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As a complement to our archive of online articles of interest to teacher trainers / educators, we are very happy to launch our guide to practical teacher education materials that are available free online. Not all teacher trainers / educators have access to decent libraries to help them in their work, and we hope that this resource will be of immediate practical benefit to many.

Some of the materials listed below have been submitted by members of the SIG. These are all in Word format. We would be very happy to receive more materials from you. The selection is quite small for the time being. It will grow as quickly as you send us your own material for sharing with colleagues around the world. If you DO have something you would like to share, please contact Beril Yücel for more details - you can find her on the committee page...

Some of the links will take you to free materials on commercial websites. These are in pdf format, and you will need Acrobat Reader to download the documents. Please note that a lot of these links will open in another window - when you have finished with that site, close the window to return to the TTEdSIG site...

Topic: Grammar?
	Grammar: Nature and Teaching - A series of handouts with tasks designed by Costas Gabrielatos for RSA / Cambridge Diploma courses. They can be easily adapted for lower / higher levels. They aim at awareness-raising, so no ‘answers’ are given. (They may offend disciples of Krashen or TBL.)

Topic: Pragmatics
	TEACHING FUNCTIONS – A seminar plan and supporting materials from Briony Beaven.
	Inference: Procedures and Implications for ELT - An article by Costas Gabrielatos containing tasks / questions that the reader is invited to tackle before moving on.

Topic: Teaching Pronunciation
	GLOBAL ENGLISH AND THE TEACHING OF PRONUNCIATION - A seminal article by Jennifer Jenkins about the implications of EIL for pronunciation teaching.
	TEACHING WITH PHONEMIC SYMBOLS - A straightforward and useful article by Alan Stanton on the value of using phoneic symbols in the classroom. This page will also link you to downloadable A4 posters of individual phonemic symbols with accompanying examples.

Topic: Classroom Management
	A Question of Function: Teacher Questions in the EFL Classroom - Handouts from presentations by Costas Gabrielatos. A typology of teacher questions and suggestions for their effective use
	KIDS BEHAVING BADLY - A detailed seminar plan and supporting materials from Nicola Gardner. The seminar encourages participants to engage in and reflect on the problems of discipline in the classroom.

Topic: Correction
	CORRECTION TECHNIQUES – Two tasks from Briony Beaven dealing with the appropriacy and use of a variety of correction techniques.
	THE CORRECTION DEVELOPMENT PACK – Articles by Julian Edge, Mandy Lavezzo, Helen Dunford, Mario Rinvolucri, Rosie Tanner, Donn Byrne, Ron White, Valeria Arndt, Kathy Cox & Justine Eyre, along with a large selection of tasks.

Topic: Mixed Ability Classes
	TEACHING MIXED ABILITY CLASSES - A useful short article by Gareth Rees.
	THE MIXED ABILITY SECONDARY CLASS - Here you can download the whole of Julie Tice’s excellent book (Richmond ELT) on mixed ability teaching.

Topic: Teaching Business English
	THE ROLES OF A BUSINESS ENGLISH TEACHER – Introduction and task from John Hughes.
	MOTIVATION AND THE PRE-WORK STUDENT - A useful worksheet from John Hughes dealing with motivation and the demands of the pre-work student on a Business English course.

Topic: Lesson Planning
	PLANNING - A useful introduction to the principles of lesson planning for novice teachers by Callum Robertson.
	ACTION PLAN FOR TEACHERS - You can also download the whole of this book by Callum Robertson (with Richard Acklam). It covers planning and preparing lessons, teaching methodology and classroom practice, using technology in the classroom, etc.).

Topic: Materials Design
	AUTHENTICITY AND ARTIFICE – A seminar plan and supporting material from Philip Kerr that takes a critical look at the issue of authenticity
	USING NEWS ARTICLES - A handy article by Gareth Rees about exploiting authentic news items.
	The Coursebook as a Flexible Tool - Handouts from a seminar on materials evaluation and adaptation by Costas Gabrielatos.
	Sources and support for preservice English teachers as technology users - you'll need to scroll down this page from the IATEFL Poland website to get to this article by Roberta Devlin-Scheree - a very useful compendium of ideas and on-line resources for pre-service trainees.

Topic: Observation
	PEER OBSERVATION - A useful introduction by Graham White to the principles and organisation of peer observation
	Discerning Reality: Lesson Observation as Research - A useful and interesting short article by Costas Gabrielatos
	A FORM FOR LESSON OBSERVATION - An all-purpose form from Dennis and Samantha Newson can be used / adapted for a variety of approaches to lesson observation.