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Penny Ur's 100 teaching tips / Penny Ur ; consultant and editor, Scott Thornbury.

Ur, Penny, (author.). Thornbury, Scott, 1950- (editor.).

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This practical book provides a set of 100 hands-on tips on 19 different areas of classroom teaching, including using a coursebook, giving and checking homework, classroom discipline, testing and assessment. The clear and concise advice is accompanied by brief explanatory notes based on the author's extensive teaching experience.

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ISBN: 9781316507285 (pb : alk. paper)
Physical Description: viii, 120 pages; 21 cm.
Publisher: New York NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

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General Note:	"Pocket editions" - on cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of Contents

Summary

Why I wrote this book

viii

Beginning and ending the lesson

(7)

1 Start with a smile

(1)

2 Begin and end clearly

(1)

3 Give an advance overview

(1)

4 Teach new material first: review later

(1)

5 Don't give homework at the end

(1)

6 End with something nice

(1)

The Coursebook

(5)

7 Use the coursebook -- selectively

(1)

8 Vary the way you use exercises

(1)

9 Allow lots of right answers

(1)

10 Recycle tasks

(1)

Discipline

(7)

11 Learn students' names

(1)

12 Keep the lesson moving

(1)

13 Make the lesson interesting

(1)

14 Catch problems as they start

(1)

15 Avoid confrontations

(1)

16 Compliment good behaviour

(1)

Error correction

(5)

17 Do correct mistakes

(1)

18 Correct (sometimes) during speech

(1)

19 Get students to self-correct

(1)

20 Draw attention to correct answers

(1)

Games

(6)

21 Make sure games are fun

(1)

22 Check games are learning-rich

(1)

23 Keep games simple

(1)

24 Involve all, or most, students

(1)

25 Have more than one winner

(1)

Grammar

(6)

26 Keep explanations short

(1)

27 Use mother tongue to explain

(1)

28 Avoid grammatical terms

(1)

29 Get students to learn by heart

(1)

30 Get students to make meanings

(1)

Group work

(8)

31 Have a good reason to use group work

(1)

32 Make collaborating worthwhile

(1)

33 Do group work in the middle of the lesson

(1)

34 Use pair work a lot

(1)

35 Instruct before making groups

(1)

36 Organize groups quickly

(1)

37 Arrange endings in advance

(1)

Heterogeneous (mixed-level) classes

(6)

38 Let students choose

(1)

39 Attend to the weaker students

(1)

40 Invite different answers

(1)

41 Limit tasks by time, not amount

(1)

42 Give basic tasks plus options

(1)

Homework

(8)

43 Clarify requirements in advance

(1)

44 Make homework success-oriented

(1)

45 Include homework in the final grade

(1)

46 Plan homework-giving in advance

(1)

47 Check homework has been done

(1)

48 Keep class checking to a minimum

(1)

49 Check written homework

(1)

Interest

(7)

50 Don't worry about the topic

(1)

51 Keep activities short and varied

(1)

52 Tell students what the goals are

(1)

53 Use higher-order thinking skills

(1)

54 Personalize

(1)

55 Use visual materials

(1)

Listening

(7)

56 Give topic and task in advance

(1)

57 Don't always pre-teach vocabulary

(1)

58 Don't use written texts

(1)

59 Let students see the speaker

(1)

60 Divide the text into short bits

(1)

61 Use dictations

(1)

Pronunciation

(5)

62 Teach pronunciation (a little)

(1)

63 Drill isolated sounds

(1)

64 Contrast with mother-tongue sounds

(1)

65 Teach `international' pronunciation

(1)

Reading comprehension

(7)

66 Read aloud while students follow

(1)

67 Minimize guessing from context

(1)

68 Don't make students read aloud

(1)

69 Read and re-read

(1)

70 Use readers' theatre

(1)

71 Vary comprehension tasks

(1)

Speaking activities

(6)

72 Use language practice for fluency

(1)

73 Use group work

(1)

74 Let students use memorized text

(1)

75 Give tasks rather than topics

(1)

76 Make sure the language is easy

(1)

Teacher talk

(14)

77 Talk a lot

(1)

78 Keep eye contact

(1)

79 Tell stories

(1)

80 Teach common classroom language

(1)

81 Use mother tongue occasionally

(2)

82 Invite short responses 97 Testing and assessment

(1)

83 Assess not only through tests

(1)

84 Use (also) student self-assessment

100

(1)

85 Use tests as a teaching tool

101

(1)

86 Add optional sections to tests

102

(1)

87 Prepare students for the test

103

(1)

88 Assess yourself

104

(1)

Vocabulary teaching

105

(6)

89 Teach a lot of vocabulary

106

(1)

90 Teach multi-word chunks

107

(1)

91 Sometimes teach out of context

108

(1)

92 Do plenty of review

109

(1)

93 Use mother tongue to explain

110

(1)

Writing

111

(7)

94 Use copying tasks for beginners

112

(1)

95 Do writing in class

113

(1)

96 Teach spelling rules

114

(1)

97 Encourage typing

115

(1)

98 Get students to rewrite

116

(1)

99 Use SMS texting

117

(1)

P.S.

118

(1)

100 Do your own thing

118

(1)

Index

119

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