Penny Ur's 100 Teaching Tips Kindle eBook (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers)

Coverpage
Half title
Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers
Title page
Imprints page
Contents
Why I wrote this book
Beginning and ending the lesson
	1 Start with a smile
	2 Begin and end clearly
	3 Give an advance overview
	4 Teach new material first: review later
	5 Don't give homework at the end
	6 End with something nice
The Coursebook
	7 Use the coursebook – selectively
	8 Vary the way you use exercises
	9 Allow lots of right answers
	10 Recycle tasks
Discipline
	11 Learn students’ names
	12 Keep the lesson moving
	13 Make the lesson interesting
	14 Catch problems as they start
	15 Avoid confrontations
	16 Compliment good behaviour
Error Correction
	17 Do correct mistakes
	18 Correct (sometimes) during speech
	19 Get students to self-correct
	20 Draw attention to correct answers
Games
	21 Make sure games are fun
	22 Check games are learning-rich
	23 Keep games simple
	24 Involve all, or most, students
	25 Have more than one winner
Grammar
	26 Keep explanations short
	27 Use mother tongue to explain
	28 Avoid grammatical terms
	29 Get students to learn by heart
	30 Get students to make meanings
Group Work
	31 Have a good reason to use group work
	32 Make collaborating worthwhile
	33 Do group work in the middle of the lesson
	34 Use pair work a lot
	35 Instruct before making groups
	36 Organize groups quickly
	37 Arrange endings in advance
Heterogeneous (mixed-level) classes
	38 Let students choose
	39 Attend to the weaker students
	40 Invite different answers
	41 Limit tasks by time, not amount
	42 Give basic tasks plus options
Homework
	43 Clarify requirements in advance
	44 Make homework success-oriented
	45 Include homework in the final grade
	46 Prepare homework-giving in advance
	47 Check homework has been done
	48 Keep class checking to a minimum
	49 Check written homework
Interest
	50 Don't worry about the topic
	51 Keep activities short and varied
	52 Tell students what the goals are
	53 Use higher-order thinking skills
	54 Personalize
	55 Use visual materials
Listening
	56 Give topic and task in advance
	57 Don't always pre-teach vocabulary
	58 Don't use written texts
	59 Let students see the speaker
	60 Divide the text into short bits
	61 Use dictations
Pronunciation
	62 Teach pronunciation (a little)
	63 Drill isolated sounds
	64 Contrast with mother-tongue sounds
	65 Teach ‘international’ pronunciation
Reading Comprehension
	66 Read aloud while students follow
	67 Minimize guessing from context
	68 Don't make students read aloud
	69 Read and re-read
	70 Use readers’ theatre
	71 Vary comprehension tasks
Speaking Activities
	72 Use language practice for fluency
	73 Use group work
	74 Let students use memorized text
	75 Give tasks rather than topics
	76 Make sure the language is easy
Teacher Talk
	77 Talk a lot
	78 Keep eye contact
	79 Tell stories
	80 Teach common classroom language
	81 Use mother tongue occasionally
	82 Invite short responses
Testing and Assessment
	83 Assess not only through tests
	84 Use (also) student self-assessment
	85 Use tests as a teaching tool
	86 Add optional sections to tests
	87 Prepare students for the test
	88 Assess yourself
Vocabulary Teaching
	89 Teach a lot of vocabulary
	90 Teach multi-word chunks
	91 Sometimes teach out of context
	92 Do plenty of review
	93 Use mother tongue to explain
Writing
	94 Use copying tasks for beginners
	95 Do writing in class
	96 Teach spelling rules
	97 Encourage typing
	98 Get students to rewrite
	99 Use SMS texting
P.S.
	100 Do your own thing
Index
Photo Acknowledgements