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Simon Fraser University

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

Education 467 is an introductory course to provide practising or pre-service

teachers with an overview of the basic principles of teaching English as a second

language. The disciplinary bases of contemporary approaches to second language

teaching are discussed, curricular methods and materials are evaluated and

students will develop materials which might be useful in their own actual or

projected teaching situations.

PREREQUISiTE: 60 credit hours and ENGL 370 or a Linguistics course.

REQUIRED TEXTS:

Rigg, P. & Enright, D.S. (eds.) Children and ESL: Integrating Perspectives.

Washington, D.C.: TESOL, 1986.

Wells, G.. The Meaning Makers; Children Learning Language and Using

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Language to Learn.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Heinemann, 1986.

Canadian ESL Materials,

Special issue of TESL Talk, Vol. 18 (1), 1988.

For those interested

in ESL for young children:

Gail Heald-Taylor.

Whole

Language Strategies for ESL Students.

Toronto: OTSE Press, 1986.

For those interested in

ESL for secondary students and adults:

Jill Bell and

Barbara Burnaby.

Handbook for ESL Literacy.

Toronto: OISE Press, 1988.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

Assignment

1

Self-Introduction

10%

Assignment 2

Observation Exercise

10%

Assignment 3

Phonology Exercise

15%

Assignment 4

Verb Form Exercise

15%

Assignment 5

Lesson Plan

20%

Assignment 6

Unit Plan

30%

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COURSE INSTRUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES WITHOUT