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English as a Second Language

Intersession, 1987

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Instructor: ?

Gloria P. Sampson

(May 4 - June 12) ?

Office: ?

MPX 8671

Monday & Wednesday ? Phone: ?

291-4303

5:30 -

9:20 p.m.

Location: MPX 7500 B

Prerequisite: 60 credit hours and a lower level linguistics or English 370/371.

The aim of this course is to expose students to the methods currently in use in Canadian,

European and American schools for the teaching of English as a second or foreign

language. The topics covered are:

1.

Teaching Canadian (or American or British) pronunciation (whichever dialect

you speak)

2.

Teaching English syntax

Personality and language learning

4.

Teaching methods: Audio-lingual, Communicative, Functional

5.

Integrating ESL into the B.C. school curriculum in content areas

6.

Lesson planning and unit planning through themes -- Kindergarten to adult

levels

The progress of students in this course will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

Assignment 1(10%) Pronunciation Lesson Plan

Assignment H (30%) Unit Outline and Lesson Plans

Test I (30%) Using phonemic transcription and using a contrastive analysis of

native and target languages

Test II (30%) English grammar

Texts:

James Moffett and Betty Jane Wagner. (1983). Student-Centered Language Arts. K-13.

Third Edition. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Co.

Gloria P. Sampson. (1980). New Routes to English. Intermediate Skills/One (Teacher

Guide and Student Workbook). Don Mills, Ontario: Collier Macmillan Canada

Ltd.

Cecile Zorach. (1980). English Grammar for Students of German. Ann Arbor, Michigan:

Olivia and Hill Press.