BASIC 100 Hour Course Content

Learn the fundamentals skills to Teaching English as a Foreign or Second Language! If this new career will not be permanent or if need an introduction to the teaching world, this course is for you! Included:

– 5 units that deal with relevant topics on English teaching
– 5 practice tasks which are reviewed by a personal tutor
– Self reflection journals
– Extra readings
– Discussion forums where you can exchange ideas with teachers from around the world

UNIT 1: THE TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS

Lesson 1.1

• The English Language

Lesson 1.2

• The Learner & Learning Styles
• Types of Learners

Lesson 1.3

• Characteristics of an Effective Teacher
• The Roles of a Teacher

Lesson 1.4

• Approaches & Teaching Methodologies

Lesson 1.5

• Motivation

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UNIT 2: VOCABULARY

Lesson 2.1

• Relationship Between Language Structure & Vocabulary
• The Role of Vocabulary
• Items that Constitute Vocabulary

Lesson 2.2

• Strategies for Teaching Vocabulary

Lesson 2.3

• Games & Activities to Teach Vocabulary

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UNIT 3: GRAMMAR

Lesson 3.1

• Why Grammar?
• Problems Teaching Grammar
• Advantages of Teaching Grammar

Lesson 3.2

• Model: Introducing a New Language Structure
• Lead-in
• Elicitation
• Presentation
• Controlled Practice
• Freer Practice

Lesson 3.3

• Identifying the Stages & Giving Comments.

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UNIT 4: THE FOUR SKILLS

Lesson 4A.1 Receptive Skills

• You will discuss aspects related to the receptive skills. You will study some strategies and activities to develop your students’ reading and listening skills.
• Strategies for Reading & Listening: Skimming Scanning, Prediction, Detailed Information, Deduction and Context Clues

Lesson 4A.2 Model: Presentation of a Reading or Listening Activity

• You will analyze a model lesson plan for reading or listening class and will create your own lesson plan based on this model.
• Considerations
• Ideas & Tasks for a Reading or Listening Activity

Lesson 4B.1 Productive Skills (speaking and writing)

• Characteristics of the Productive Skills
• Speaking Activities
• Writing Activities

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UNIT 5: CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

Lesson 5.1

• Essential Ingredients for an Effectively Planned Lesson
• Pre-Lesson & Post-Lesson Check Lists
• Evaluating a Lesson Plan

Lesson 5.2

• Stages in a Lesson Plan

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