The Least You Should Know About Teaching a Second or Foreign Language

Authors

Danielle Shurtleff, Brigham Young University
Lynn Henrichsen, Brigham Young University

Keywords

second language, foreign language, teaching English

College

Humanities

Department

Linguistics and English Language

Abstract

People from a wide variety of different backgrounds and ages participate in teaching English to speakers of other languages. Many will be going abroad to countries where people need English to advance their education or employment. A majority of them will not have the training and experience that they should have to effectively teach English and are not in a position, due to finances, timing, or location, to get a TESOL degree or certificate. I am working with Dr. Henrichsen on a project that will solve the problem of inexperienced teachers going abroad with little or no knowledge or experience. This project consists of a book and a website that will give these teachers “The Least You Should Know” (TLYSK) before they go abroad and teach.

Recommended Citation

Shurtleff, Danielle and Henrichsen, Lynn (2013) "The Least You Should Know About Teaching a Second or Foreign Language," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 920.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/920