Designed as an all-in-one guide, this practical, easy to use text is essential to all courses offering instruction to students who are training to become language teachers in Canada and abroad. This wonderfully concise textbook covers key topics including course design, lesson planning, and classroom management.

Designed as an all-in-one guide, this practical, easy to use text is essential to all courses offering instruction to students who are training to become language teachers in Canada and abroad. Awarded the 2017 TESL Canada Innovation Award for Teacher Professional Development Resource, this wonderfully concise textbook covers key topics including course design, lesson planning, and classroom management. It also identifies how to teach speaking, listening, reading, and writing, with special attention to language acquisition and intercultural communication. This essential resource is ideal for courses in teaching English as a second or foreign language and for certificates in TESL, TEFL, TESFL, or TESOL. FEATURES:"Meet the Teacher" case studies prompt students to consider and develop their teaching style includes sample lesson plans, classroom activities, discussion questions, and robust appendices instructor supplements include a companion website with links to web resources and practice activities