Professional English Teacher Resources

Boyer Educational Resources have English teacher resources for those seeking to become or further enhance their skills as a professional English teacher. The author, Susan Boyer, is an English teaching professional with many years of experience in the field.

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Our English teacher resources have been created by a professional English teacher, for teachers. They contain practical, user-friendly activities to enliven language classes, enhance learning and promote classroom interaction. Each activity has accompanying teaching notes explain how to implement the activities and/or ways in which the activities can be extended. Many of the classroom activities, exercises and work- sheets can be used independently of the students' book.

Each English teacher resource has been designed to provide ease of photocopying, as the books are A4 size, with metal spiral binding. Because they are so user-friendly, they will save you, as a busy teacher, hours of preparation time. Some specific examples of activities are given below.

Understanding English Pronunciation - Teacher's Book

This English teacher resource includes:

• notes and suggestions for evaluating students' pronunciation needs
• a checklist for evaluating pronunciation
• notes and suggestions on teaching the sounds of English using symbols
• a phonemic chart of English sound symbols
• additional explanatory notes on the variation between British and American pronunciation
• a photocopiable diagram of the basic speech organs to illustrate the articulation of particular sounds

Photocopiable activities, exercises and worksheets includes:

Interactive crosswords - pairwork activities which highlight words containing particular sounds 'Sound Cards'- Card game activities which provide opportunity for students to work together, providing peer feedback while pronouncing and perceiving the sounds in focus. Cultural awareness activities - group activities which compare or discuss cultural practices Discussion topics - Activities to encourage fluency and features of connected speech

Information gap activities Questionnaires and Surveys Problem Solving

Communicative activities which provide practice with activities particular sounds or features of connected speech.

Understanding Spoken English - Teacher's Book
Understanding Everyday Australian - Teacher's Book

Photocopiable activities, exercises and worksheets available from this English teacher resource includes:

Role play activities Discussion topics Information gap activities Problem Solving activities	These activities include negotiating arrangements, making enquiries by telephone , resolving a dispute, giving advice, and justifying opinions and reaching a consensus
Out of class learning activities	These activities encourage students to use the library to research topics and share the information with the class. (Notes and worksheets on how to use the Library of Congress and Dewy Classification library systems are provided.)
Cultural awareness activities	Group activities which compare or discuss cultural practices
Questionnaires and Surveys Group quiz activities	These activities provide an opportunity for students to share information and ideas.