From a teaching perspective, the detailed knowledge you will gain
from the course is listed below:
Know the difference between
"Learning" and "Teaching"
- How to determine that what you teach has been learned
- Understand the learning cycle
- How to adapt to the needs of the different learning
capacities of students
- Understand different EFL teaching models and their influence
on current teaching styles
- Know what elements are necessary for EFL learning in a
classroom
Know how to structure lessons
- How to present material
- How to present key points
- How to present explanations and instructions
- How to order the presentation of material and exercises
Know how to plan lessons and use didactic
material
- Understand why lesson plans are important
- Know what should be in a plan
- Know how to plan effective lessons
- Understand the different lesson components
- How to select and order lesson components
- How to maximise the use of didactic materials
Know how to determine if a lesson was
successful
- How to define lesson success evaluation criteria
- How to evaluate lesson effectiveness
Understand classroom interaction
- Understand interaction (teacher/student and students/student
), meaning and concepts
- Be aware of patterns of classroom interaction
- Understand the social aspects of classroom interaction
- How to implement and use interactive teaching strategies
- How to effectively use initiation – response – feedback
techniques
- How to effectively use: engage, study and activate
techniques
Know how to ask questions
- Understand the reasons for questioning
- How to construct effective questions
- How to successfully elicit answers
- How to concept check
Know how to give feedback
- Understand what feedback is
- Understand the nature and function of feedback
- How to correct mistakes
- How to tactfully and positively deliver feedback
Know how to test and assess
- Understand why testing is necessary
- Understand the value of assessment and correction for
learning
- How to establish assessment reference criteria
- How to establish assessment grades
- How to construct successful and meaningful tests
- How to administer tests
Know how to maintain classroom discipline
- How to ensure that students keep using English rather than
their own language
- How to encourage uncooperative students
- How to get quiet students talking
- How to help students that don't understand tapes that they
are listening to
- How to handle students that finish before everybody else
Know how to teach vocabulary
- How to present and explain new vocabulary
- How to construct classroom activities that stimulate
vocabulary use
Know how to teach grammar?
- Understand grammar in general and why it is important
- Understand grammatical structures
- Understand grammatical meaning
- How to present and explain new grammatical structures
- How to construct classroom activities that stimulate grammar
use
Know how to teach reading
- Understand why we read and what the reading process is
- Understand the differences between how people read
- How to teach reading
- Know what reading activities look like
- How to construct classroom activities that stimulate reading
Know how to teach writing
- Understand why we write and what the reading process is
- Understand the differences between written and spoken text
- How to teach writing
- Know what writing activities look like
- How to construct classroom activities that stimulate writing
Know how to teach speaking
- How to practice oral fluency
- How and when to correct errors during fluency exercises
- How to resolve common speaking activities problems
- How to use role play and related techniques
- Know what speaking activities look like
- How to construct classroom activities that stimulate
speaking
Know how to teach listening
- Understand what is really involved when we listen to someone
else speak
- Know the common attributes of real-life listening situations
- How to simulate real-life listening in the classroom
- Know what listening activities look like
- How to construct classroom activities that stimulate
listening
Know how to motivate students and
maintain their interest
- Understand why motivation is extremely important in learning
situations
- Understand the characteristics of motivated students
- Understand different kinds of motivation
- Know why their will naturally be fluctuations in student
interest
- How to effectively use motivational techniques
Know how to teach pronunciation
- Explain and practice long and short vowel sounds
- Explain and practice diphthongs
- Explain and practice different qualities of and
pronunciation of vowels
- Explain and practice plosive consonants
- Explain and practice difficult sounds e.g. W, G, J. CH etc.
- Explain and practice intonation and its effect on
phrase/sentence meaning
- Explain and practice how stressed and unstressed syllables
vary the rhythm of words and phrases
Know how to behave in the classroom (your
role and responsibilities)
- Know what are the characteristics of a good teacher
- How to communicate success and its rewards
- How to communicate failure and its penalties
- How to make authoritative demands
- How to structure teacher language
- How to manage Teacher Talking Time (TTT) versus Student
Talking Time (STT)
- How to teach using English rather than having to resort to
the native class language
Know how to perform concept checking
- Understand what concept checking
- How to effectively use different methods for concept
checking
- How to concept check vocabulary
- How to concept check grammar
Understand the differences in learner age
groups
- Understand the "age factor" for language learning
capabilities
- Understand the differences between children and adult
learning
- Know the basics behind teaching children
- Know the basics behind teaching adolescents
- Know the basics behind teaching adults
Understand a syllabus
- Know what a syllabus is
- Know what to consider when planning a syllabus
- How to identify what students need to learn
- Understand the common characteristics of a syllabus
- Understand different types of syllabuses
- Know how to use a syllabus when planning lessons
Understand what ESP/Business English is
- Understand the definitions of ESP areas of specialisation
- How to conduct an ESP needs analysis
- Understand the ESP language teaching tree
- Understand different ESP teaching techniques
