COURSE OUTLINE
Please see below for a full, detailed, session by session summary of the course syllabus. Don’t worry if you don’t understand all the terminology right now! You’re not expected to yet, and everything you need to know to pass the TEFL certificate course and start off your career as a teacher will be taught to you during the course.
A. CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND TEACHING SKILLS
1. SESSION ONE: TEACHING AND LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
1.1. AIMS:
- To consider teaching theories and approaches which promote effective learning
- To consider the implications of this for acquiring and learning a foreign language
2. SESSION TWO: THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER
2.1. AIMS:
- To consider the role of the teacher with regard to the promotion of effective learning
- To consider the options we have as teachers and the factors which influence our choices
3. SESSION THREE: CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
3.1. AIMS:
- To consider effective strategies for classroom management
- To look at different resources which are available and how to maximize their potential
4. SESSION FOUR: USING PUBLISHED MATERIAL AND LESSON PLANNING
4.1. AIMS:
- To consider the essential ingredients of a well planned lesson
- To introduce a format for lesson planning
- To review lesson plans produced by previous students
- To introduce strategies for evaluating lessons
- To analyze how to use a course book effectively
5. SESSION FIVE: PAIR AND GROUP WORK. INSTRUCTION GIVING.
5.1. AIMS:
- To consider ways in which we can maximize student interaction in the classroom
- To consider ways of giving effective instructions
6/7. SESSIONS SIX AND SEVEN: TEACHING RECEPTIVE SKILLS
6/7.1. AIMS
- To present a methodological model for teaching receptive skills (reading and listening)
- To introduce reading activities and materials
8/9. SESSIONS EIGHT AND NINE: TEACHING VOCABULARY
8/9.1. AIMS:
- To consider strategies for teaching vocabulary
- To introduce ideas for vocabulary practice through activities and games
10. SESSION TEN: TEACHING BEGINNERS
10.1. AIMS:
- To experience being taught an unseen language
- To consider key issues involved in the teaching of beginners
11/12. SESSIONS ELEVEN AND TWELVE:TEACHING GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT
11/12.1. AIMS:
- To explore the relationship between context, language form and language function
- To present a model for introducing new language structures to students
13. SESSION THIRTEEN: CORRECTION TECHNIQUES
13.1. AIMS:
- To consider effective strategies for correcting student errors
14. SESSION FOURTEEN: LANGUAGE GAMES
14.1. AIMS:
- To consider the value of language games in the classroom
- To introduce and use a variety of language games
- To consider ways in which these can be adapted according to teacher objectives and the needs of students
15. SESSION FIFTEEN: PRODUCTIVE SKILLS: (SPEAKING)
15.1. AIMS:
- To introduce the basic principles that underpin the teaching of speaking and discussion skills
- To introduce a variety of activities for speaking skills lessons
- To provide an opportunity for peer teaching and evaluation of the effectiveness of strategies employed
16. SESSION SIXTEEN: PRODUCTIVE SKILLS (WRITING)
16.1. AIMS:
- To introduce the basic principles that underpin the teaching of writing skills
- To introduce a variety of activities for writing skills lessons
17. SESSION SEVENTEEN: ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES
17.1. AIMS
- To consider the issues involved in teaching Business English
- To review materials available for Business English and other areas of English for Specific Purposes
18. SESSION EIGHTEEN: TEACHING CHILDREN, TEACHING IN ONE TO ONE SITUATIONS, TIME-LINES
18.1. AIMS:
- To consider the specific issues involved in the teaching of children
- To consider the specific issues involved in one to one situations
- To review tenses through time lines
19. SESSION NINETEEN: ASSESSING STUDENT PROGRESS
19.1. AIMS:
- To consider the principles underpinning good assessment
- To consider ways of conducting initial assessments and subsequent student progress
- To provide an opportunity for trainees to engage in a self and peer assessment process
B. ENGLISH GRAMMAR
1/2. SESSIONS ONE AND TWO: INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH GRAMMAR
3/4. SESSIONS THREE AND FOUR: PRESENT TENSES
5/6. SESSIONS FIVE AND SIX: PAST TENSES
7/8. SESSIONS SEVEN AND EIGHT: FUTURE TENSES
9. SESSION NINE: MODAL AUXILIARY VERBS, REPORTED SPEECH
10. SESSION TEN: GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES
11. SESSION ELEVEN: CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
12. SESSION TWELVE: THE PASSIVE VOICE
13. SESSION THIRTEEN: RELATIVE CLAUSES, PHRASAL VERBS
C. PHONOLOGY
1. SESSION ONE:
1.1. AIMS:
- To introduce the phonetic symbols used to represent the sounds of English
- To focus on ‘schwa’
- To outline problems students of English have reconciling the spelling of English with its pronunciation
2. SESSION TWO:
2.1. AIMS:
- To look at minimal pairs and how they can aid the process of solving pronunciation problems
- To look at word stress and stress shifts in words
- To look at sentence stress
- To look at the effect intonation has on meaning
3. SESSION THREE:
3.1. AIMS:
- To look at strong and weak forms of words
- To look at features of connected speech
- To look at sound deletions and mergers
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