Are you an English teacher?
or, thinking of becoming
a teacher of EFL?

Do you:

  • Need help deciding what’s appropriate to teach your classes?

  • Have doubts about the best way to teach?

  • Feel stuck about what to do with your classes?

Many teachers feel like this:

Despite the training they’ve gone through, many feel daunted at the prospect of working with a real class of students.

They worry that the students won’t learn anything, or even that they won’t be able to put together an appropriate lesson.

Would you like to:

  • Walk into your first class feeling confident?

  • Make the right decisions about your classes from the start?

  • Learn the simple strategies needed in your first 2 years of teaching English??

My new guide to teaching English can help you:

It will provide you with simple steps to plan your lessons and increase your students’ learning. You will make the right decisions from the start. You will expand your own confidence and increase your students' confidence in you.

The e-book is available online here.

* What is an e-book? An e-book is an electronic book that is stored on your computer. You can read it on screen or print out the bits you want. Lucy Pollard’s Guide to Teaching English is in PDF format, making it compatible with all computer systems.

Read extracts of the book in PDF:

Here are some of the things you get:

A summary of what students need to know and what teachers need to teach. This will prepare you for your teaching assignments and help you get it right from the start.

An explanation of learning and teaching methodology; this gives you a theoretical basis for what I present.

An in-depth look at each aspect of teaching English to help you avoid common mistakes.

The ten chapters are:

  • The basics of teaching English
  • Teaching methods
  • Presenting and practising language
  • Teaching speaking
  • Teaching listening
  • Teaching reading
  • Teaching writing
  • Planning a lesson
  • Correcting students’ errors
  • Teaching pronunciation

Buy online here:

You might be asking why you need this:

You need a guide when starting out and so do your students! They need a teacher who knows what to do.

You’ll spend a lot of time at the beginning trying to work out what to do with your students. This book will help you make those all important decisions. It will help you make the right decisions from the start.

The book is electronic: no heavy books to carry if you’re travelling abroad to teach. You can print it out if you want; as much or as little as you need.

If you are a new teacher, you’ll find a good grounding in TEFL – an introduction to theory and the practical aspects of teaching.

If you’ve got experience, this book will provide a review of what you have learnt in an easily transportable format. It gives you the theoretical basis for what you’re doing already.

This new guide will be a constant companion to those of you who are thinking of becoming teachers and to those of you with under 2 years' experience.

About me:

I have worked as a teacher, teacher trainer, writer, TEFL consultant and Director of Studies for over 18 years. My experience is varied: I have taught general English, English for specific purposes and English for academic purposes to adults. I have also taught teenagers and young children. I have the UCLES Diploma in TEFL, the Certificate in TEFL from the University of London, a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and the Diploma in Life Coaching.

I am passionate about teaching and learning and have shared my knowledge with students, teachers and colleagues for many years.

T E S T I M O N I A L S

Hi Lucy, I have written to you so many times about the various issues concerning my own teaching situations and I have always received invaluable advice from you, which always helped me out of the difficult situations.

Dear Lucy, Thank you very much for your detailed answer about 'do' and 'does'.

I think, this forum is so helpful for students and teachers!

Dear Lucy,

Thank you so much for your suggestions. I was very happy when I received your reply. I didn’t think that I would receive such a personal message in such a short time with so many practical tips concerning teaching reading. Today I came to class and tried some ideas you suggested to me and found them very useful. Your explanation is very good, and I understand this situations very well now.

Thanks a lot, Marina

By the way, I’d like to say a big thank-you to you for helping me with my last lesson about PROBLEM PAGE. The lesson went on very well and the dean was very satisfied. I hope to hear from you soon.

Ngoclinh

Anyway, I got a lot of useful advice from you and thank you so much for that.

Phuong

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, LUCY, SUPPORT, SYMPATHY, IDEAS, AS WELL.

ELAINE

Hi Lucy, I have written to you so many times about the various issues concerning my own teaching situations and I have always received invaluable advice from you, which always helped me out of the difficult situations.

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I hope you enjoy my book and I know you will find it useful.

Warmest regards,
Lucy