The Self-Directed Teacher: Managing the Learning Process

by David Nunan , Clarice Lamb

• ISBN13: 9780521497732
• ISBN10: 0521497736
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-01-26
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This text provides the practical knowledge and necessary skills for the effective management of teaching and learning in today's classrooms. It focuses on the independent decisions teachers must make in lesson planning, group work, error correction, resource management, and evaluation. A task-based approach is used, and the material presented is well supported by theory and research. Advances in second language teaching methodology, including new emphases on learner centeredness and individualized instruction, have significantly changed the roles teachers play in the classroom and made ever-greater demands on their classroom management skills. This book helps language teachers meet these new demands by providing them with the practical knowledge and skills necessary for the effective management of teaching and learning in today's classrooms.

Table of Contents

Series editor's preface	xi
Preface	xiii
Introduction: The language teaching challenge	1	(7)
A context for classroom action	8	(35)
Introduction	8	(1)
Setting the context and defining terms	9	(11)
The curriculum in outline	20	(3)
Needs analysis	23	(4)
Setting goals and objectives	27	(6)
Summary and conclusions	33	(1)
Project	34	(9)
The planning process	43	(17)
Introduction	43	(1)
Lesson preparation	44	(9)
Pre-instructional decision making	53	(2)
Collaborating with collegues: Planning and staff meetings	55	(2)
Summary and conclusions	57	(1)
Projects	58	(2)
Classroom talk	60	(44)
Introduction	60	(3)
Direct instruction	63	(5)
Error correction and feedback	68	(12)
Teacher questions	80	(16)
Instructions	96	(2)
The use of the first language	98	(2)
Summary and conclusions	100	(1)
Project	101	(3)
Classroom dynamics	104	(29)
Introduction	104	(1)
Pacing	105	(1)
Classroom monitoring	106	(6)
Cross-cultural aspects of classroom management	112	(4)
The ``effective'' teaching movement	116	(4)
Reflective teaching	120	(2)
Dealing with behavior problems	122	(6)
Summary and conclusions	128	(1)
Projects	128	(5)
Instructional groups	133	(46)
Introduction	133	(1)
Teacher and learner roles	134	(8)
Small group and pair work	142	(5)
Large classes	147	(2)
One-to-one instruction	149	(6)
Self-directed learning	155	(3)
Mixed-level groups	158	(9)
Summary and conclusions	167	(3)
Projects	170	(9)
Managing resources	179	(29)
Introduction	179	(1)
Using commercial teaching texts	180	(6)
Making the most of the teacher's manual	186	(2)
Exploiting resources that lack a teacher's guide	188	(4)
Electronic support	192	(3)
Using computers in the classroom	195	(4)
Visuals and realia	199	(2)
Summary and conclusions	201	(1)
Projects	201	(7)
Affective issues in the language classroom	208	(21)
Introduction	208	(1)
Motivation	209	(6)
Attitude	215	(4)
Anxiety	219	(1)
Summary and conclusions	220	(1)
Projects	221	(8)
Monitoring and evaluation	229	(24)
Introduction	229	(1)
Formal evaluation	230	(2)
Informal evaluation	232	(2)
Self-evaluation	234	(4)
Evaluation by others	238	(7)
Summary and conclusions	245	(1)
Projects	245	(8)
Appendix: Language learning in action	253	(30)
Further reading	283	(2)
References	285	(8)
Author index	293	(2)
Subject index	295