This document discusses teaching English as a foreign language and the author's mid-life transition. It provides guidance on allowing students to use the language for everyday life, exchanging ideas and feelings, and achieving cultural understanding. Effective teaching should be based on learner needs and define clear objectives. Language learning is best supported by exposure inside and outside of class, practice, and allowing students to share their knowledge and corrections.

1. TEFL and the Mid-life Crisis Andrew Walkley The University of Westminster

2. 38 hair which grammar book marvellous for substitutes too difficult I don’t care if I learn My midlife transition

3. GIVE UP!

4. The way to go….?

5. Have you seen what I can do with my IWB?

7. New for old

10. Outcomes…

13. Language learning should allow students to : deal with the business of everyday life in a foreign country. exchange information and ideas… and communicate thoughts and feelings to achieve a wider understanding of the way of life and forms of thought of other peoples and of their cultural heritage Courses should achieve these outcomes by : basing teaching and learning on the needs characteristics and resources of learners defining worthwhile and realistic objectives as explicitly as possible [Council of Europe, 2001. Common European Framework of Reference for languages: Learning, teaching, assessment . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p.3] Why learn

14. How students learn Understand Hear Notice / pay attention Do something with new language (aka practice) Repeat (often over and over and over time)

15. Language rich and notice language grammar, lexis and skills Allow students to be a resource for language and teaching translation and mediation / correction and expansion Give space for students to exchange ideas and feelings EAP and exams (no time!) / ‘personalising’ language Recognise (and develop) diversity in the classroom NOT learning styles or stereotypes / whole people Students come to class to learn language but most language learning happens outside of the class Teaching good learning through language teaching My teaching beliefs

16. Whiteboard – “I’m a lexical teacher” Outcomes Vocabulary Builder EAP model essays / academic word list / online support for students Teaching Training confidence in language and methodology / mentoring / repetition How are beliefs reflected in practice

17. Exchange ideas and feelings Facebook Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley Teacher Training [email_address]

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