Teaching: It's one of the most difficult yet most rewarding professions out there.
Hi! I'm Chris Cotter. And I've been a teacher of English for twelve years. It's a difficult job, but one I absolutely love.
Since my initial foray into the teaching world, I've gained a huge amount of knowledge into what makes a successful lesson. I've learned about students and their learning styles, curriculum and course design, the much-needed balance between accuracy and fluency... and so much more. But here's the most important thing I've learned...
Teachers are the ones who help students realize their dreams.
My failure means their failure. That's just something I can't accept. I continually strive to improve my lessons. The future of my students rests with me. Some students need English to study abroad. Some need English for job promotions. Others just need English to keep their brain sharp, spry, and young. And if you haven't realized it...
The world needs more teachers!
It doesn't matter if you're working as a volunteer. It doesn't matter if you're teaching only for a year or two abroad. It doesn't matter if you've made teaching your career. I wanted to share my experience and knowledge with each of you. You're all teachers!
Better Language Teaching - my 200-page ebook - is the result of all my years as an English teacher, teacher trainer, and curriculum developer. Here's what you'll learn inside...
- Effective methods for sound lesson structure.
- The importance of Warm Ups for students.
- The importance of adequate reinforcement early in the lesson for improved language production later.
- How mistakes can indicate risk and experimentation by the students... good things!
- How a student-centered class develops problem-solving skills for successful speaking.
- The learning styles of students, and how that affects their approach to language acquisition.
- How to effectively present and practice the lesson material
- How to set up groups and pairs, and move between the two, for reuse of the language.
- The important balance between Teacher Talk Time and Student Talk Time.
- What constitutes effective and ineffective speaking opportunities.
- Methods and techniques for effective correction.
- And much, much more!
I'll be honest. That's only 50% of the equation. All the knowledge in the world about balancing accuracy and fluency, promoting high amounts of talk time, and how to best arrange groups and pairs won't result in successful lessons. You need the right activities too because...
Activities provide the opportunities for real and relevant speaking.
Better Language Teaching has 100 activities. These have all been tested, tweaked, and tested again and again. A horde of choices has resulted. The activities maintain interest, provide challenge, and allow students to maximize their speaking opportunities.
Variations are important too. Activities should serve as stepping stones, easily allowing students to use and reuse the language. The ebook contains more than 75 variations. So students can easily practice, reuse, and reinforce the language with lots and lots of speaking. Successful lessons have this in common...
It's about choices, choices, choices.
Flexibility is essential to any lesson. One day the class may move slowly through the materials. They require more time with the same set of activities. Another day the class may move quickly through the materials. They require more challenging adjustments to the set of activities selected by the teacher. Better Language Teaching has activities usable most anywhere in your lessons. The activities can further be adjusted for time, class size, and lesson focus. Here's the list...
So how much is this resource going to cost?
Teachers don't make that much!
First of all, I want to offer the 200 pages at a significant discount. The first 100 customers to purchase Better Language Teaching receive the resource at a 50% discount, at just US$12.00.
After the first 100 customers, the full price is US$24.95... That's still cheap considering so many other language teaching guides cost $40.00, $50.00, or more. Plus there's shipping and handling. Plus you have to wait weeks for the books to arrive. Plus...