1. You Are The Course Book Method 12 Ways it Beats Working with a Course Book www.englishbanana.com

2. You Are The Course Book is a new method of teaching English and ESL without a course book

3. No course book is required because the focus is on language production and practice, rather than reading

4. Here are 12 ways that we think You Are The Course Book Method is better for students and teachers, compared with the traditional ELT course book

5. Class with a course book: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice Students learn by reading from the book

6. Class with YATCB Method: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice Students learn by their mistakes while producing language

7. Class with a course book: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice There is expensive material to buy

8. Class with YATCB Method: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice No material to buy – the techniques are free

9. Class with a course book: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice T/F, matching, multiple-choice, and gap-fills are done in class

10. Class with YATCB Method: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice We leave this kind of activity for homework

11. Class with a course book: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice There is often not enough time for speaking or free practice

12. Class with YATCB Method: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice There is plenty of time for speaking and free practice

13. Class with a course book: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice Grammar topics are pre-decided and organised into units

14. Class with YATCB Method: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice Grammar topics are decided by students’ needs on the day

15. Class with a course book: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice Language points are covered once and then not repeated

16. Class with YATCB Method: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice There is plenty of repetition of key points

17. Class with a course book: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice The course book writer is creative and uses their imagination

18. Class with YATCB Method: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice Students are creative and use their imagination

19. Class with a course book: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice Students carry accumulated knowledge in their books

20. Class with YATCB Method: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice Students carry accumulated knowledge in their heads

21. Class with a course book: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice The material is standardised for many races and kinds of students

22. Class with YATCB Method: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice The material is tailored to the people in the room

23. Class with a course book: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice The book explains the language point

24. Class with YATCB Method: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice The teacher elicits the language point

25. Class with a course book: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice The teacher becomes jaded over time

26. Class with YATCB Method: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice The teacher increases their expertise over time

27. Class with a course book: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice The teacher is a presenter of the course book, working for the book

28. Class with YATCB Method: FREE Download: You Are The Course Book 2 – In PracticeYou Are The Course Book 2 – In Practice The teacher is a teacher

29. More ways that YATCB Method is better for students and teachers than an ELT Course Book

30. Students sit facing the teacherStudents sit facing each other Students sit in their chairs for theStudents move around whole lesson Students look down at their booksStudents look up at each other and the board The teacher is a police officerThe teacher is a guide Class with a course book: Class with YATCB Method: Classroom Management

31. Students often work on their ownStudents work in pairs and groups, but not on their own Students read in their headsStudents produce material – verbally and in writing Reading in classReading for homework Students read specially-written Students work with real texts (false) textsand realia Pronunciation and connected speech Pronunciation and connected are MIAspeech are integral Class with a course book: Class with YATCB Method: Class Activities

32. Course book writer’s ideas are Students’ ideas are most most importantimportant The course book writer chooses The students and teacher the topics choose the topics The course book sells the concepts, The topics and real texts are culture, and ideology chosen by chosen for students that you the publisher and authorknow; the material is relevant Not suitable for Zero BeginnersWorks from Zero Beginner up Class with a course book: Class with YATCB Method: Class Content

33. Teachers are criminalised by No photocopying required being required to do illegal photocopying The teacher follows instructionsThe teacher gives instructions The teacher does the same spread There’s a different lesson each time and againtime The teacher burns out, like theThe teacher can be in candle giving light for others low-power mode, while students do the hard work Class with a course book: Class with YATCB Method: The Teacher’s Experience

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