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
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
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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
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