Preface 1
Chapter 1 Concepts for English Teaching in Schools 1
Section 1 Education and Teaching 1
Section 2 Language and Language Learning 6
Section 3 English Teaching in Schools 11
Chapter 2 ELT Methods and Approaches in and outside China 17
Section 1 ELT Methods and Approaches outside China 17
Section 2 ELT Methods and Approaches in China 40
Chapter 3 Elements of English Teaching in Schools 51
Section 1 Students 51
Section 2 Teachers 56
Section 3 Teaching Contents 61
Section 4 Teaching Environments 64
Chapter 4 Principles of English Teaching in Schools 70
Section 1 Student-centred Principle 70
Section 2 Reasonable Objective Principle 74
Section 3 Effective Principle 79
Section 4 Realistic Principle 82
Chapter 5 Strategies of English Teaching in Schools 87
Section 1 Management Strategies 87
Section 2 Questioning Strategies 93
Section 3 Presentation Strategies 98
Section 4 Assessment Strategies 101
Section 5 Integration Strategies 106
Chapter 6 Instructional Design for English Teaching in Schools 113
Section 1 Concepts of Instructional Design 113
Section 2 Methods for Instructional Design 122
Chapter 7 Process of English Teaching in Schools 130
Section 1 TBLT Process 130
Section 2 PWP Process 149
Chapter 8 Activities of Teaching English in Schools 157
Section 1 Classroom Activities 157
Section 2 Extracurricular Activities 165
Chapter 9 Teaching English Language Knowledge in Schools 173
Section 1 Teaching Pronunciation 173
Section 2 Teaching Vocabulary 180
Section 3 Teaching Grammar 188
Chapter 10 Teaching English Listening and Speaking in Schools 195
Section 1 Teaching Listening 195
Section 2 Teaching Speaking 204
Chapter 11 Teaching English Reading and Writing in Schools 214
Section 1 Teaching Reading 214
Section 2 Teaching Writing 223
Chapter 12 Teaching English Learning Strategies in Schools 233
Section 1 Classification of Learning Strategies 233
Section 2 Teaching Learning Strategy 241
Chapter 13 Teaching English Culture and Affection in Schools 251
Section 1 Teaching Culture 251
Section 2 Teaching Emotions and Attitudes 264
Chapter 14 Educational Technology and Resources for English Teaching in Schools 273
Section 1 Choosing and Applying Educational Technology 273
Section 2 Selecting and Developing Teaching Resources 283
Chapter 15 Assessment and Testing for English in Schools 295
Section 1 Formative Assessment and Summative Assessment 295
Section 2 Designing Test Items and Reviewing 303
Chapter 16 Evaluation on Teaching English in Schools 320
Section 1 Criteria of Evaluation on Teaching English 320
Section 2 Reflective Evaluation on Teaching English 330
Chapter 17 Research on English Teaching in Schools 343
Section 1 School-based Research 343
Section 2 Pedagogical Experiment 353
Chapter 18 Professional Development of English Teachers in Schools 365
Section 1 The Growth of Beginning Teachers 365
Section 2 The Development of Outstanding Teachers 372