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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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EDUCATION 467-4
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CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
Fall Semester, 1989
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Instructor:
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J. Geitz
Wednesdays
4:30 - 8:20 p.m.
Location: Harbour Centre
Prere
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60 hours of credit and an undergraduate linguistics course, such as
Linguistics 100 or UBC's English 329 (distance education).
"Nobody moves to Canada to learn a language; they move here to
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here, to get a
job, to be a whole human being."
Chinese-Canadian ESL Teacher in Surrey
Objectives
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To understand the relationship between psychological well-being and the acquisition of
English as a second language by people who are new to Canada.
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To understand that different kinds of teaching practices must be used with children,
adolescents and adults, due to the emotional, cognitive, and social differences in these
groups.
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To learn some basic practices for classroom use for the teaching of aural comprehension,
speaking, reading and writing. Students will focus on practices appropriate for the
age/grade level they are most interested in.
Topics
There are three strands in this course: (1) human development as it relates to second language
learning; (2) principles of direct classroom instruction, and (3) sequencing linguistic forms so that
they may be internalized by learners. Teaching practices will focus upon bridging the gap
between the ESL learner's present competencies in English and those competencies required to
do normal academic work in a Canadian classroom.
There will be no tests in this course. Students will create lesson plans for the age/grade level they
are interested in.
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Creating a lesson to teach spoken English (worth 50% of total grade).
II Creating a lesson to teach written English (worth 50% of total grade).
Required Textbooks
Betty Wallace Rôbinett. (1977). Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Minneapolis
and NY: University of Minnesota Press and McGraw-Hill International.
A.J. Thomson and A.V. Martinet. (1986). A Practical English Grammar. Oxford University Press.
Carol Cummings. (1980). Teaching Makes a Difference. Edmonds, WA: Teaching, Inc.
Charles and Mary Lamb. (orig. 1807:1987). Tales From Shakespeare. London: Puffin Books.
