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Usenet Posted 21 years ago
Learning
Question for non-native English speakers teaching English
Hello,
I work in a company that produces teaching materials for English teachers and students in schools in Turkey. Some of the teachers who use our materials are native speakers, but the vast majority are Turks. I have a question for non-native English speakers who are teaching English. The answers might help me to write better materials for our teachers here in Turkey.
The question is: do you think that the teacher's guides for the coursebooks you teach help you enough with your classes? Would you like a teacher's guide to give you more help with language, and if so, what kind of help?
I'm asking this question particularly to non-native teachers because for me, the teacher's guides from the main publishers (Oxford, Longman et al.) often seem to think the teacher has an unlimited store of English language at his/her fingertips, and also know the correct pronunciation of all the words in a text, etc. Is this a problem for anyone out there?
Thanks for any ideas,
Jan
I work in a company that produces teaching materials for English teachers and students in schools in Turkey. Some of the teachers who use our materials are native speakers, but the vast majority are Turks. I have a question for non-native English speakers who are teaching English. The answers might help me to write better materials for our teachers here in Turkey.
The question is: do you think that the teacher's guides for the coursebooks you teach help you enough with your classes? Would you like a teacher's guide to give you more help with language, and if so, what kind of help?
I'm asking this question particularly to non-native teachers because for me, the teacher's guides from the main publishers (Oxford, Longman et al.) often seem to think the teacher has an unlimited store of English language at his/her fingertips, and also know the correct pronunciation of all the words in a text, etc. Is this a problem for anyone out there?
Thanks for any ideas,
Jan
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[nq:1]Hello, I work in a company that produces teaching materials for English teachers and students in schools in Turkey. Some ... know the correct pronunciation of all the words in a text, etc.
- [nq:1]Hello, I work in a company that produces teaching materials for English teachers and students in schools in Turkey.
- Some ...
- know the correct pronunciation of all the words in a text, etc.
- [/nq] Yes, that's spot on - teacher's books are written with native speakers in mind and often with the idea that teachers will have the level of language awareness that only comes after a few years in the classroom, and which beginner teachers - native or not - don't have.
- However, most generic coursebooks aren't written with a specific L1 teacher audience in mind, which yours will be.
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[nq:1]Hello, I work in a company that produces teaching materials for English teachers and students in schools in Turkey. Some ... know the correct pronunciation of all the words in a text, etc. Is this a problem for anyone out there?[/nq]
Yes, that's spot on - teacher's books are written with native speakers in mind and often with the idea that teachers will have the level of language awarene
Yes, that's spot on - teacher's books are written with native speakers in mind and often with the idea that teachers will have the level of language awarene
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Well, I'm not getting much enthusiasm from the non-native teachers out there, but I'd still like some ideas 
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