Course Content

The course includes:
 

30 units of online learning (plus an orientation module) which equate to 60+ hours of course input

 

Face-to-face teaching practice, evaluation and feedback

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Assignments and observation units

      Throughout the course you will cover a variety of topics through sessions and workshops:

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  • Classroom management skills

  • Lesson planning

  • Understanding the contexts within which adults learn English

  • Understanding students’ motivations, and the roles of both the teacher and the learner

  • Language analysis (grammar and phonology)

  • Developing reading, writing, listening and speaking skills

  • Teaching methodology, ideas and techniques applicable to ESOL/EFL teaching

  • Evaluating authentic and published materials

  • Teaching basic literacy

Curriculum at a Glance

WEEK 1 – 5

  • Online self-study

  • Units 1 – 10

  • Orientation

  • Teaching demos

  • Anticipating problems

  • Written assignment 1

WEEK 6 - 7

  • Teaching practice 1

  • Peers observation

  • Feedbacks

  • Written assignment 2

WEEK 8 - 12

  • Online self-study

  • Units 16 – 25

  • Specific skills training and student language acquisition

  • Written assignment 3

WEEK 13 - 14

  • Teaching practice 2

  • Peers observation

  • Feedbacks

  • Written assignment 4

Course Structure