TIPS - A Guidebook for Teaching Excellence in ESL - is a necessary tool for teaching and learning English as a Second Language. The book is a sampler containing useful information regarding the history of the English language, the correlation between language and culture, and provides a solid framework with which to create meaningful contexts in the teaching and learning of correct grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, and literature at various levels of English proficiency.
The major sections of the book start with TIPS and practical information addressed to the ESL teachers (and students), and the main purpose is to help instructors deliver interesting, productive, and effective content in the classroom. The author reveals the need for teachers to elevate the students' motivation by positioning the learning as a discovery process. They become more and more eager to find out about the how's and why's of the development of the language. The book collects practical information on a variety of topics and the research behind them in an easy-to-use format.
About the Author
Dan Manolescu taught classes in ESL in various private and public instiutions in New Jersey and New York between 1984 and 2017. He made valuable contributions to customized textbooks published as proprietary material by ELS Language Centers via Pearson/Longman in 2001, 2006 and 2013. Dan wrote book reviews for Betty Azar's Understanding and Using English Grammar, Third Edition, as well as Annette Rottenberg's Elements of Argument.
Dan Manolescu graduated University of Timisoara, Romania (1965-1970) with a degree in English Language and Literature.. He and his wife currently live in Bedminster, New Jersey.