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Who is Success in English Teaching for?

This handbook is for anyone who is teaching or planning to teach English as a foreign language anywhere in the world. But it is especially for those who:

– are non-native speakers of English

– have little or no formal training as English teachers, or were trained some time ago

– are teaching in the students’ own country, not an English-speaking country.

Most of these people will be teaching, or preparing to teach, English in an institution of general education – a school, college, or university. Success in English Teaching focuses especially on teaching at secondary-school level and above.

The book is also for teacher-trainers running both pre-service and in-service courses.

What does the book contain?

The twelve chapters which form the main body of the book cover every major aspect of teaching English. Chapters 1 to 7 focus on actual classroom teaching. They establish essential theoretical principles, and present a wide and coherent range of practical teaching ideas which are designed to be effective and acceptable in the working contexts of most teachers. Chapters 8 to 12 consider other aspects of teaching English: planning and management, materials and aids, evaluation and testing, and professional development, including a survey of past and current approaches. There are tasks and questions for discussion at appropriate points in the chapters. At the end of each chapter there is a summary of its contents and a project.

The book also contains a glossary, a list of sources and suggestions for further reading, and an index.

How can you make use of Success in English Teaching?

Like most books of its kind, Success in English Teaching can be used in several different ways. The main alternatives are to use it as:

– a complete course in English teaching

– a reference book.

The sequence of chapters is designed especially for people who wish to use the book as a complete course, working through it from beginning to end. The glossary can help with the understanding of new terms and concepts, and the projects at the end of each chapter can be made an integral part of the course. After completing the course, trainee teachers may wish to continue their development by selecting other books from the Sources and Further Reading section.

If you are a practising teacher, or a teacher-trainer, looking for new insights and ideas, you may just want to add Success in English Teaching to your personal reference library. In that case, you will find the contents pages and the index useful to locate the topic you are interested in at any given time. The summaries at the end of each chapter should also be useful, quickly providing more background to the topic you are investigating.

Whether you are a pre-service trainee, practising teacher, or teacher-trainer, we hope that you will find the book useful and interesting, and that it delivers the promise in its title.

PAUL DAVIES

ERIC PEARSE