PART 1 FOUNDATIONS OF TEACHING ENGLISH Chapter 1 Recognize the nature of English as an international language Introduction 1.1 Dialects, accents, and varieties of English 1.2 Kachru's Inner Circle and Outer Circle territories 1.3 English in the Expanding Circle 1.4 Targets and standards for the use of English 1.5 Exonormative and endonormative standards 1.6 Standards for written English 1.7 The role of culture in learning English as an international language: Big C culture and Small c culture 1.8 Intercultural competence 1.9 Using English as an international language Conclusion Follow-up References and further reading Chapter 2 Develop your professional knowledge and skills Introduction 2.1 Teaching English as a profession 2.2 Disciplinary knowledge 2.3 Proficiency in English 2.4 Pedagogical content knowledge 2.5 Practical teaching skills Conclusion Follow-up References and further reading Chapter 3 Review your use of English in teaching Introduction 3.1 What kind of proficiency in English does an English teacher need? 3.2 NESTs andNNESTs 3.3 Teaching English through English 3.4 Using English to support scaffolded and dialogic learning 3.5 Using English as a teaching resource to support incidental language learning 3.6 Providing corrective feedback 3.7 Use of questions in teaching 3.8 Using language to assist learning 3.9 Code-switching 3.10 Monitoring the English you use when you teach Conclusion Follow-up References and further reading PART 2 THE ROLE OF TEACHINGP RINCIPLES PART 3 THE NATURE OF LANGUAGE LESSONS PART 4 DYNAMICS OF THE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM PART 5 FEATURES OF CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES PART 6 ACHIEVING FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT PART 7 CREATIVE PRACTICE IN TEACHING PART 8 THE NATURE OF TEACHER CHANGE Glossary