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LanguageAssistant is a resource book specially written for British Council language assistants by Clare Lavery. Clare has been a language assistant herself and interviewed recent language assistants to develop the book. It's a practical, encouraging and lively source of ideas.

However, because the book's so useful to a wide range of teachers, including those new to teaching, those who'd like to refresh their ideas and those working in teacher development, we've put it on this web site so anyone can download and print it free of charge for their personal use. For any other use, you must ask permission from the British Council. You will need to have Adobe Acrobat reader installed.

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To download LanguageAssistant as one PDF document (640k), click here.

To download individual units, click on the links below.

Cover Download cover (92K)
Acknowledgements Download acknowledgements (16K)
Foreword Download foreword (13.9k)
Contents Download contents (18.9k)
Module 1 Administration and management
Unit 1 Interpersonal relationships page 2 - 11 (47.8k)
Unit 2 Learning styles and classroom management page 12 - 23 (54k)
Unit 3 Motivation and progress page 24 - 35 (63.2k)
Module 2 Spoken English
Unit 4 Oral practice page 36 - 45 (61.5k)
Unit 5 Conversation and discussion with texts page 46-55 (71.3k)
Unit 6 Speech work page 56 - 67 (70.5k)
Module 3 Teaching Aids
Unit 7 Visual aids page 68 - 79 (125k)
Unit 8 Listening and speaking page 80 - 91 (68k)
Unit 9 Games page 92 - 101 (47.5k)
Module 4 Content and resources
Unit 10 Cultural content page 102 - 113 (62.1k)
Unit 11 Literature and the Media page 114 - 125 (52.4k)
Unit 12 Building a resource bank page 126 - 137 (69.1k)