Understanding teenagers in the ELT classroom : practical ideas and advice for teaching teenage students in the English language classroom

Understanding Teenagers in the ELT Classroom is a practical handbook full of lesson ideas, exercises and tips for teaching English to teenage students. This practical book (shortlisted for the ELTons) goes much further than simply telling you what to do and how to do it. It also looks at the why. It explains the deeper rationale for decisions we might make, as well as exploring the underlying principles and factors that can make or break a lesson. This is a book packed full of lesson ideas, activities and advice for teaching English to teenage students. This book goes much further than simply telling you what to do and how to do it. It looks at the why? It explains the deeper rationale for decisions we might make as well as exploring the underlying principles and factors that can make or break a lesson. It provides reflection that will be of value when you are sitting at home thinking over why one of your classes is not going the way that you want or when you have seen a really good teaching idea at a conference but are wondering how to make it work in your own class. Each chapter follows the same pattern: The first part begins with a discussion of a certain facet of teaching teens. It identifies key issues and outlines situations the author has experienced in his own teaching, and also draws upon writers and trainers who have played a role in his own development. In the second part of each chapter, practical applications, the discussion takes a more hands on turn and outlines some classroom applications and techniques. Each chapter will then end with three summary sections. The questions for reflection box may serve to summarise the chapter. The things to try box can be the basis for small scale projects, action research or professional development. Finally, the things to share box contains prompts for exchanging ideas where the chapter is being used in a training setting Cover Imprint Also available from Pavilion Contents About the author Introduction 1. A closer look at classes 2. Planning lessons with teenagers 3. Classroommicro mechanics 4. Task design and instructions 5. Group dynamics and order 6. Affect: speaking positively to our students 7. Logistical questions: homework, L1 and seating 8. Tidy learning, messy learning and simple clutter 9. Autonomy and student-fronted classes 10. Teenagers and technology 11. Differentiation 12. Repetition, assimilation, memorisation 13. Remembering irregular verbs 14. Movement and space 15. Getting them talking 16. Listening and reading 17. Grammar and writing 18. Using video clips in the classroom 19. Personalisation 20. Testing, exams and report writing 21. Techniques for teaching low-level teens 22. Awareness and reasoning with teenagers 23. Control of the class 24. Classroom management strategies Why teach teens? This is a book packed full of lesson ideas, exercises and tips for teaching English to teenagers. It goes much further than simply telling you what to do and how to do it. It looks at the why. It explains the deeper rationale for decisions we might make, as well as exploring the underlying principles and factors that can make or break a lesson.