Essentials for Successful English Language Teaching

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Essentials For Successful English Language Teaching is about how we teach English Language Learners (ELLs) and how our ELLs learn. Farrell and Jacobs encourage those involved in teaching English to develop, maintain and rediscover the reasons that led them to take up the profession. They focus on the essentials in teaching the English language that teachers can implement in their instruction so that their students can excel in their learning: Encourage learner autonomy Emphasize the social nature of learning Develop curricular integration, focus on meaning Celebrate diversity Expand thinking skills Utilize alternative assessment, and Promote English language teachers as co-learners along with their students. These essentials are best implemented as a whole, rather than one at a time and so they are interwoven with each other to encourage a holistic teaching approach. Highly accessible, each chapter comes with case studies and a range of activities to encourage the reader to put each of the essentials into practice. With these the authors aim to bring an inner smile to all English language teachers that reassures them they made the right choice when they chose to become teachers of the English language. This reflective and engaging book will be invaluable to postgraduate students of TESOL and applied linguistics, and in-service language teachers.

Thomas S. C. Farrell is Professor in the Department of Applied Linguistics, Brock University, Canada. George M. Jacobs is an independent scholar and engaged educator in Singapore.

"Written in a clear and easy-to-understand language, the book provides a great source of inspirations for language practitioners who wish to develop their professionalism and become more learner- and learning-centred in their teaching. A must read for every 21st-century language teacher!!" - Willy A. Renandya, Language Teacher Educator National Institute of Education, Singapore 'With the above strengths, the accessibility of this book, and its positive lens, Farrell and Jacobs have successfully provided a resource of value not only to English language teachers, but also to the broader audience of all second language teachers.' -- The Canadian Modern Language Review The present book proves to be yet another noteworthy and valuable tool for both language teachers and language teacher trainers. In particular, the book's manual-like style and user-friendly presentation make this text a helpful resource for language teachers from different educational and cultural backgrounds, ranging from mother-tongue teachers and experts in applied linguistics, to non-native teachers, to TESOL students and trainers, and graduate students in applied linguistics. * U.S. Linguistics Journal *