(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best english as second language books

This is an English beginner book, I think it's somewhere between A1 and A2. It's not as simple as A1 but I don't think it includes all of the grammar points you learn at A2.

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You can read it free if you have kindle unlimited so it might be worth having a look.

I can't upvote this enough. This is the first response with a positive note rather than, 'let's string up those ne'er do wells!'

Also, I'd highly recommend "Reading Reflex" and "The Writing Road to Reading" for literacy related issues.

Yes. Read Classroom Instruction that works for English Language Learners.

http://www.amazon.com/Classroom-Instruction-English-Language-Learners/dp/1416603905

Also, make sure that you have language objectives for everything. Use sentence stems. Make sure that there is ample time for accountable talk. Use visuals.

We were using a text book by Ibrahim Wazir during our classes, but Haese was a primary source as well. Both are very good books.

EDIT: Sorry that is an outdated version we were using this one (2012 edition)

I liked IELTS Express because it was quite easy to use.

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https://www.amazon.com/IELTS-Express-Intermediate-Track-Success/dp/113331306X

The most difficult part of the job is figuring out how to do classroom management with language/cultural barriers. There are lots of good classroom management books for subject teachers in western classrooms, but they are useless in an EFL context. The only book that I've found that comes close is Schriver's "Classroom Management Techniques": https://www.amazon.com/Classroom-Management-Techniques-Cambridge-Handbooks/dp/0521741858/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496493977&sr=8-1&keywords=classroom+management+techniques+jim+scrivener

But even then, honestly...you can't learn classroom management from a book. It's not like you can just acquire a piece of knowledge and instantly become a better teacher. Classroom management is a skill that needs to be trained.

And it's tough to find mentors who can provide that training. About 60-80% of NETs leave their jobs every year. Either to change their career, or to check out a different country/region. So it just doesn't make sense for employers to invest in in-transient workers. So you have to do all your career development yourself.

The best advice I could give is just to start volunteering to teach ESL/EFL right now. I learned more from 1 hour of volunteer work than 120 hours of coursework. Don't bother with the CELTA, just get a cheap online TEFL cert and do 1 year abroad at an entry level job. If you're still serious after that, then you can look into getting a DELTA/MA TEFL.

I've had some students who liked to go through TOEIC sample test books like this one and we'd do a test-teach-test class to identify what they struggled with. Also, it gives you an idea of what the format is and how to prepare future lessons. I'm sure they're torrent-able.

If your students aren't taking the speaking and writing portions (which I don't have a lot of experience with) prepare receptive skills lesson to work on their timed reading and listening skills.

I second SIOP materials. There are virtual webinars for it as well. :)

https://www.amazon.com/Ideas-Activities-Teaching-English-Learners/dp/0205521061/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1468356327&sr=8-5&keywords=teaching+english+learners

I think this will help! And it's free!

The Liddell and Scott is the standard one, and this one seems to be the best reviewed on Amazon. If you have a Kindle Fire, you can also buy this app.

Yeah sure. Here you have

sorry, I wasn't clear enough. Teach the whole class in English or the native language for the first part of the day. Then teach the same thing again in the other language. It's shown to have a better speed for BICS and high increase in CALP which is still a difficult thing for all learners.

I recommend this book for SIOP

There's a set of accent coaching MP3scalled "accenting your character" by Paul Meier, I think. He does most of the UK accents and they're very good.

https://www.amazon.com/Accent-Your-Character-Standard-Training/dp/B0027A3FI0

Also on DTRPG, I think.

This might help you out in the future;

https://www.amazon.com/Learn-English-Beginners-Guide-Learners/dp/1530809568

How about Murakami? He is a famous novelist, and there are nice English translations and you can get aroung $10 in paperbooks.

You can also get some textbooks that had broadcasted NHK radio.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%9D%91%E4%B8%8A%E6%98%A5%E6%A8%B9%E3%80%8C%E3%81%8B%E3%81%88%E3%82%8B%E3%81%8F%E3%82%93%E3%80%81%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC%E3%82%92%E6%95%91%E3%81%86%E3%80%8D%E8%8B%B1%E8%A8%B3%E5%AE%8C%E5%85%A8%E8%AA%AD%E8%A7%A3-%E6%9D%91%E4%B8%8A-%E6%98%A5%E6%A8%B9/dp/4140351276

Sorry I couldn't find it in amazon.com.

For the sake of argument, wouldn't the sheer size of a whale and the fact that if you could 'herd' them in the open ocean you wouldn't need to produce anything to feed them stack up against that? There's an old Arthur C. Clarke book I once read on the subject, goodness knows how fanciful it actually is.

Use the podcasts from iTunesU or this one
Both links will open iTunes if you have it.

If you actually want a book, this is what I bought for school

Dica maneira pra galera: https://www.amazon.com/English-Research-Papers-Handbook-Brazilian-ebook/dp/B00GPT0FXW

este é o livro!

German

Spanish

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Are you talk about this -> https://www.amazon.com/English-Grammar-Boot-Camp/dp/B01K50H3E0 ?