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This is a book from the Gutenberg Project files. The original format was changed into the PDF format. This is an easy guide to follow because it is organized into the big groups (nouns, pronouns, verbs, etc.)
This is a very easy guide for teachers who are teaching basic levels.
A Concise Grammar for English Language Teachers is the new edition of the highly popular 'A Grammar Course for TEFL Certificate'. This book is probably the only really user-friendly grammar for English teachers....a godsend for grammar-phobes.
Deals clearly and concisely with problem areas commonly encountered by teachers, e.g. tense recognition and usage, conditionals, auxiliary verbs, relative clauses, etc.
Includes many Teaching Notes with practical suggestions, plus a section on error analysis and correction demonstrating use of board drawings and pair-work.
How to Teach for Exams is a guide to the key characteristics of the major international English language exams and to a range of approaches to preparing students for exams. This book is for teachers at the beginning of their careers and for more experienced teachers.
Evaluating Children's Writing: A Handbook of Grading Choices for Classroom Teachers introduces and explains a wide range of specific evaluation strategies used by classroom teachers to arrive at grades and gives explicit instructions for implementing them. Samples of student writing accompany the instructions to illustrate the techniques, and an appendix of additional student writing is provided to allow readers to practice particular evaluation strategies.
More than just a catalog of grading options, however, this is a handbook with a point of view. Its purpose is to help teachers become intentional about their grading practices. Along with recipes for grading techniques, it offers a philosophy of evaluating student writing that encourages teachers to put grading into a communication context and to make choices among the many options available by determining the instructional purpose of the assignment and considering the advantages and disadvantages of particular grading strategies. Specific grading techniques are integrated with suggestions about the craft of evaluation--guidelines for instructional objectives, for student audience analysis, and for teacher self-analysis that help define communication contexts.
