Practice Teaching - A Reflective Approach

Written for language teachers in training, this book surveys issues and procedures in conducting practice teaching. Written for language teachers in training at the diploma, undergraduate, or graduate level, Practice Teaching, A Reflective Approach surveys issues and procedures in conducting practice teaching. The book adopts a reflective approach to practice teaching and shows student teachers how to explore and reflect on the nature of language teaching and their own approaches to teaching through their experience of practice teaching.Table of ContentIntroduction Chapter 1: Learning to teach through practice teaching Chapter 2: The nature of teacher-learning Chapter 3: Understanding the teaching context Chapter 4: Working with your co-operating teacher Chapter 5: Planning your teaching Chapter 6: Teaching an effective language lesson Chapter 7: Classroom observation in teaching practice Chapter 8: Creating the classroom learning environment Chapter 9: Developing learner-centred teaching Chapter 10: Classroom discourse and communication Chapter 11: Exploring your own teaching Chapter 12: After teaching practice ReferencesWritten for language teachers in training, this book surveys issues and procedures in conducting practice teaching.