What Should Every EFL Teacher Know?

This book is for those who've been teaching EFL for at least a year - not because of the material being particularly advanced, but because you must encounter the difficulties first to truly appreciate how intelligent & sensitive Paul Nation's approach to teaching is. What actually merits the 5-star rating is how clearly he communicates this approach. While most academics in this publish articles or books laden with academic lingo to hide the fact that they're conveying almost nothing of actual value to the teacher in the trenches, you can open this book to virtually any section where you need help and find something you'll be able to apply to your class the next day.From the mere fact that he dares to say that teachers need to teach much less because research shows that teaching has little effect and yet provides an overarching plan for how enable students to use English better (in a word, planning) this should be considered a seminal work in the field.

It was helpful but a little deep for me

However, this book was written primarily for teacher, I would also recommend this book all learners who want to find good principles, exercises and techniques for learning foreing language.

A MUST read for any professor of foreign languages. Very informative with or without the online supplement. Paul Nation's book on teaching vocabulary is also a good read.

Excellent resource for teachers.

I like this book but it is a little like bait-it gives just enough to tantilise and no more. You need to go to websites/buy other texts to actually get ‘the big picture’. If you are just starting out it is insufficient. For me, a veteran of 25 years who is always looking for new tools for the tool kit, I gained some insight into vocabulary acquisition, for that reason alone it was worth the purchase. It does, however, need a little more depth to actually fufill the promise of the title.

Good book for EFL teachers and researchers.

Great book, great service. Thanks!

Excellent material. Great ideas and material that is helpful for esl teaching. I consider this book I deeply admire Nation.

The paper is of high quality. Contents are well organized and helpful for not only EFL teachers, but also for any foreign language teacher.

I have read this book many times, on many devices. These devices have changed over the years, but despite me deleting it on my older devices, I can no longer download it onto my latest Kindle. If I want it, I have to buy it again. This is ridiculous, and has not happened with any other book, so I assume it must be down to Compass Publishing. I will not be buying any more books from them.

画期的に新しいことが書かれているのではない。英語教育に興味があったり、経験がある人はきっと考えたことがあることばかりだ。わかりやすく全体像を示しているので、英語教育全体を俯瞰できる。また、更に英語教育の学びを進めたい人にはお勧め参考文献もあり、英語教師としてさｔらにパワーアップしたい人にはお勧めである。

I want to read this book and think about my future classes before April. There are lots of links introduced in the book. I'm sure this book will help both future and current teachers.