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Summary: If you read the book, you will appreciate it.
Review: After reading Gebhard's book, I decided to see what others thought about the book. I was quite surprised to see one reviewer give the book only one star. But, then I read the review and realized that this person had not actually read the book. He simply decided that he did not like the book because he thought the author had friends write the reviews. His review without reading the book is like not liking a person because someone told you a few things about her.I like Gebhard's book because he does not claim to know the best way to teach. Rather, he wants us, as ESL teachers or future teachers, to learn how to make our own decisions about what to do in the classroom. He gives lots of examples of things we can do as teachers. (I especially like his section chapters on teaching skills -- conversation, listening, reading, writing -- and his chapter on culture and teaching.)He also provides real problems that real teachers have, and gives multiple examples of activities and materials that experienced teachers use. But, he does not tell teachers how they should teach.
The book is full of ideas and easy to read. As an ESL teacher, I can highly recommend it.
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Summary: things that make you go hmm...
Review: The two reviews below are both authored by "reader". They are also spaced only one month apart and both reviews have been graded by over a 100 "different" people, making it curious why there haven't been more reviews. It is also curious that in the last four years, there haven't been any other reviews. Obviously the author or someone that knows the author put those two reviews up. Because of that, I am not going to purchase the book. I am so fed up with dishonest people.
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Summary: things that make you go hmm...
Review: The two reviews below are both authored by "reader". They are also spaced only one month apart and both reviews have been graded by over a 100 "different" people, making it curious why there haven't been more reviews. It is also curious that in the last four years, there haven't been any other reviews. Obviously the author or someone that knows the author put those two reviews up. Because of that, I am not going to purchase the book. I am so fed up with dishonest people.
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Summary: Up-to-date and to the point; a bridge of theory and practice
Review: This is a book on language teaching for language teachers. The book takes the view that language teachers must be responsible for making the ideas in the book real for their own particular contexts. The book starts with self-development as a theme and then moves on to teaching skills. Jerry Gebhard is careful to point out that he is not providing a bag of tricks as each application is backed-up with a sound theoretical perspective. The references in each section are excellent if the busy teacher has some time to read in more depth. Also, each chapter has activities that teachers can explore in order to apply the chapter information to their own particular context. What I especially like is that these activities encourage teachers to talk to other teachers and colleagues. This is where real self-development starts. This book, then, is a welcome user friendly addition to the field of English Language Teaching. If the user is a teacher, you have found the right book!
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