Jeremy Harmer's "How to Teach English"

Below are a few resources to help you in your reading and studying of Jeremy Harmer's How to Teach English.   I will continue to add to this list as we move through the course.

• Jeremey Harmer talks a little bit about the revised edition of "How to Teach English."
  
• Ch 1: Reading Guide
• Ch 1 & 2: Review Question Cards
• Ch 4: BBC Link to E|S|A Lesson Planning 
• Ch 4: Supplemental - Ordering a Lesson
• NEW! Ch 7: Reading Guide (Also Nunan Chapter 4)
• Ch 9: Supplemental -
  (1) 5-minute Mysteries 
  (2) Information Gap Activities (PPT)
  (3) Making the Most out of Dialogs (Materials)
• Ch 11: Omit, Replace, Add, Adapt

Crossword Puzzles

Crossword puzzles are a great way to review information, vocabulary, and even grammar in the ESL/EFL classroom.  Below are a number of links you might find helpful.

FREE ONLINE CROSSWORD PUZZLE GENERATORS:

• edHelper.com's online crossword puzzle creator:
  (The page layout is a little 'busy' but it also creates an answer key.)
  
  
• Another nice one is Crossword Puzzle Games:
  (This one doesn't have an answer key, but it's simple and easy.)
  
  
• One with a lot of options is Armored Penguin's Crossword Puzzle Maker:
  (This site features many options, such as font type and PDF format, and it automatically generates many versions and selects the best layout.  However, it's also little more confusing and complicated.)
  
  

FREE CROSSWORD SOFTWARE:

• By far, my favorite crossword puzzle software is EclipseCrossword.
  (This software is easy to use, and it offers a variety of 'publishing' options, including answer keys, an optional word bank, printable html pages, and - best of all - interactive html files.  Sorry Mac users.  EclispeCrossword only works on PCs, as far as I know.)
  
  

SKKU-GU TESOL Program "Speaking Methodology" Crossword

• To help you review Weeks 5 & 6 and Harmer Chapter 9, here is a crossword puzzle for you!
• Download the printable version.
• Download the interactive version.
  (These crossword puzzles were created with the EclipseCrossword software.)

Total Physical Response (TPR)

For those of you who are interested in the Total Physical Response (TPR) method, here are a few links that might be helpful.

• TPR World:  This is a James Asher's website which is dedicated to promoting TPR, and, of course, selling his books and products!  (right, James Asher)
  
  
• Total Physical Response Storytelling (TPRS):  This is a more recent expansion of the original TPR method.  (Actually, they still use the same acronym, TPRS, but they have officially  changed the name to Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling.) This version of TPR involves fewer commands and more storytelling, and its proponants claim it offers a more balanced approach to second language acquisition than the original TPR. 
  
  
• TPR Sequences: This is posted on EnglishRaven.com, a useful website for English teachers.  The site is hosted by Australian Jason Renshaw who is a professor at Kyungpook National University in Daegu, Korea.  SKKU students might also be interested to know that Jason's wife is Korean and together they have a child.   (right, Jason Renshaw and his family)
  
  
• TPR Instructional Video:  This video comes from the series "Teacher Training Through Video: ESL Techniques" (K. Lynn Savage, editor).
  Teacher Training Through Video, Clip 1: Total Physical Response
  

• TPR Activity Videos.  Jeremy Harmer has posted a number of useful videos on YouTube and on his own website that may help you visualize a few TPR activities.