Teaching Better English: Materials for Teaching English in Japan

Learning a second language can be a difficult process, but it can also be very enjoyable and highly rewarding. Teaching Better English: Materials for Teaching English in Japan is full of communicative lessons and activities that are built upon a foundation of practical experience, reliable theories, and best practices of how languages can be learned and taught. This valuable resource helps EFL and ESL teachers to guide students through learning the alphabet and English sounds, grammar patterns, conversation, self-expression, and culture.

C. Rude lectures on educational linguistics at the University of the Pacific. Her research includes motivation and interaction in multilingual classrooms, school communities, and teacher education. As a former Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program participant, she taught English as a foreign language to elementary school, junior high school, and adult learners in Ushibuka City, Kumamoto Prefecture, in Japan's beautiful Amakusa Islands. More information may be found at www.cicelyrude.com.