachers{u2019} choices. These too could be used for reflection or discussion. --
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Setting the tone in the classroom; title: Class rules; title: Writing lesson plans; title: Bringing variety to lesson plans; title: Planning for student questions; title: Pairing and grouping students; title: Integrating pair and group work with textbook exercises; title: Other pair and group opportunities; title: Teacher places, teacher talk; title: Managing student interactions; title: Discussion in the student-centered classroom; title: Arrivals and breaks; title: Chatting, helping, cheating?; title: Smart phones: friend or foe?