BA TESOL Degree Course - Module Information
Module 1: The Core Fundamentals of ESL Teaching 1 (Beginners)
Course Code: TEFL893
Book reviews, summaries and assignments, TEFL/TESOL video course, and assignment
Module 2: The Core Fundamentals of ESL Teaching 2 (Beginners)
Course Code: TEFL894
Book reviews, summaries and assignments. TEFL/TESOL video training course, and assignment. Introduction to teaching abroad video training course.
Module 3: Second Language Learning
Course Code: ENG367-SLL
Some of the questions to be asked on the module are:
* How does learning a second language compare to learning a first language?
* What mental processes do we go through as we learn a (second) language?
* How is language knowledge stored in our minds?
* How have explanations of second language learning, i.e. theories, changed over the decades?
* Can you really learn a second language as an adult?
* Do people learn better by thinking about the language they are using or about the meaning they want to convey?
* Is there such a thing as language learning aptitude?
* What is the influence of affective factors such as the particular motivation for learning a language?
* Is a learner's language just a faulty version of the target language or can it be seen as a language in its own right? Does it matter?
* What is the current situation in different kinds of language classrooms?
* How easy is it to carry out research on these questions?
Module 4: Methodology of Teaching English to Foreign Students
Course Code: ENG362-MTE
The module looks at the principles of teaching English as a foreign language, through different contexts, purposes and approaches. The major teaching styles in English language teaching, and the separate skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening will be covered as well as the sub skills of vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. Issues such as classroom management, materials use and evaluation, curriculum and syllabus, lesson planning and error correction will also be covered, as will testing and teaching young learners. Other topics will include error correction, communicative language teaching, alternative ways of presenting language, and principles of teaching receptive and productive skills.
Module 5: Lesson Planning
Course Code: ENG396-MTC
The differences in teaching the four main skills. Alternative methods and techniques for use in an ESL classroom. Lesson planning and the benefits they have for a teacher in an ESL classroom. Using games and quiz’s in the ESL young learners classroom. Building confidence in ESL Students. Book reviews and assignments, Lesson planning projects
Module 6: Video Lecture Series
Course Code: ENG463-VLS
Empowering the Language Learner, Logic of English Presentation, Learner Language: Tools for Teachers, Seven Ways of Looking at Grammar, Teaching Pronunciation: Seven Essential Concepts, Using Corpora in the Language Classroom, Six Big Ideas and One Little One, Communicative Language Teaching, Teaching Speaking Fluency & Conversational English, How to Handle Misbehaving Students: ‘Maintaining Classroom Discipline’ (1947), ESL / EFL Training Workshop for Teaching Young Learners.
Module 7: Remote Teaching Basics
Course Code: ENG487-RTB
Teaching Languages Online (Video Course), Book Reviews, Summaries, and student assignments. Final Paper
Course Code: TEFL893
Book reviews, summaries and assignments, TEFL/TESOL video course, and assignment
Module 2: The Core Fundamentals of ESL Teaching 2 (Beginners)
Course Code: TEFL894
Book reviews, summaries and assignments. TEFL/TESOL video training course, and assignment. Introduction to teaching abroad video training course.
Module 3: Second Language Learning
Course Code: ENG367-SLL
Some of the questions to be asked on the module are:
* How does learning a second language compare to learning a first language?
* What mental processes do we go through as we learn a (second) language?
* How is language knowledge stored in our minds?
* How have explanations of second language learning, i.e. theories, changed over the decades?
* Can you really learn a second language as an adult?
* Do people learn better by thinking about the language they are using or about the meaning they want to convey?
* Is there such a thing as language learning aptitude?
* What is the influence of affective factors such as the particular motivation for learning a language?
* Is a learner's language just a faulty version of the target language or can it be seen as a language in its own right? Does it matter?
* What is the current situation in different kinds of language classrooms?
* How easy is it to carry out research on these questions?
Module 4: Methodology of Teaching English to Foreign Students
Course Code: ENG362-MTE
The module looks at the principles of teaching English as a foreign language, through different contexts, purposes and approaches. The major teaching styles in English language teaching, and the separate skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening will be covered as well as the sub skills of vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. Issues such as classroom management, materials use and evaluation, curriculum and syllabus, lesson planning and error correction will also be covered, as will testing and teaching young learners. Other topics will include error correction, communicative language teaching, alternative ways of presenting language, and principles of teaching receptive and productive skills.
Module 5: Lesson Planning
Course Code: ENG396-MTC
The differences in teaching the four main skills. Alternative methods and techniques for use in an ESL classroom. Lesson planning and the benefits they have for a teacher in an ESL classroom. Using games and quiz’s in the ESL young learners classroom. Building confidence in ESL Students. Book reviews and assignments, Lesson planning projects
Module 6: Video Lecture Series
Course Code: ENG463-VLS
Empowering the Language Learner, Logic of English Presentation, Learner Language: Tools for Teachers, Seven Ways of Looking at Grammar, Teaching Pronunciation: Seven Essential Concepts, Using Corpora in the Language Classroom, Six Big Ideas and One Little One, Communicative Language Teaching, Teaching Speaking Fluency & Conversational English, How to Handle Misbehaving Students: ‘Maintaining Classroom Discipline’ (1947), ESL / EFL Training Workshop for Teaching Young Learners.
Module 7: Remote Teaching Basics
Course Code: ENG487-RTB
Teaching Languages Online (Video Course), Book Reviews, Summaries, and student assignments. Final Paper
