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EDUCATION 467-4 ?
Curriculum F Instruction in Teaching English
as a Second Language
Intersession 1984
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Instructor: Debbie Smith
Tuesdays Thursdays, 5:30-9:20 ?
Location: on campus
This course is designed
for
practising or pre-service teachers of English
as a Second Language. The course content will include the examination of
different approaches in T.E.S.L.; contextual restraints on implementation
of strategies and the selection of content/materials; thematic development
of units and lessons; evaluating texts and designing class tests. Participants
will develop materials suitable for their present or projected teaching
situation.
Topics will include: Contexts in teaching English as a Second Language
Approaches to teaching English as a Second Language
Communicative and cultural competence
Unit and Lesson planning
Review of Grammar
• Functions and forms in language
Teaching pronunciation
Writing Speaking
Listening Reading
Testiñg
Evaluation of textbooks and E.S.L. materials
Evaluation will be based on:
1)
A unit plan ?
20%
2)
Presentation of a lesson from the unit
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20%
3)
Development of a test based on the unit plan 20%
4)
End-of-term test ?
20%
5)
Mini-assignments and mini-presentations
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10%
6)
Class participation ?
10%
Pre-requisite: A lower level Linguistics course
REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS:
Savignon, Sandra J., Communicative Competence: Theory and Classroom Practice
(Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1983)
The Sound System of English, Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation
Handbook of English Grammar for Teachers of ESL, Ontario Ministry of Culture
and Recreation