本书是遵循教育部新的《**英语课程标准》所倡导的教育理念,为小学英语教师英语教学专业化发展而编写的,由**英语课程标准研制组负责人之一、北京师范大学外文学院外语教育与教师教育研究所所长王蔷教授主编。内容包括小学英语课程特点的讨论、英语新课标的基本理念和教学基本要求的解析、课堂教学管理、小学英语教学技能和技巧的培训、教学评价问题、如何选择和使用小学英语教材及小学英语教师的发展等主题。
本书主要用英文写作,行文明快流畅,内容亲切生动,从学习者已有的知识和经验出发,使学习者通过英语这一工具学习教学法专业,在专业学习的同时又提高英语水平,实现听、说、读、写、用各项技能的提高和突破,为小学英语教师的发展奠定一个良好的基础。
本书可作为英语新课程教师培训用书,同时也可作为目前国内小学教育专业英语教学法课程的**教材。

Unit 1 Children as Language Learners
1.1 Howdowe learn ourfirst language(L1)?
1.2 HOW do we Iearn English?
1.3 The characteristics of children
1.4 Children’S differences in Iearning
1.5 Motivating children to Iearn English
1.6 Treating children as human beings
1.7 The quality of a good English teacher
Unit 2 Understanding the National English Curriculum
2.1 Benefits of offering English in the primary school
2.2 Understanding goals and objectives for primary schoolEnglish teaching
2.3 Developing principles for teaching English to children
2.4 Understanding the target requirements for Levels 1 and 2
Unit 3 Classroom Management
3.1 Seating arrangements
3.2 Classroom instruction
3.3 Dealing with discipline
3.4 Starting an English lesson
3.5 0rganizing the Iesson
3.6 Managing classroom interaction
3.7 Lesson planning
3.8 Error corrections and encouragement
3.9 Using and creating resources for learning
Unit 4 The Techniques of Teaching Children
4.1 Listen and do
4.2 Listen and speak
4.3 Learn to read
4.4 Learn to write
4.5 Learn to sing songs and say rhymes
4.6 Playing games
4.7 Using stories
4.8 Using projects
4.9 Board writing and stick drawin9:
Unit 5 Assessing Learning with Children
5.1 Understanding assessment
5.2 Setting up targets and designing assessment tasks
5.3 Ways of assessing learning with children
Unit 6 Adapting and Evaluating Children,S Textbooks
6.1 Evaluating Textbooks
6.2 Selecting textbooks
6.3 Using the textbooks
Unit 7 Teacher Development
7.1 Teachers`beliefs and their practice
7.2 Teachers`reflection
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