Reddit reviews Teaching Tenses: Ideas for Presenting and Practising Tenses in English (ELT)
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Hey, don't let shyness stop you! I told people for years that I would NEVER be a teacher, that I was terrified of having to talk to and manage other people, but it turns out I'm pretty good at it! It's all an act...you are an actor up there! Just channel your old teachers, that's what I do ;)
As for the lack of grammar knowledge...you could always study on your own.
These are some of the books we're using on the course:
https://www.amazon.com/Grammar-English-Language-Teachers-Parrott/dp/0521712041/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481038149&sr=8-1&keywords=parrot+english+grammar
https://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Tenses-Presenting-Practising-English/dp/0175559201/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481038180&sr=8-1&keywords=teaching+tenses+by+rosemary+aitken
You'll learn the rules and how to teach them too. But keep in mind that a lot of people who enter the course don't really know everything.
I'm taking the course now, but I fell into teaching two years ago. I studied languages, but I never really had proper English classes here in the US. Now I'm pretty good at teaching, you can learn on the job!
So, it's not impossible. It's up to you if you want to give it a try.
If you do, I hope you come to love teaching like I do!
If you've learnt Spanish and Hindi then you probably will know more than many others on your course. Also, it's more important in many ways to be able to demonstrate difference in meaning rather than analysing things grammatically.
For example: How would you explain / demonstrate the difference between 'I saw the thief climbing through the window' vs. 'I saw the thief climb through the window'.
Having said that, it never hurts to brush up. I'm personally not a fan of Azar I think she tends to split and complicate things where there is no need.
Instead I'd recommend Raymond Murphy (it comes in both a British and American English version. If you get the British version it includes American grammar in the appendix and vice versa): http://www.amazon.com/English-Grammar-Use-Answers-Intermediate/dp/0521532892
and Teaching tenses: http://www.amazon.com/TEACHING-TENSES-PRESENTING-PRACTISING-ENGLISH/dp/0175559201
Most importantly, get a copy of the TESOL bible, Swan's 'Practical English Usage': http://www.amazon.com/Practical-English-Usage-Michael-Swan/dp/0194420981/ref=pd_sim_b_1