How To Teach English in the Middle East

How To Teach English in the Middle East is a full-service preparatory book for any native or near-native speaker of English intending to find employment as an ESL instructor in the Middle East. Drawing upon four years of experience as an English language lecturer at a technical college in a small desert town near the Arabian Sea, Eric Harrington Woro lays out all requisite information for the teacher preparing to make the exotic journey to one of the most fascinating regions of the world. In nine information-packed chapters he covers everything from recruiters and the application process to the pragmatic details of day-to-day living in a Muslim society; effective strategies for the critical phone interview which decides the applicant’s fate; and considerations in formulating lesson plans routinely reviewed by the instructor’s administrative overseers. He gives classroom examples of implementing a communicative approach and discusses need-to-know aspects of teaching ESL to Arab language learners, including several important highlights from standard and nonstandard Arabic grammar. Finally, he blends in a fictional snapshot of day-to-day life in a small Arab village, adding descriptive prose to his expository tour de force. Filled with intriguing reminiscence, personal narrative and comprehensive academic detail, this book is a must read for every ESL instructor en route to the Middle East.