Foundations of English for foreign students - Teacher's Book 1 [antikvár]

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK It is fairly easy to learn the words of a foreign language. It is much harder to use them properly in sentences. Every language has its characteristic structures^ and mastering these is the main part of learning the language^ Foundations of English is de-signed to help especially in acquiring a thorough grasp of the structures of current English. The student must imitate good models, and repeat them so often that the structures he learns become automatic. The teacher's job is to provide the good models, and to provide them in the right order so that the student can grasp them. Much of this book consists of suggestions for this kínd of practice. Great care has been taken that the structures should lead on, one to another, as logically as possible. What is learnt in one lesson is used in teaching the next. The student's own language need not be used much. The Spoken Drills (Learning by Speaking) Teaching by word of mouth should always come first. In each of the twenty "Steps" in this Teacher's Book, you will find suggestions for " Spoken Drills". You should go through these very thoroughly with the students before they open their own books, before you tell them the grammatical rule, and if possible before you say anything in their own language. These spoken drills are the basis of ail the other teaching. The " mother-tongue" should be used only rarely, to give explanations of difficult points, or to sum up rules that have already been established by practice. Even new words should not be translated unless it is absolutely necessary. ' The Teacher must use Imagination The spoken drills given in the following pages are only suggestions. They will give you a start, but you have to amplify them. For example, in Step Ten, on page 57, Drill 11 simply says, "In the same way establish the word somebody". This means that in the previous drill some hints have been given about vii