Amity Teachers Toolkit 2003


Table of Contents

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Introduction
Introduction

Part I: Teaching Oral Skills (Don Snow)
How To Teach Oral Skills: The Five Golden Rules
Setting Goals for Oral Skill Courses
Activities For Teaching Oral Skills: An Introduction To Basic Activity Types
How To Turn Activities Into A Lesson
How To Turn Lessons Into A Course
How To Evaluate and Grade Oral Skills Courses
Ideas For The First Day Of Class
Common Problems In Oral Skills Classes - And How To Cope
Tricks For Teaching Classes With Low Listening Skills
Teaching Pronunciation
English (Japanese, German) Corners

Part II: Sample Course Plans (Amity teachers and staff)
Course Plan: First-Year Oral English (Karin Helmreich)
Course Plan: First-Year Oral Skills (Don Snow)
Course Plan: Second / Third-Year Writing (Barbara Penny)
Course Plan: Second-Year Writing (Don Snow)

Part III. Talking About Culture: Discussion Activities for Oral Skills Classes (Don Snow)
Introduction: Why Talk About Culture?

Module 1: Daily Life Module 2: Cycle of Life
Getting To Know Each Other My Life
Daily Schedules Birth And Babies
Food Childhood And Child Raising
Clothing Adolescence
Homes, Buildings, And Space Dating And Choosing A Mate
Health And Hygiene Marriage
Work Adulthood And Careers
Recreation And Entertainment Retirement
Sports And Games Passing The Torch
Shopping
Traffic And Transport
Social Life
Personal Finances And Banking

Module 3: Relationships Module 4: Our Nation
Family Visiting My Country
Friends Geography
Men And Women The Climate
Hosts And Guests The People
Strangers Holidays
Bosses And Employees History
Husbands And Wives Contact With Other Countries
Parents And Children Famous People
Siblings Heroes And Villains
Relatives And Ancestors National Symbols

Module 5: Society Module 6: Popular Culture / Arts
City And Countryside Movies
Government And Political Life Music
Economic Life And Development Television
Medical Care Sports
Law And Order Theater
Science And Technology Dance
News And Information Reading And Literature
Religion And Philosophy Advertising
Languages And Dialects Art
Social Problems Computers And The Web
Environment And Ecology

Module 7: Teaching / Education Module 8: Language Learning
Getting To Know Us As Teachers Why Learn A Foreign Language
Before Middle School Learners
Middle School Grammar
After Middle School Vocabulary
University Listening
A Teacher's Life Speaking
The Challenges Of Teaching Reading
Ideas About Education Writing
Issues In Education Culture
Tests
Studying Foreign Languages
Language Teaching

English

Part IV: The Dialogue Course - 20 Lessons for Basic Oral Skills (Don Snow and Kim Strong)
The Dialogue Course

Part V: Encounters: Activities for Oral and Intercultural Communication Skills (Don Snow)
Encounters

Part VI: The Activity Grab Bag (Amity Teachers)
Grab Bag

Part VII: Amity Teachers on Language Teaching (Amity teachers and staff)
Dividing Students Into Groups - Creatively! (Pam Whitfield)
Testing Conversational English Of A Large Group (Merrillyn McNary)
Teaching Writing: A Rudimentary Introduction (Don Snow)
Writing Ideas and Topic Ideas (Kate Goodspeed)
Before Teaching Practice: A Grab Bag Of Ideas And Activities (Kim Strong)
English Proverbs And Idiomatic Expressions (Elaine Moy and Matt Johnson)

Part VIII: Additional Teaching Resources Information
Books Recommended By Amity Teachers

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Toolkit 2003